The author of the Tefaf Art Market Report talks about China's art market in the last four decades, from state-controlled antiques shops to competition from Western galleries

As the Dutch fair opened its 32nd edition, we spoke to exhibitors across four sectors about the state of the market

New study, released today, covers 40-year history of the country's market and reveals many private art museums run at a loss

Tefaf Maastricht's removal of art trade professionals as voting members of its vetting committee raises the wider question of the role of self-policing by fairs

Papers show Tefaf sought New York Supreme Court ruling releasing it from obligation to employ Artvest for bi-annual fairs

Gary Klesch claims undisclosed provenance led him to pay higher price for two paintings by Jan Brueghel the Elder and Salomon van Ruysdael

Netherlands-based organisation will oversee events as two-year agreement with US firm expires, but Michael Plummer and Jeff Rabin remain as shareholders

Fair’s second edition attracts new high profile exhibitors, but some dealers complain that US expansion has prompted a departure from Dutch fair's historical roots

Women remain poorly represented in Tefaf's upper rank

Two touring exhibitions are highlighting the explosion of global interest in viceregal period

A string of exhibitions celebrating the 500th anniversary of the Venetian master’s birth will help to bring him back into favour

We spoke to a few specialists about the jewellery trade ahead of the fair

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

Melanie Gerlis sets the scene for six specialist collecting categories at this year’s Maastricht fair

He relied on advisers such as Van Dyck to guide his acquisitions. How different is the art of connoisseurship today?

Nanne Dekking, thinks transparency will push fairs into the 21st century

Maastricht is famous for its tough vetting procedures, but what is it really like to be on the fair’s expert team?

From glass succulents to magic belts, the fair will not disappoint

Maastricht-based fair organisation deems more targeted reports a greater service to dialogue

Responding to complaints that the preview day has become overcrowded, the fair in 2018 will hold two invitation only opening days