Auction house will sell the painting in January and is dubbing it "The defining masterpiece of Botticelli's late career". But what exactly does that mean?

The new event was founded by the team behind Shanghai's 021 fair

With strict Covid-19 protocols in place, galleries have worked hard to come up with new ways of exhibiting at the London fairs this year

The 1982 portrait, made using Warhol's own urine, will be offered in New York in November, with an estimate in excess of $20m

Maria Varnava, the founder of the London gallery which specialises in artists from Africa and the diaspora, on opening a gallery on the continent where she grew up and why she is wary of speculators

Limna valued a painting by Conny Maier at a third of the ticket price

Plus, the rise of private museums and Renaissance portraits at the Rijksmuseum

Amir Soleymani, who has had his Nifty account and assets frozen, has accused the platform of changing its terms of sale

A luxuriant still-life painting of gladioli flowers should sell for over $10m

Attorney general claims the auction house created and used tax exemption certificates that falsely presented the buyer as an art dealer in order to dodge payments. Sotheby's says it will continue to contest the case

As a US court issues a decision on the dispute between the Andy Warhol Foundation and photographer Lynn Goldsmith, two lawyers explore past case studies in this legally controversial area

From Shenzhen to Shanghai, Hong Kong to Beijing, this autumn is awash with events despite border closures and long quarantines

US Treasury Department issues a call for input on forthcoming regulation that aims to counter money laundering

Exhibition of work from the Pre-Columbian age to mid-century Modern paintings, extended to 22 October

The institution has partnered with French start-up LaCollection to auction the non-fungible tokens, coinciding with its exhibition of the Japanese artist's work

The design fair has launched a new partnership in Doha

ArtOfficial, developed with help from Gary Vaynerchuk, "aims to broaden the experience of digital art" and make its purchase more accessible and transparent

Plus, Art Basel: are the buyers back? And Mary Beard on images of power

Despite the success of the fair's first post-pandemic edition, galleries are weighing up the future

Outside the Messeplatz, the Scandinavian duo have installed a car with a tender surprise inside

Gertrude aims to make the art market more accessible and evenly distributed

Founded by gallerists and lawyers, the venture will provide estate-planning advice—for a fee—to artists and their families

Ambassadors from eight countries—Mexico, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama and Peru—whose heritage was included in the sale launched a united front against it, with calls for Unesco to intervene

Asian buyers are now the biggest spenders at international auctions and these digitally-native collectors are happy to splurge online

Art Basel has lent expertise to Art Week Tokyo, but does this indicate further involvement?

I've learned the new political lessons about art shipping the hard way—so you don't have to

The fair may be smaller than usual this year but Jennifer Roberts says she has never known the collectible design market to be in such rude health