Cinoa, the dealer association, has issued an open letter criticising recent reports that make 'false claims' linking industry to crime

Auction houses, galleries, online platforms and artists are selling works for charities helping those affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Here is a selection

The sprawling 20th and 21st century sale took over five hours and spanned Boudin to Banksy

The firm, owned by the Mercury Group, posted the message on Instagram yesterday, to some criticism

Our pick of highlights from forthcoming auctions and fairs

Artverbium, founded by former Christie's staffer Lorena Duran, will show established and emerging artists in a series of exhibitions

Event opens at Somerset House this week

The new combined art and antiques fair will run for the first time this November

She will replace Fiac's former director of 18 years, Jennifer Flay, who is rumoured to be joining Art Basel as it prepares to launch a new Paris fair in the Grand Palais—the Swiss company has declined to comment

Our pick of the highlights from upcoming fairs and auctions

Daniel Hug posted that the Swiss company "is only interested in making money and keeping Art Basel the number one fair worldwide"

Gallery co-founders Jeremy Epstein and Charlie Fellowes discuss renovating the Grade II-listed Arts and Crafts building which opens this week with a show of new work by Noémie Goudal

The French cultural body RMN put Fiac's October slot up for tender last year—now the Swiss firm MCH will launch a contemporary art fair, paying €10.6m for a seven-year contract

After selling its share in late 2018, the Swiss conglomerate has again taken a 15% stake in the event

Well over half the galleries participating in the fair are opting for satellite booths as travel restrictions continue to disrupt large-scale events

The Dutch art and antiques fair was forced to postpone its March event due to continuing Covid-19 restrictions, but will now run from 25 to 30 June

Siddall, the global director of Frieze fairs, has been at the firm for 18 years. She will leave after the Los Angeles event this February but remain on the board

The monumental L’empire des lumières, painted in 1961 for the artist's muse Anne-Marie Gillion Crowet, has never been sold before but will now be auctioned at Sotheby's in London in March

US dominance, industry collaborations and increased concern about climate change are all on art market experts’ minds—and, of course, NFTs

Our pick of the highlights from coming fairs and auctions

Art Market Mentors is looking for mentees for next year's programme, and applications close on 31 December

The New York-based author has just released a three-part podcast series on The Hidden Side of the Art Market. Here, he speaks about what he learned—and why art is a bad financial investment, but a good emotional one

Results are the highest since 2015 and come in just behind Sotheby’s $7.3bn. Hong Kong expansion plan will continue despite Beijing crackdown, as auction house "separates what is political and what is business"

The Art Newspaper team picks apart this year’s most important developments, from demands for colonial restitution to the return of culture wars

The Dutch event is asking all dealers to pay €7,500 "towards expenses and other contractual obligations". A new date for the fair next year is to be confirmed

London Art Week has partnered with the Jewish Country Houses research project to hold a three-part online talks programme

The work, consisting of 83 child-size figures in concrete and wood, was made in the late 1990s and has been exhibited on the roof of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and in the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid

“Rich and fascinating” connections explored in Life Between Islands: British-Caribbean Art 1950s-Now

Our pick of the works coming up for sale in London and Munich

The fair's chief executive Marc Spiegler says greater gallery diversity and a changing global scene have shaped this month’s event