With auction sales faltering and a respected commercial gallery going into administration, Ben Lewis sees echoes of the slump of 2008

The London commercial gallery is now under the control of insolvency practitioners after a petition from Barclays Bank

93-year-old Jean Lupu, who allegedly faked 17th- and 18th-century royal furniture, and his wife say they are unable to stand trial due to illness and stress

The long-running photography fair was last held at the Upper East Side institution until 2016, when it decamped to Midtown

The standalone sales come off the back of numerous high-profile projects involving the British artist

The Hamptons’ longest-running art fair has been called off this year due to “unforeseen logistical issues”

The auction house made £53.9m (with fees) from 38 lots, and saw a new record established for Fra Angelico

Artex, the latest in a slew of new initiatives, is offering shares in a Francis Bacon triptych for as little as $100—but is it a good investment?

The £39.4m auction was led by a 15th-century painting by the Master of the Baroncelli Portraits at £7.9m, while a new record was set for a work by William Hogarth—albeit sold to a single bid

The annual eclectic gallery trail finishes on Friday, with 51 participants to see around central London

The chairman of the International Association of Dealers in Ancient Art reflects on an increasingly scrutinised industry as the organisation marks its 30th anniversary

Plus one of only four paintings by the 15th century Master of the Baroncelli portraits

The painting was pulled from a sale in June following reports it was sold under duress in 1936 by Walter Blank, who died in Spain while fleeing Nazi Germany

Plus, Spain’s historical memory and a Dürer plate remade by Goldin + Senneby

Anna Boch is celebrated with an ambitious exhibition, opening in Ostend

“Japan’s art market is behind where logic dictates it should be,” says the fair's co-founder Magnus Renfrew

An auction house in Austria intended to sell the artefact before officials stepped in, according to the Mexican government

Few big-ticket consignments and New York's turbo-charged May sales marred tonight's performance

Her predecessor, Maike Cruse, recently left the role to lead Art Basel's flagship Swiss fair

The night's star lot made up nearly half of the £190.3m total for Sotheby's Modern and contemporary evening auction

Boomers may do well to sell their acquisitions sooner rather than later, as tastes in art are changing

Event's organisers say they are pursuing options with UK government to "work around" Brexit

The British artist’s work—which reframes art history through abstraction, feminism and pop culture—has been on countless collectors’ wishlists in recent years

Eight artists have been invited to select one of their peers for solo stands at this year's fair

"1919" is among Colescott’s most important works, according to Bonhams, and figured prominently in a recent touring retrospective

Under patrimony laws the museum cannot intervene during the auction but can buy up works at the final price

The 2004 work Congestion Charge has a high estimate of £1.8m in the 29 June auction

In-demand artists and their galleries are exploring creative legal solutions alongside measures improving resale restrictions' likelihood of enforceability

Buyers flocked to Lalanne’s famous sheep and helped ramp prices up past the auction house's estimates

Collectors show greater interest in photographers but larger galleries still favour mid-career and older artists