The houses say they will not change their practices, but the move could mean more opaque bidding and guarantees
Travel restrictions continue to prevent the physical presence of many international exhibitors at the fair, with 75 galleries opting for satellite booths
Lawmakers must now contend with a new era of discord channels, smart contracts and open-source intelligence to combat cyber criminals
The French-Israeli billionaire is the majority shareholder in BT through his firm Altice
After his record-shattering sale at Christies in May and the announcement of gallery representation, can Ernie Barnes hold on to the momentum?
Commercial spaces will exhibit and sell works made by artists during Russia’s invasion
The Wurundjeri Corporation hopes to crowdfund $175,000 to secure the return of the pieces, which are being sold by the De Pury family at Sotheby’s New York
Philbrick pleaded guilty to an $86m fraud in November in one of the art world's highest-profile criminal lawsuits in decades
In the wake of the latest Covid-19 outbreak, the postponed fair has enhanced last year’s hybrid model
Plus, the Albers Foundation plans a Senegal space, and a golden Indian manuscript at the British Library
The art lending market has tripled in size in eight years and is now worth more than $24bn
Women accounted for nearly half of the lots, led by Yayoi Kusama and her early Infinity Net paining which sold for a record $10.5m
Despite a hefty number of lots, the sale flew by and was peppered with memorable moments, auction records and Oliver Barker’s tireless showmanship
As the city council cuts auction regulations, the houses say they will not change their practices, but the prospect of more opaque bidding and guarantees may prove irresistible
Nearly 60% of the works in the auction house’s ‘The Now’ sale are by women artists, though they are still in the minority by value
Amid a crackdown on dissent, and the havoc wreaked by the pandemic, Hong Kong’s galleries have not just survived but thrived, with several new openings
Combined with the $676.1m take from the first sale in November 2021, the 65 works from the Macklowe collection brought in a staggering $922.2m
The new initiative marks an expansion of the gallery’s secondary market business
For decades Russian billionaires were feted for their free spending on the arts. Now, they are officially personae non gratae. But what of the other individuals and regimes with dubious reputations?
On a night when many works outpaced expectations in Christie's New York saleroom, Ernie Barnes’s “The Sugar Shack” sold for more than 76 times its high estimate
Lost Wax, now valued between $10m and $20m, was stored in a private vault for four decades
Sale profits will go towards three non-profits supporting women and children worldwide
Artists and dealers have donated works to the online auction raising money for the International Rescue Committee in Ukraine
Plus, a rediscovered Titian and a reliquary sculpture from Gabon
The collection of Thomas and Doris Ammann brought in $317.8m with fees, making it one of Christie's biggest single-owner sales ever
From industry-wide coalitions to individual initiatives, our correspondent Louisa Buck looks at how the art industry is responding to our climate and ecological crisis
The fair, always a destination for discovering artists—be they young and emerging or older and overlooked—features several presentations foregrounding underappreciated photographers
By focusing on art from across history, visitors are able to see how works from different periods can inform and encourage new dialogues
The New Art Dealers Alliance's fair returns to New York with a massive line-up of 120 exhibitors taking over Pier 36