In the current climate, where a teenaged NFT artist can sell for $2.9m and Old Masters have fallen out of fashion, the fickle art market has become the presiding judge of aesthetic achievement
The star of the sales was a pair of half-length portraits by Van Dyck that sold for £6.2m at Sotheby's, the second-highest price for the artist at auction
The inexorable rise of the art market this century has put paid to art movements
New York's "gigafortnight" sales of the Cox and Macklowe collections showed there is still a market for classics—even while a Beeple sells for $29m to a tweeting tech entrepreneur
Western liberal democracies have long called the shots when deciding what is “good” art. But that could be about to change
Auction house will sell the painting in January and is dubbing it "The defining masterpiece of Botticelli's late career". But what exactly does that mean?
Asian buyers are now the biggest spenders at international auctions and these digitally-native collectors are happy to splurge online
When prices and cultural value are so easily confused, there is a case for the return of critical evaluation—in updated form
The European Super League, an elite alliance betraying football’s roots, was scuppered by fans. These same power structures exist in the art world – so where’s the resistance?
As people pay eye-watering crypto-sums for digital art, many see losses as well as gains in this brave new intangible world
Similarities between the new digital technology craze in the art world and the surge in value of tulips in 17th-century Holland suggest that it could all end in (real) tears
The cult of the individual reigns supreme but in reality Renaissance works were often not made by one hand
While today’s art world has been shaped by the prism of price, our current economic model may not be inevitable
Art as a blue-chip investment has had its day, as buyers chase the latest "red-chip" names
In an increasingly asset-driven art trade, collecting by listening to the buzz is fast becoming the norm
Christie's and Sotheby's have rapidly adapted to 'bricks and clicks' sales, but they will need to do more to attract top-notch consignments and the experience-hungry generation
The Covid-19 crisis presents an opportunity for artists to reclaim power from the institutions that buy, sell and show their work
16th century Italian marble attributed to Antonio Lombardo steals the show, but auction house's digital face is showing its age against stiff competition
Some big artists may be toppled from their pre-pandemic pedestals and new ones promoted to the art-as-investment pantheon
Digital transactions cannot replicate the social cachet of buying art at exclusive events—and prices will inevitably slide as a result
Inequality is rife in British society, not least in the arts, where decades of ‘class-cleansing’ policies have made it harder than ever to be an artist and designer
While auction houses are more aggressive and newer works dominate the global market, Tefaf’s exhibitors remain resolute
Impressionist, Modern and Surrealist art auction last night made £106.8m, 35% down on last year—but with three works sold for over £10m
Supported by transformational new technology, the sector is ditching its traditional business model in favour of the luxury goods market
December auction generates less than half the total of last year's sale, with several lots failing to sell
Auction raised more than last year but supply still limited as Brexit-dominated general election looms
Immersive experiences define the most popular contemporary exhibitions, but where does this leave the commercial art world?
Painting depicting the Holy Family in an evening landscape has been owned by a Manhattan family for more than 60 years
Instagram power and the rise of the consumer collector are turning the art world upside down
Art is pitched as an asset class, but even big-name artists are not guaranteed to hold their value, let alone turn a profit
