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How prevalent is money laundering in the art world?

April's federal charges against the New York dealer Helly Nahmad included that he worked "to launder tens of millions of dollars on behalf of the illegal gambling business." While Nahmad has pleaded... MORE

Published online: 13 May 2013

 
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Collector says Sotheby’s sold him Nazi-owned art—now it's unsellable

Uncertainty over whether the work, once owned by Goering, was looted means that auction houses don't want to put it on the block

Published online: 02 May 2013

Twenty years of White Cube

Jay Jopling started his gallery in 1993. Two decades later, he’s no less secretive but a whole lot richer

Published online: 01 May 2013

Before the onslaught of fairs, Berlin Gallery Weekend offers a commercial counterpoint

The annual event with international appeal features galleries in unusual places and a strong presence of women artists—but a continuing lack of local collectors

Published online: 29 April 2013

Quiet on the set

Paris Photo Los Angeles’s Hollywood location at Paramount Pictures Studios struggles to draw many collectors in its first year

Published online: 29 April 2013

Christie’s owner returns Chinese bronzes

François Pinault is handing back two heads, of a rat and a rabbit, that came to auction as part of the collection Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé

Published online: 26 April 2013

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Gallery:  Object lessons from Tefaf Maastricht

As the fair opens, our pick of what’s on offer this year. To read more from the special report on past masters in our March issue, pick up a copy on newsstands or subscribe to our digital or print editions.

Gallery:  New York Old Master auctions preview slideshow

Every year it gets worse. Each January, Sotheby’s and Christie’s New York hold their annual Old Master blowout. And every year, they cram their competing sales into shrinking time periods, making it impossible for anyone to attend a paintings sale without missing a drawings sale and vice versa. Twelve sales (eight at Sotheby’s and four at Christie’s) are, with one exception, shoehorned into three days—30 and 31 January and 1 February.

No more horn section in Denmark

The Danish auction house Bruun Rasmussen has stopped selling...

Nothing to be ashamed of

You couldn’t be blamed for associating the exposed male body with Frieze: for instance, one can hardly miss the penis shots in Paul...

Will Brazil's bubble burst?

At Art Basel Miami Beach a leading art market expert and an artist discuss the vogue for all things Brazilian. Is this the result of the expanding economy or a flourishing art scene?