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Blind, 90-year-old son of Holocaust victims sues to find his family’s art

David Toren has filed a petition in New York State Supreme Court asking the Berlin auction house Villa Grisebach to reveal the buyers of works sold there

Former managing director of the Centre Pompidou pleads guilty to misuse of public funds

Agnès Saal’s taxi bills raised an outcry in France over spending by high-level civil servants

Tefaf brings welcome cheer to the market

Relief for dealers after Dutch fair rings up decent sales

Recession takes a heavy toll on Brazil’s art scene

Some museums have closed their doors as other ailing institutions look to the Olympics to raise funds

Armory week brushes downbeat sentiments aside to ring up sales

The Armory Show and New York’s satellite fairs prove US market is holding up

West London gallery hub to keep V&A company

£15m development in South Kensington’s “Albertopolis” cultural zone will house shows and projects

Ghana gains first commercial gallery for contemporary art

Institutional boost for country’s rising art scene, but still only a handful of local collectors

Crowdfunding captures the art world’s imagination

Big-name artists and institutions are using Kickstarter to fund their projects

Talking about art in Isil times

Under the leadership of Sheikha Hoor Al Qasimi, the March Meeting in Sharjah did not shy away from the pain, extremism and corruption of the world today

A month of legal ups and downs at Christie’s

Two Indian sculptures were seized from Christie’s, New York ahead of Asia Week