Contemporary art leads market recovery at Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Phillips, according to ArtTactic report

The retired dealer will no longer be involved with the Artist Rooms initiative

Five storey Renzo Piano-designed space will become mega-dealer’s new global headquarters

Colour Space will show some brand-new works by Damien Hirst

We survey the top five results in key markets, from Old Masters to Post-war and contemporary

The director of the MCA Chicago, which turned 50 this year, talks about how museums build citizenship—and soft power

The works were commissioned and presented as part of the art and music festival Day for Night

US and Canadian institutions are rethinking their approach to contemporary indigenous art

Mass, an arrangement of 100 fibreglass and resin skulls, is a highlight of the National Gallery of Victoria's inaugural triennial

Installation will form part of an exhibition on playgrounds

The London-born artist follows Cerith Wyn Evans and Pablo Bronstein taking up the Duveen Galleries commission

Sao Paolo museum drops show after Banco do Brasil Cultural Centre decides to organise its own

Stands are transformed into studios as live works lay bare artists’ practice

Our pick of more affordable fair finds

Free-admission private museum says it will “remove all barriers from experiencing contemporary art”

Miami foundation to open new space in December 2019

Multi-coloured explosive commission marks the 75th anniversary of the first nuclear reaction

After years in limbo, EMST has received government approval to open fully in former brewery

The multi-coloured pyrotechnic piece marks the 75th anniversary of the first nuclear reaction

Survey finds most earn less than £10,000 a year

New book asks if late US artist’s work should be read literally or literarily

Museum of African Contemporary Art Al Maaden will hold “international opening” in February

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

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

Price makes it the most expensive painting of all time

Discretionary sellers gain confidence in the market and Christie's leads its contemporary sale with Da Vinci—but recent overreaches sound a cautionary note

Financial giant’s new London base includes sprawling commissions by Olafur Eliasson and Michael Craig-Martin

Collectors flocked to Lehmann Maupin's and Jack Shainman's stands

Colonial monuments and the US flag are subverted at Frieze London