The events that led up to the ruling in favour of the Norton Simon Museum after it was sued by the heir of Dutch dealer Jacques Goudstikker over ownership of the paintings

New technology is shedding light on an Old Master as the prolific, multi-talented artist enjoys a renaissance

Decision should put decade-long legal battle between museum and heirs of art dealer Jacques Goudstikker "to rest"

Tacca's Hercules is star of the bronzes, while Carracci's military portrait and Rembrandt's print find favour where Rubens's daughter flounders in £31.1m sale

No big hitters, but overall quality and new buyers from Asia and Latin America buoyed £42.6m auction, with £5.3m record for Canova set in day sale

Veteran Old Master dealer will join the auction house in New York at the end of the summer, months after selling his inventory there

Munich museum has undergone a four-year €12m renovation

Maurizio Seracini concurs that the painting sold by Sotheby’s in 2012 is a modern forgery

From a Van Dyck once thought to be by Rubens to William Nicholson's portrait of an actress identified only weeks ago

Dutch museum will remove yellowed varnish from Van der Weyden's The Lamentation of Christ

The Descent from the Cross is the museum's first acquisition backed by the Marguerite and Robert Hoffman Fund, a hefty $17m endowment

The Accademia Carrara in Bergamo has re-attributed the 15th-century work Resurrection of Christ

How to bring new audiences to older art displays

Museum’s restoration lifts “grey veil” from final commission by the Renaissance artist Moretto da Brescia

The 17th-century work, a depiction of Christ as a child, could set a new artist record in June

The 27th edition of Salon du Dessin at Palais Brongniart assembles 39 dealers from Europe and the US

Will Jeff Koons’s handbags for Louis Vuitton help find a buyer for the Rubens portrait?

With new exhibitors, two preview days and refreshed floor plan, the grande dame of art and antiques fair is changing, albeit slowly

As artificial intelligence becomes more common, the market is embracing tools that might help to bring digital natives into the Golden Age

Assurances required from Rijksmuseum and Irish owner to promptly return celebrated portrait of Tahitian which Tate had tried to buy

Leonardo buzz may have given bidding a boost, but results still show a sharp divide between the best and the rest

From Pontormo to Klimt, dealers invest in research in the hope of boosting prices

Exhibitions to seek out at Manhattan's annual gallery trail, which now embraces paintings and sculptures

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

We look back at some of most important purchases and donations that entered public collections this year

Better public understanding of condition requires greater access to digital images

New £7.3m record for Joseph Wright of Derby painting tops December sales in London

We talk Titian, Constable, Veneziano, Wright of Derby, Van Dyck and, yes, Leonardo, with art historian Bendor Grosvenor. And we get Judd Tully’s views on Miami’s annual art fair.

Rothschild's El Greco, a candlelit scene by Joseph Wright of Derby and an out of season crucifixion scene lead pre-Christmas sales

Slick marketing produced stupendous sale price for Salvator Mundi, but it sparked revulsion as well as elation