Our pick of the highlights from this week's fairs and auctions

Strong second edition of event, dedicated to Southeast Asian art, narrowly avoided coronavirus panic

Involvement from galleries and auction houses is on the rise as public institutions face dwindling government funds and increased scrutiny over toxic philanthropy

Mid-market galleries take a mixed approach to new law, with some pricing works below the €10,000 threshold to avoid dealing with new client ID requirements

Galleries including Lévy Gorvy, Lisson and Sprüth Magers have expressed their concerns in a letter to the fair organisers

Galleries are displaying different styles and cultures at the Belgian antiques fair this year

We look at the year ahead for galleries, art fairs and auctions, and seek out the big shows in the UK, Europe and the US

March auction will return to the Emirate in spring 2021, but is cancelled this year due to new strategy and constrained supply of works

The Munich-based dealer and collector is also due to stand trial in London for allegedly stealing £1.1m in Kusama pumpkin sale

The president and chief executive of the Dutch fair group since 2015 will leave at the end of May

Our pick of highlights from this week's auctions

While Fog Design+Art and Untitled continue to draw established dealers, younger galleries opt out due to concerns over the wider cultural economy

Italian dealer Marco Voena is supporting an exhibition of the Irish artist's work at the Forum Paracelsus in St Moritz

Fairs hope political upheaval and ongoing protests will not deter pan-Asian collector base

The gallery owner and art world grande dame explains why the big art fairs are not for her

Changes are afoot with both the fairs and the magazine as majority shareholder Endeavor make plans for the future

New York-based Wildenstein-Plattner Institute will digitise fabled Wildenstein archive of sale catalogues, letters and experts’ notes

Two paintings by Signac and one by Pissarro are expected to fetch as much as £20m

Unseen for 25 years, they all come from a very private American collector

A lawyer's advice to art dealers, agents and galleries who could be unprepared for the hastily enforced new regulations

Lydia Benglis's sparkly vessels and an abortion rights fundraiser—the best new commercial exhibitions this month

Increasing numbers of dealers and collectors take advantage of tax-exempt Arcis, the foreign trade zone in Harlem

Art Basel celebrates its 50th anniversary and new fairs in London and New York join the fray

From Miami to Marrakech, here are all the dates you need for your calendar this year

Many dealers say new regulations on money laundering will be almost impossible to comply with

Culture ministry blocked export of medieval work but will the French state proceed with purchase?

Part one focused on early years of Old Master's career will be published in 18 months

Faced with economic uncertainty, turmoil in Hong Kong, Brexit and a shrinking auction market, the art trade has some justifiable anxiety about the coming year

The Art Newspaper team ponder 2019's biggest art stories. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.

We look back at the biggest art sales of the year, which reveal a concentration on New York over London and a continued dominance of 20th century male artists