Christie's to sell $70m painting once pledged to the Seattle Art Museum

"Art fairs and auction houses are for beginner collectors—the Russian version of eBay is the big league!"

The arts park maintains momentum as Bernardo Paz appeals a nine-year sentence for laundering donations

Toledo government hopes for “El Greco” effect from this 15-year loan of late 19th- and 20th-century works

Noah Charney on the Sadnikar family's extremely personal collection in Slovenia

Institution recognises the “transformational” final gift of its late trustee Margaret McDermott with a special exhibition and new wall labels for more than 400 works she helped acquire

Congolese-born art collector Sindika Dokolo says this "long-neglected historical wrong" is finally being addressed—but more can be done

New stakeholder MCH Group brings capital and contacts to an event shaking off its try-hard image

The Romanian painter’s prices have increased 160-fold over the past decade. But who, or what, is behind this steep rise?

French billionaire—whose collection numbers 3,000 works—has sold 130 pieces since 2000

The Swiss collector discusses his love of Lichtenstein, his regret at not buying a Subodh Gupta when he had the chance and hanging art on his refrigerator

The Polish art lover on her fascination with female artists and how she wishes she could have been seated at Judy Chicago's Dinner Party

Melanie Gerlis on how millennials don’t seem to have the same collecting gene as previous generations

The businessman, who just opened an art space on an island in the Mediterranean, on Alice in Wonderland and hanging out at Warhol's Factory

How soon is too soon? Private collectors are selling off works as little as a few weeks after lending them to high-profile shows

Art Basel’s global director on collector behaviour, auction price databases and the complexity of the art market

The Basel-based collector Ulla Dreyfus-Best on her "Wunderkammer", which mixes 11th-century Italian bronzes with pieces by Jeff Koons

Works by Manet, Van Gogh and Cézanne will return to France for the first time in more than 60 years

“The personal is political—this is a clear and present undercurrent,” says Volta artistic director Amanda Coulson

Rediscovered portraits are due to travel to Louvre Abu Dhabi in early 2019

"In order to bring diversity to our all-white male artist stable, we decided to bring in a few other, slightly more affordable, white male artists."

Axel Haubrok is fighting zoning restrictions after buying the former premises of the chauffeur service for top East German officials

"It's a participatory conceptual piece consisting in you giving us lots of money for a commissioned art work and agree not to sue me or the artist should we decide not to deliver it."

The maverick art dealer helped to shape New York’s contemporary art scene by finding and supporting some of today's biggest artists

Steven Tananbaum has paid $13m for three sculptures over a five-year period but still has not received any of the works

Todd Brassner was close with and owned works by Andy Warhol, who made him a portrait

Q+A with the Italian collector on the occasion of a new exhibition at her foundation in Turin

The Hong Kong-based architect tells us what art he's bought and why

Museums have since devoted sizeable resources