Art market
‘Whatever the It factor is, she seems to have it’: behind the surging popularity of Francesca Mollett’s mysterious paintings
The 32-year-old London-based artist says she is still working it all out while collectors rush in
From one hand to another: painting reworked by Rubens to be sold at Sotheby’s
Conservation has revealed the extensive changes Rubens made to a work originally by Herri Met de Bles
'Regret when collecting stems from missing out on monetary gain': artist Dominic Chambers on the art he buys
The painter, who features in a major Black figurative painting survey at the Kunstmuseum Basel, discusses his growing collection
Salvator Mundi documentary The Lost Leonardo to become a television series starring Julianne Moore
Moore, who is also an executive producer on the series, will star as art restorer Dianne Modestini
More than 80% of young, wealthy Americans want to collect art, survey finds
Bank of America surveyed more than 1,000 US citizens with more than $3m in assets for their poll of high-net-worth individuals
Operators of New York auction house charged with illegal sales of ivory and rhino horn artefacts
The Manhattan District Attorney's Office has charged the owners of Merces Gallery with selling prohibited animal products online
Leading New York gallerist Barbara Gladstone has died, aged 89
The dealer, who died in Paris “after a brief illness”, represented many of the most ambitious contemporary artists of the past half-century
Gagosian’s chief operating officer Andrew Fabricant leaves gallery
Fabricant’s wife Laura Paulson, a former Christie's rainmaker who helped launch Gagosian Art Advisory, has also left
The Week in Art podcast | Art Basel: fireworks and nuance, Lynn Barber on her artist interviews, Guillaume Lethière at the Clark
We find out what this year's fair says about the state of the art market. Plus, the veteran journalist Lynn Barber tells us about her encounters with artists and we discover a forgotten master of Neo-Classical art
A bucolic Basel Social Club adds a new layer to the art fair model
Freewheeling art project has moved to a farm, while Art Basel repositions for a new generation of collectors
Artist who created Queen Elizabeth II portrait on Canadian coins sues dealer over stolen and damaged works
Susanna Blunt alleges the dealer Benjamin Lumb promised to compensate her for a stolen piece and knocked over several works in a “domino effect”
Big ticket sales at Art Basel mask a nuanced market moment
Insiders say that today’s market is “hard to describe, very hard to decipher”
Art Basel shrugs off ‘doom-porn’ talk with blockbuster first day of sales
VIPs prove that they came to town to buy, not just to “eat the sausage in the courtyard”
Photofairs' New York fair is cancelled until ‘market conditions improve’
The fair debuted in 2023 on the same dates and in the same building as The Armory Show
Does the De la Cruz collection sale mark the end of an era?
Reduced value, mixed results dent idea of contemporary art as investable asset
Art Basel’s new director has her eye on ‘generational transformation’ of the fair
Venerable brand looks to refresh its image with late-night venue and revamp of outdoor Parcours section
Manhattan dealers feud over client contacts
The founder of Tribeca’s 1969 Gallery claims a former employee has been contacting the gallery’s clients for his own business
Curator files explosive lawsuit against Robilant + Voena gallery alleging toxic workplace and other violations
Virginia Brilliant accuses the dealers of "repeatedly, regularly and constantly making misogynistic, antisemitic, racist and homophobic comments" and more
Art Market Eye | Who’s afraid of the big bad cyberwolf?
Christie’s was hit by ransomware hackers—and now by a class action suit
German medieval altarpiece wings that remained in one family for 500 years to be auctioned at Sotheby’s
The portraits painted by Bartholomäus Zeitblom carry an estimate of £400,000-£600,000
Christie’s reportedly planning layoffs
Rival Sotheby’s recently entered a consultation period ahead of redundancies
The Armory Show lines up 235 galleries for 30th edition, including 55 first-time exhibitors
The fair, now in its second iteration since being acquired by Frieze, remains New York's largest
Young London commercial gallery swaps spaces with Newcastle non-profit for one month
Pipeline and Slugtown will show each others’ artists this summer in the hopes of promoting "cross-regional artistic collaborations" in England
Germany slashes VAT on art sales to 7%
The reduction, which comes into effect next year, meets long-standing demands from German dealers
At Gallery Weekend, Beijing's art scene is better co-ordinated but losing its character
The event's eight edition was held as artist villages are demolished and cultural figures flee the city
Italy clamps down on company guaranteeing art investment returns
Art Invest Srl claims it will sell paintings and buy them back for a 6.8% value increase over 18 months
Christie's hit with class action lawsuit over exposure of clients' personal data in cyberattack
The complaint, filed on 3 June by a Dallas-based customer, is the latest problem for the auction house following a major cyberattack
‘Investment galleries’ that pitch art as a safe haven gain ground in the UK
But can the notoriously fickle art market ever be considered a sure bet?
Douglas Chrismas, founder of Los Angeles’s Ace Gallery, found guilty of embezzlement
The longtime California art dealer is facing up to 15 years in prison
UK General Election | ‘End the culture of culture washing': art world figures express hopes and fears for the forthcoming vote
We spoke to cultural historians, former ministers and museum directors about the changes they hope to see for the culture sector—and crucially, who they will vote for