Art market

Propelled by Marie Antoinette's poodle, mid-season Old Masters auctions in New York fetch nearly $13m

Specialists at Christie’s and Sotheby’s dismissed concerns about a decline in the Old Masters market

Paintings by Alex Colville and Emily Carr top the bill at Heffel’s big spring auctions in Toronto

The Canadian auction house also saw strong results from works by members of the Group of Seven and a soaring Warhol print

Ancient Greek gold coin from Crimea sells for a record-breaking £4.8m

The rare stater depicting a satyr—a "marvel of speaking portraiture"—was once in the collection of the State Hermitage Museum but was sold to raise money for the Soviet government

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Art marketanalysis

Wealthy American art collectors capitalise on tax-efficient gift scheme

Donor Advised Funds allow individuals to claim tax relief while they are still alive through making gifts of art and other assets—without obligation to pay out money to charity straight away

How a lawsuit over a jointly owned Anna Weyant painting is making opaque art market structures more transparent

Governments are increasingly aware of the risks involved with using shell companies and other complex dealings to trade art

Two important collections of Chinese art coming to Christie's New York during next Asia Week sales

Sales of the ancient Chinese sculptures and jade carvings are expected to collectively fetch nearly $10m in September

Looted Indian sword fetches record ₤14m at Bonhams

Taken as a trophy from the bedside of the dead Tipu Sultan in 1799 by British troops, the sword’s high estimate was ₤2m

Endless appetite: Hauser & Wirth founders to open first New York restaurant alongside third gallery in the city

Launching next year, the Soho eatery is the latest venture from the hospitality company Artfarm

Ivorynews

UK government to extend ivory ban to include hippos, sperm whales, narwhals, orcas and walruses

Ministers hope to close loopholes that see aquatic mammals vulnerable to poaching, but dealers in antique scrimshaw works of art say it will destroy their business

Sotheby's veteran Kevin Ching joins Christie's as chairman of Asia

Ching will be based in Hong Kong and starts the new role on Wednesday

Artcurial auction house embroiled in provenance row with London dealer

Patrick Matthiesen claims the Paris auction house was unwilling to provide painting's provenance information to comply with anti-money laundering rules

Ortuzar Projects will triple its gallery space in Tribeca

The new 10,000 sq. ft space is next-door to the gallery’s original location in New York's fastest-growing neighbourhood for art

Seoulnews

Peres Projects opens second gallery in Seoul

The four-storey space is located near historic city sites such as the National Palace

Art fairsanalysis

When 1970s art feels current: new pop-up fair 'disrupts the usual fair week' in New York

That 70s Show includes only artists who were active during the titular decade

Has New York’s hot art market finally cooled?

Dealers at Frieze remain optimistic while noting a shift in collector behaviour

Louise Bourgeois's record-breaking $32.8m Spider crawls to top of Sotheby's contemporary art sale

A double-header night of The Now and contemporary art auctions set ten new artist records, boosting confidence after a lacklustre Christie's sale of the Gerald Fineberg collection

New York's Spring art bonanza: the shows, the sales, the fairs

Plus, the Richard Prince copyright case and Sarah Sze in London

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A cardboard Manhattan and a cosy log cabin: artists stand tall at Nada New York fair

Artists including Kambel Smith and Anya Paintsil were on hand to talk to visitors on the VIP day

'Sometimes even the vultures have nothing to feed on': Kenyan artists bring an ecological warning to Manhattan

New York exhibition Kenyan Collectives at Affirmation Arts focuses on existential threats to Kenya’s wildlife and water supply

Art fairsanalysis

At a trying time for London fairs, Eye of the Collector returns for its third edition

The boutique event brings together around 150 works from more than 20 exhibitors in the striking Neo-Gothic mansion Two Temple Place

Late real estate developer Gerald Fineberg’s collection comes up short at Christie’s New York

Despite the underwhelming result, the sale notched new auction records for Barkley Hendricks and Alma Thomas

Phillips scores $69.5m in New York evening sale, led by Banksy’s take on Basquiat

A painting by Noah Davis reached more than nine times its low estimate after a 12-minute bidding war

The oldest Hebrew Bible in existence breaks auction record for a manuscript at Sotheby's

The price for the Codex Sassoon surpassed the sum Bill Gates paid for a Leonardo da Vinci codex in 1994

Is Frieze New York well placed to jolt an iffy art market?

Dealers hope the fair will create some momentum during a sluggish season

Works by Klimt and Magritte lead Sotheby’s stolid Modern art sales in New York

The firm’s Modern art evening sale and single-owner Mo Ostin auction brought in a below-estimate hammer total of $363.9m, or $427m with fees

New York adviser Lisa Schiff reportedly shuts business amid clients’ $2m lawsuit

The outspoken adviser appears to have closed her Tribeca gallery and is unreachable amid accusations that she defrauded collectors of profits from the sale of an Adrian Ghenie painting

Manhattan to the Caribbean: 1-54 New York fair expands with group show in Chelsea

The 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair opens largest ever US edition and adds concurrent exhibition of artists with Caribbean roots

Artists paid less than £3 an hour for public art commissions, report finds

The Structurally F–cked survey looked at artists' pay and conditions, and found a "culture of low fees, unpaid labour, and systemic exploitation"