Auctions
Düsseldorf faces Nazi-era claim for Franz Marc’s foxes
Painting hangs in the city’s Museum Kunstpalast
Female artists really do earn less than men, survey finds
According to a new report, works by female artists are rated lower by wealthy men, contributing to a 50% pay gap at auction
Object lessons: our pick of highlights from upcoming design auctions in New York
Works by George Grant Elmslie, Umberto Bellotto and Jean Royère
Re-discoveries lead London Old Master auctions
New £7.3m record for Joseph Wright of Derby painting tops December sales in London
Saudi prince revealed as mystery buyer of the Salvator Mundi
News sent Twitter into a tizzy
Object lessons: a Bellekin nautilus shell, an Achrome by Piero Manzoni and a seascape by Emil Nolde
Our pick of highlights from upcoming auctions
Three highlights from London's Old Master auctions
Rothschild's El Greco, a candlelit scene by Joseph Wright of Derby and an out of season crucifixion scene lead pre-Christmas sales
What does a $450m Leonardo mean for the Old Master market?
Slick marketing produced stupendous sale price for Salvator Mundi, but it sparked revulsion as well as elation
New online auction site connects collectors with art-school graduates
AucArt offers platform upon which its pick of British art-school graduates can sell directly to buyers
UK government still seeking Surrealist connoisseur mad about Dalí’s Mae West Lips sofa
Export bar placed on plush piece with asking price of more than £480,000
Going, going, gone? Men’s tight grip on the gavel starts to loosen
A growing number of women are appearing on the rostrum and taking senior auctioneer roles
Object lessons: a double-spiral nail work by Günther Uecker from the collection of Helge Achenbach and other auction highlights
Our pick of highlights from upcoming auctions
Former Met director sparks Instagram spat over $450m Leonardo da Vinci
Thomas Campbell posted an image of the Salvator Mundi before conservation, triggering a row with its former co-owner Robert Simon and Christie’s Loic Gouzer
Last painting by British Pop art co-founder Pauline Boty to be auctioned
BUM was created just before Boty died of cancer aged 28 in 1966
John Lennon’s stolen diaries found by Berlin police
Journals and other personal effects were discovered at auction house, reports say
Painting looted from Hitler withdrawn from auction in Cologne
Franz von Stuck’s portrait of two girls was due to be sold at Van Ham
Object lessons: late works by Maria Lassnig and Di Cavalcanti and a creative chair by Roy Lichtenstein
Our pick of highlights from upcoming auctions
Emily Kame Kngwarreye painting sells for $1.6m, breaking record for an Australian female artist
Aboriginal work, Earth’s Creation I, was shown at the 2015 Venice Biennale
Phillips and Sotheby's deliver healthy totals for contemporary art
Capping an epic week of auctions, solid results featuring records for female artists and a Ferrari bode well for market's future—so long as it doesn't overheat
Egon Schiele drawings in private hands for 85 years surface on the market
Dorotheum sale piques interest, pre-empting centenary of the artist’s death next year
Analysis: Christie's postwar and contemporary auction nets $785.9m, with a big assist from an Old Master
Despite buy-ins, the sale saw several strong prices and records below the dizzy height of $450.3m for Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi
Leonardo's Salvator Mundi sells for $450m at Christie's New York
Price makes it the most expensive painting of all time
Solid $269.7m at Sotheby's maintains momentum in Impressionist and Modern market
New York sale results boosted by strong Asian and Russian buying, and shored up by guarantees
Painting looted from Hitler to be auctioned in Cologne
Van Ham to offer Franz von Stuck portrait in 17 November sale
World's largest collection of manuscripts from bankrupt firm Aristophil to be sold in Paris
Auctioneer Claude Aguttes will sell the collection of historic books and manuscripts across 300 sales over at least six years as part of liquidation
Christie’s $479.3m Impressionist and Modern sale hits highest total since 2007
Pent-up demand for top material kicks off New York's key auction week, with a $81.3m Van Gogh and records for Léger, Magritte, Man Ray and Vuillard
Surfacing on the market: macabre mourning jewellery and a bronze cast by Camille Claudel
Our pick of this month's most interesting auctions
Ai Weiwei to auction cat toy sculpture for Syrian children
Proceeds from Berlin sale, which also includes works by Rosemarie Trockel and Tomás Saraceno, will benefit Kayany Foundation