Art market
Long-unseen royal portrait by Diego Velázquez could bring $35m at auction
The painting could more than double the Spanish Old Master's auction record when it hits the block at Sotheby's
From a rediscovered painting by the Flemish Baroque artist Michael Sweerts to Blinky Palermo's last work: our pick of December's auctions
Plus, a small biblical scene by Rembrandt and a Hever Roman marble
Frieze Los Angeles will feature 20% fewer galleries in 2024 than previous edition
The fair's organisers are scaling back and gathering all exhibitors under one roof for their next outing at Santa Monica Airport
Emalin gallery doubles down on east London, opening second Shoreditch location
The new space will be located in an 18th-century building that is among the neighbourhood’s oldest
Caspar David Friedrich sketchbook to be sold in Berlin proposed for national heritage list
The auction house, Grisebach, says the sketchbook’s candidacy for the list will not affect plans for today’s sale
White Cube will represent Lynne Drexler's archive outside the US
The market for the American painter exploded last year, more than two decades after her death
Works by Canadian abstractionist Jean-Paul Riopelle rack up $8m at Heffel’s evening sale in Toronto
The two-part auction, coinciding with the centenary of Riopelle's birth, took in $17.2m in total
Amid a weak economy and political pressures, Artbo nurtures Colombia's nascent contemporary art market
The 19th edition of the Bogotá fair—one of Latin America's most important—has shifted location and date
Frieze to sponsor next British pavilion at Venice Biennale
This is first time an art fair has funded a national exhibition at the Biennale
Art Basel trials online gallery marketplace with a philanthropic edge
Access by Art Basel will launch at next month's Miami Beach fair
Cheim & Read, mainstay of the New York gallery scene, will close permanently next month
The gallery’s co-founder, John Cheim, recently unloaded treasures from his personal collection at auction
British art market yet to reap ‘Brexit dividends’, new report suggests
Clare McAndrew's British Art Market in 2023 survey shows a growing gulf between UK and US art markets, prompting key players to lobby government
Dealer and furniture expert to go on trial as part of longstanding investigation into forged French furniture
The trial is expected to offer unprecedented insights into the inner workings of the antique furniture market that once took pride of place at Paris's Biennale des Antiquaires
Battle of the Henry Moore heads: rare sculptures with estimates of more than £2m go on the block
Sotheby’s is selling an alabaster piece while Bonhams’ early carving is made from ironstone
In a new venue and timeslot, Art Jakarta continues to nurture Southeast Asia's growing scene
The fair came ahead of national elections in Indonesia
'The city did not stand still during the pandemic': Shanghai art week roared back to full form
Art021 and West Bund fairs, plus a biennial and a slew of gallery shows, were not dampened by the slowed economy and a precarious art market
Sotheby’s $306m The Now and Contemporary sales wrap up a mediocre New York auction season
Both sales persevered through a lukewarm atmosphere to break into the lower reaches of their estimate ranges
Phillips’s $154.6m New York double-header is both just good enough—and historically successful
The house’s two-part auction fell short of the low estimate but still became its second-best showing ever by dollar value
Brisk Sotheby's Modern evening sale in New York delivers moderate results
The auction, spanning Monet to Miró, made $190.3m—just above its low estimate—and was preceded by the record-breaking sale of a Ferrari car
Why Les Lalanne are in high demand
Buyers are flocking to nature-inspired works by the French artists François-Xavier and Claude Lalanne
Christie’s 20th century evening sale in New York defies fears of a jittery market
Swan song of veteran auctioneer Jussi Pylkkänen made $640.8m—the house's highest total for a non-single-owner sale in six years
'An organic experiment': Art Collaboration Kyoto fair sees galleries share stands and forge friendships
The fair's third edition has expanded in size since last year
Late American broadcaster Barbara Walters’s collection nets $5m at Bonhams
All of the proceeds from Walters’s art collection—along with her jewellery and home décor—will go toward charitable causes, according to her estate
End of an era? Jussi Pylkkänen's departure reveals much about today’s art market
The star auctioneer is leaving Christie's after 38 years to share his experience "with a new generation of collectors"
Sotheby's sale of Emily Fisher Landau's collection brings modest result, despite $139m Picasso portrait
The evening's total take of $406.4m was a sign of a stability—albeit one under-girded by guarantees and third-party backing—in a jittery market
Christie's 21st century evening sale falls short of expectations, opening New York's autumn auction cycle on uneasy note
Several 'wet paint' works soared while multiple blue-chip lots underperformed, defying conventional market wisdom
Against the odds, mid-sized galleries expand into New York
Dealers Anat Ebgi and Candice Madey are growing even when many observers expect galleries in their tiers to stay cautious
How will New York’s auctions perform? London’s Frieze Week evening sales offer hints
Results from London’s premier autumn auctions suggest price now matters as much as prestige
'Where the museum and the market blend': third edition of Art Week Tokyo attempts a more holistic way to measure success
Some 50 galleries and institutions participated this year in the Art Basel-backed event
The legacy banking foundation buying up works at Artissima for Turin’s major museums
Fondazione Arte CRT’s new chief wants to bring art to the masses via public art programmes