No market for the mediocre, however

Tony Cragg goes wild at the Lisson, Emily Tsingou gets repetitive and Manchot’s middle-aged mum is at Zelda Cheatle

A fair in its infancy, Art Forum proved fruitful for younger dealers with affordable art, although its concurrence with Yom Kippur did not help matters

Impressionist painters on the Seine at Wildenstein, the Gilded Age glows at Vance Jordan, exoticism at Mark Murray plus fine furniture and Picasso’s lino cuts

Sales are buoyant in some areas but real estate is weakening and nerves are showing

“My grandfather copied his own works”

Fetish figures, tribal shields and masks command attention

Bryn Lloyd Williams, a former dealer, duped Desmond Guinness of the Irish Georgian Society and cheated investors out of £1.8 million, while Expressionist fakes toured 12 US colleges

Survival hints (just in case)

The art market strengthened and the salerooms saw their profits leap, however the pre-tax profits of dealers fell

Computer-glitch software, Norton Utilities, has made the fortunes of Peter and Eileen Norton

New director, Arnold Lehman, has raised the profile of America’s second largest museum in just one year by advertising

Elizabeth Addison, head of marketing and communications, uses weekly surveys and focus groups to build brand awareness

Art Basel ’98 fair report

Zwirner turns his gallery into a sports bar for the World Cup

Registering items in such databases can bring peace of mind

Twentieth-century decorative arts sales confirm prize prices for iconic furnishinings

Sir Robert and Lady Sainsbury sell major Modigliani

Contemporary decorative arts from $68,000 fibre arts to $100,000 glass sculpture

Last curtain call for haute couture collector

Unsurprisingly, most of these collections strongly represent the art of their own country

Edinburgh buys central panel, but the wings may have escaped

Golf is the new passion of millionaire who has sold Impressionists and French decorative art to the tune of $91.48 million since 1989

Former mutual-fund manager pits his taste against the market

We asked a number of lawyers to comment on the situation with regard to catalogues in their own jurisdictions, and found that the scope of protection varies widely

Anish Kapoor and Mayan motifs

Western twentieth-century art may begin to flow back from Korea

In market competition between Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taipei and Singapore, Hong Kong still comes top, with Taiwan second