Finance

Bernard Arnault sells 70% of his stake in Phillips de Pury Luxembourg

The luxury goods mogul cuts his losses from auction house investment

Bernard Arnault buys Art & Auction

The French chairman of Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessey and Phillips auction houise may turn the publication into a luxury lifestyle magazine

Fresh from its successful stand-off with e-commerce giant, eToys, etoy enter Manhattan

The group of international, web-based, artists is bringing its witty blend of conceptual, digital and performance art to New York

Art marketarchive

Contradictory entrails; what does the financial health at present mean for the art market?

Sales are buoyant in some areas but real estate is weakening and nerves are showing

V&A cuts foreign loans

Fewer loans in order to save resources

Christie’s is bought out by the French

François Pinault’s offer is a massive twenty-six times earnings

Bill Gates and Mark Getty aim to corner the stock photography market

The new information technology has transformed traditional picture research

The mechanics of sponsorship: an interview with one of the UK's biggest exhibition sponsors

James Joll of the international media giant Pearson plc explains the who, what, why and quid pro quo of corporate involvement in the arts

Publishingarchive

High tech whizz kids beat Rizzoli to purchase Phaidon

Mark Futter and Richard Schlagman are the new owners of Phaidon Press, the jewel in the crown of Musterlin, which collapsed in October.