Our pick of the highlights from April's auctions

Most of the 50 exhibitors participating are based in the Middle East but seven who are unable to travel in person have sent works for "remote participation" stands

The fair will hold an online event in some form, while the London Original Print Fair plans to hold a gallery-based event for 33 of its exhibitors this May

The work sold to cryptocurrency entrepreneur Andre Abdoune and all proceeds will be donated to four charities fighting child poverty

The work appeared suddenly last May at the University Hospital Southampton as a thank you to its staff during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic

The 1982 work sold today at Christie's in Hong Kong to an Asian buyer

The new 20th and 21st century auction format will launch in New York this May

Auction house's head of sale Max Moore has already personally bought a work by the artist

Despite its size and power, Russia is a blindspot for the international art market but Vickery wants to change that perception

Everydays: The First 5,000 Days sold at Christie’s yesterday—and the buyer says it is worth $1bn

TRON blockchain founder Justin Sun says on Twitter that Christie’s website would not let him place another bid with 30 seconds to go of the online auction yesterday

Some gallery and museum staff say they feel pressure to go into the workplace when they fear it is unsafe, while tough non-compete clauses can limit future employment options

Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque was one of three works by the former British prime minister sold at Christie's tonight for a total of £11.2m—to the same buyer

Jean Dunand's Les Palmiers was designed for a Parisian apartment in the 1930s

Warning: contains graphic images of sun-drenched Balearic art idyll

No.9 Cork Street will launch in October, to be hired out to galleries for pop-up exhibitions and used for Frieze talks and events year round

The 1982 painting will be sold in a single-lot evening sale at Christie's Hong Kong on 23 March with an estimate of $31m to $41m

Group of 29 works left by John Ady is hoped to make around £35,000 for the Cambridge gallery when it sells at Cheffins auction house this month

The vast collection of auction catalogues dates back to Christie's very first sale in 1766 and has been an invaluable resource for dealers and academics

The magazine and fair brand celebrates three decades with an online festival this month and launch of new membership programme

A portrait of a Young man holding a roundel (around 1470-80) by the Renaissance master seemingly sold to a Russian buyer

Dutch art fair will now run immediately before the delayed Art Basel, while Tefaf New York Spring has been cancelled altogether this year

Our pick of highlights from New York's Master Week sales

Swiss fair was also delayed from June to September in 2020, before being cancelled altogether due to coronavirus

Some insurers using "aggressive tactics" to reduce barrage of claims following rejection of appeal on clarification of business interruption cover

Auction includes 40 drawings by Le Tan and over 500 eclectic lots from his Parisian apartment

After a year marked by cancellations, international fairs such as Art Basel, Frieze and Tefaf are vying for attention in an already crowded year

The two rivals have made record online and private sales as pandemic overturns traditional live auction format

The Art Newspaper team picks apart this year's biggest art stories, from the art market heading online to the fight for racial justice

Christie's end of season Old Masters evening sale in London totals £22.8m, despite last-minute withdrawal of Bernadino Luini's Nativity