Auctions

Koons’s kitschy kids and Dubuffet’s beard lead New York sales at Phillips

The works are the first major offerings to come up in a crammed week of auctions

Object lessons: the best of London’s Islamic sales

From Iranian "vase" carpets to a rare figurative Iznik dish, here's our pick of this week's auction highlights

Christie’s gears up for an evening of 'failure'

Curated sale to include Koons's floating basketballs and Cattelan's kneeling Hitler

Nazi-looted Old Master painting withdrawn from Austrian auction at France’s request

Painting by Bartholomeus van der Helst once belonged to famous Schloss Collection coveted by Hitler and Göring

Object lessons: from a pint-sized El Greco to a Turkish bokche

Our pick of this week’s auction and art fair highlights

Guns at auction

What happens after you place the winning bid on an antique rifle?

Object lessons: from MoMA's Man Ray to a Ming moon flask

Our pick of this week’s auction and art fair highlights

Doctors without Borders to sell rare Duchamp nude at Paris auction to fund its field operations

The painting was recently classified as a National Treasure, however, which means it cannot leave France

Steinway pairs visual artists and composers in new piano commissions

Mark Bradford and Robert Glasper are the first to create a collaborative work

Hands off, it’s ours: French buyer refuses to return Joan of Arc ring to UK

Arts Council insists export licence is required for relic of the martyred Maid<br>

Phillips scotches speculation of market retreat from Asia with senior Hong Kong appointment

Jonathan Crockett will become head of 20th-century and contemporary art and deputy chairman, Asia

Fourth object from Asia Week sales seized by federal agents

Sculptures from India, Afghanistan and Pakistan have been confiscated in a string of raids on auction houses and a gallery

France and Britain prepare for battle over Joan of Arc’s ring

Jewel sold in UK for £300,000 last month has left the country—but did it have an export licence?

Lawnews

‘Cols rouges’ lawyers push for dismissal as long-awaited trial opens in Paris

Defence have made several arguments to cancel the prosecution, but the case continues this week

Flagging market and ‘deeper’ dip in business cycle blamed for Sotheby’s grim fourth-quarter earnings

CEO Tad Smith addressed shareholder concerns over low sales and departures of key staff

Welcome home: Anish Kapoor’s work comes to auction in India for the first time

The British-Indian artist’s stainless steel concave sculpture made $700,000 at Saffronart in Mumbai

Fashion designer Erdem collaborates with Sotheby’s on first ‘curated’ sale in London

Auction house launches new mid-season sale aimed at first-time collectors

Sex Pistols photographer accuses artist Elizabeth Peyton of copyright infringement

Dennis Morris is considering legal action over painting removed from Sotheby’s day sale last week

Melanie Clore to leave Sotheby’s at the end of February

Decision by respected Impressionist and Modern art specialist, after 35 years of passion and loyalty, comes as a surprise