Finance
In debt we trust: the rise of art-secured lending
The rapid growth in the number of loan providers, from private banks to specialist lenders, could transform the art market’s relationship with the financial markets
'Will art market speculation ever go away?'
Fifteen years on since we first reported from Art Basel in Miami Beach, art as an investment has taken a new form
Guarantees: the next big art market scandal?
Third-party auction deals have made some people very rich—but they may be bad for the market in the long run
Common mistakes of rookie auction guarantors
Guarantees can be lucrative, but in the face of savvy competition, novices can get burnt when backing works as a third-party
Sackler family—major cultural patrons—amassed $31.2m in offshore HSBC bank accounts, investigation finds
Mortimer Sackler opened a handful of accounts in Switzerland one month before federal prosecutors filed a lawsuit against Purdue Pharma in 2005
'Poor but sexy' no more: property boom drives out Berlin's artists
The German capital once attracted talent from across the world with its cheap rents, but gentrification is making an exodus already seen in London and New York
Fair’s fair? The murky world of stand costs
Research by The Art Newspaper uncovers wide disparity in both fee structures and transparency
Murders most foul: Gainsborough family revenge killings trigger reassessment of artist’s early years
New research reveals that two members of Thomas Gainsborough's family were killed over a financial dispute when the artist was a child
MoMA agrees to museum-wide raises after months of negotiations with union
"The museum shifted its position substantially", union boss says
Elon Musk under attack over use of potter's farting unicorn image
The Tesla chief has defended himself, saying he helped popularise the mug design for free
Art as collateral is risky, dealers say in report released by Tefaf and ArtTactic
Art-backed lending to galleries is estimated to account for 8% to 10% of the total market in 2017
Top Italian museum director faces trial over gym visits
The director of the Galleria Borghese in Rome has been suspended without pay for leaving the office
Online art market could stagnate unless transparency is improved, study finds
Annual Hiscox report estimates online market rose 12% to $4.22bn in 2017, but growth is slowing as platforms struggle to build trust and loyalty
How abolishing museum image fees could boost audiences
New research shows that image licensing is barely profitable for some UK museums
Global auction sales up 25% to $11.2bn in 2017
Contemporary art leads market recovery at Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Phillips, according to ArtTactic report
Anatole Shagalov embroiled in legal cases that reveal problems of buying art with loans
Buyers using works as collateral and allegedly defaulting on payment becoming increasingly common in "frothy market"
Silicon Valley tech companies take novel approaches to art investment
Silicon Valley’s success stories are applying their non-corporate ethos to art investment, finding innovative ways of building their collections
Digital access to Italian banks’ art
300,000 works owned by banks belonging to the Associazione Bancaria Italiana to become available to view online
UK Treasury rules to stop museums spending donors' cash
National institutions reluctantly set up trusts to gain access to their own reserves
Dara Birnbaum comments on fostering the museum-sponsor relationship
Can a balance be found whereby both parties stand to gain from a partnership?
Financial crisis scuppers Moscow World Fine Art Fair
Exhibitors fear that collectors will no longer make high-price purchases
Sotheby’s sues technology entrepreneur for non-payment
Defendant says auction house did not disclose its ownership of painting
Pinault sells shares in auction group
The billionaire entrepreneur bought a majority stake in 2000
For sale: £8m De Chirico from private museum
A collector in the US is buying the painting from the Estorick Collection
LVMH’s Bernard Arnault pulls out of Bonhams
The luxury-goods mogul had owned a 49.9% stake in the auction house
Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art closes this month
The collectors behind the gallery have withdrawn their support
Financiers lacking art knowledge are increasingly collecting art as investment, rather than out of passion
The Art Newspaper discusses the surrounding points of views
Lifting the lid on François Pinault’s empire
A new book traces the entrepreneur's rise and potential fall