Christie's
Interview with collector François Pinault: “With art, emotion is vital, while in business it is generally considered suspect”
The billionaire collector granted us a rare audience at his new gallery in Venice
Post-war and contemporary auction report: Charles Saatchi strikes gold
Saatchi sells two Kippenberger paintings
Russian art at auction: Buyers wary of unpredictable prices
Mixed results as contemporary art nosedives while earlier works avoid the worst
Indonesian antiquities thefts show no sign of abating
Fakes left in place of stolen artefacts in elaborate webs of deceit
Impressionist and Modern auction report: Mid-market pictures in demand
Collectors respond as prices drop to 2005-6 level
Buyer of Warhol’s Green Car Crash revealed?
The large-scale “disaster painting” is the most expensive Andy Warhol ever to sell at auction
Contemporary sales, London: Phillips struggles in bid to lead auction week
But Bacon brings profitable business to Christie’s and Sotheby’s
British Art Auction report: The Bacon and Freud effect
Recent record prices for the two artists boosted results for 20th-century British works, while Victorian art struggled
Pinault sells shares in auction group
The billionaire entrepreneur bought a majority stake in 2000
Iranian artists triumph at Christie's Dubai as contemporary market hits its stride
Christie's '08 auction report sees the mediocre pushed aside to make way for big names
Roman Abramovich brings home the $86.3m Bacon and the $33.6m Freud
The London-based Russian billionaire has bought the record-breaking works; he has not previously been known to collect art
Dealers’ selling of works through auction houses is short-sighted and self-defeating
Collaboration between the two spheres does not always benefit the market
Christie’s hits back over disputed Basquiat
Auction house seeks dismissal of lawsuit
Martin Lawrence Galleries files suit to claim stolen Warhol
Jason Beltrez claims it was a flea market find while Christie's is stuck in the middle
Prince of Liechtenstein to sell hundreds of works of art at Christie's
April auction will include paintings as well as antiques
New York Americana week report: High prices for Colonial, Federal and Native American wares
Collectors seek top antiques in a market with a dwindling supply
Amsterdam sale concludes Goudstikker series
Old masters, recovered as a result of one of the world’s largest Nazi restitution claims, net $20m
RCA to sell Bacon as part of fundraising campaign
Proceeds will go towards new campus in Battersea
France finally gets to see Pinault’s art in new exhibition
The owner of Christie's to show works from his personal collection for the first time
Christie’s Warhol could set new record in New York
The work is one of the “Death and Disaster” series which rarely come on the market
Eighth year of strong Russian art sales in New York
This sales report demonstrates the intense interest in Russian late 19th-century classical paintings, early 20th-century modernist paintings, and Fabergé works
The art market is transforming, but auction house expansion into the contemporary primary market is a symptom of a wider pattern
Globalisation, competition, and massive price increases are forces behind a new market
Christie’s second "International Modern and Contemporary Art" auction in Dubai makes $9.4m
The Arab and Iranian art market seemed to be stabilising, while western counterparts struggle
Tate launches appeal to buy Turner's Blue Rigi
The Blue Rigi has been sold to an overseas collector, and after last year's loss of the Dark Rigi the pressure is on
Why you cannot trust dealers’ prices—or auction results either
In 2006 we reported that attempts to accurately measure the market are being thwarted by auction guarantees and private sales between tight-lipped collectors
Stolen art discovered in reclusive collector’s estate
Christie’s and the Stair Galleries both cancelled sales as a result
The Nazi bounty hunters: War loot claims become big business
World War II restitution is now a multi-million dollar enterprise in which lawyers, auction houses and possibly even venture capitalists all have a stake
Best results ever for Italian art at auction
An unnamed East European collector bought several works at both Sotheby’s and Christie’s