The French museum is now seeking funds to buy the still-life painting, which was sold last week by Artcurial to a US dealer for €24.3m
The London-headquartered The Fine Art Group and New York-based Schwartzman& are collaborating—but this is not a merger, they stress
Only two of the 12 works have been guaranteed, an oddity in the recent string of high-profile single-owner sales
While it is still legal to sell art to a Russian individual, conducting business with anyone on a sanctions list could result in fines or a prison sentence
Following the Russian invasion, some art dealers and their artists have left the country, some have stayed—but all are finding ways to help their compatriots
A number of new appointments are announced today at the auction houses, with a different EMEA president for Christie's and new managing director in the Middle East at Sotheby's
The move comes as the art market steps up its due diligence
Asian spending continues to grow, particularly at auction, while the UK’s market share shrinks to historic lows as Brexit woes linger
The Hamburg-based dealer Roben Dib was arrested in Paris last week. His lawyers say he will "fully cooperate with the investigation"
The second edition of the buzzy Austrian fair is taking place at Vienna Contemporary's former venue, the Marx Halle
The artefacts were flagged by Christos Tsiogiannis, who has, since 2006, been identifying looted antiquities through photographic archives of suspected and convicted dealers in plunder
The artist also made his son, Connor, a director of Science (UK) last year
Fragment and Osnova galleries will give their stands to The Naked Room and Voloshyn from Kyiv
The New York dealer Adam Williams bought the fruity still-life
Paris+, by Art Basel is due to run until at least 2028
The French conceptual artist made nine "empty zones" in the last three years of his life, which could be purchased only with pure gold
The firm bags a second Scandinavian auction house as sector consolidation continues
The painting, being sold by the Thomas and Doris Ammann Foundation, could become the most expensive 20th century work of art ever sold at auction when it is offered in New York in May
The Artists’ Collecting Society and the Design and Artists Copyright Society say Braka has refused to disclose information on secondary market sales since royalties legislation was introduced in 2006
A new code aims to introduce more transparency to the business of buying
NFTs are a major new economy and with every major new economy, there is a big new scam
The 19th-century work, executed just before the sculptor's death, has been rediscovered after languishing outside for more than 50 years
Just two months after buying the Nordic firm Bukowskis, the private-equity-owned auction house is bolstering its presence across the Pond
The sales, popular with London-based Russians and regional collectors in Russia alike, had been scheduled for June
The 25-lot sale tomorrow includes works that reflect "how irrational, how ugly, and how challenging the modern world can be"
Cinoa, the dealer association, has issued an open letter criticising recent reports that make 'false claims' linking industry to crime
A buyer has until 10 July to start raising the funds to keep the 18th-century painting in the country—but it is unlikely any cash-strapped national museum can afford the hefty price tag
Decision follows years of uncertainty around dwindling enforcement funding
The event's 15th edition dedicated a whole building to the "rapidly expanding digital arts space"