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What Chinese collectors are really buying

China is the world’s largest art market—even if the figures are disputed (see above). The numbers vary according to whose research you read, but the French site Artprice claims that in 2011, China... MORE

Published online: 17 May 2012

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Credit card investigation shows art market open to international fraud

Criminal charges brought after London and regional UK auction houses are targeted

Published online: 17 May 2012

Fears grow that Greek art market is riddled with forgeries

A legal case brought against Sotheby’s by a major Greek collector could be the tip of the iceberg

Published online: 21 March 2012

Deconstructing Art Basel Miami Beach

This fair is one of three to be studied in a Swiss sociology project

Published online: 30 November 2011

Does art need bankers?

As Italy’s new technocratic government struggled to its feet, 100 financiers, entrepreneurs, collectors, curators, dealers and academics gathered in Florence for a private conference on the future of art and finance

Published online: 24 November 2011

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