Our pick of highlights from the next fortnight's auctions and fairs

Overall sales were down by around 30% but beyond the disappointing headline figures, women and minority artists shone

Ed Ruscha's visual pun Hurting the Word Radio #2 rose to $46m, a new world record for the artist, but most lots barely reached their estimate in a slow sales season

Futurist bronze sculpture cast from another bronze in the 1970s sells for $16.2m—four times its estimate

In our new video series, deputy art market editor Margaret Carrigan recaps the highlights of New York's billion-dollar auction week

Can the quality of the smaller works coming up during "gigaweek" quell economic jitters?

If not immune to geopolitical unrest, then perhaps art is a refuge for money that is struggling to find its way into other assets

High price for painting at Christie’s in New York last week is prompting speculation but expert says his money is on Isaac de Jouderville

A different version of the sculpture Unique Forms of Continuity in Space sold at the auction house in 1975 for $41,000

Christie's defends decision to sell two illuminations, expected to make up to £1m each, as they were removed from The Paths of Paradise 30 years ago

Post war, contemporary and Italian art sale notched up £89m, topped by a £7.4m Jean-Michel Basquiat

Christie's sale in London totals £23m with Modern British artists rubbing shoulders with international post-war names

Trump's tariff of 15% on Chinese art that went into effect 1 September also applies to the antiquarian trade, further frustrating dealers and auction houses

Featured on the BBC's Fake or Fortune TV show, the sculptor's Tête qui regarde was badly repaired after it was felled by a family feline

We revisit interviews about the headline-making auction of the famous painting, its origins and its present whereabouts

Sale to telecoms magnate Patrick Drahi looks set to go ahead as firm makes up for a loss in revenue through increased commissions and more efficient guarantees

He seeks $200m in damages from lawyer who he says "hoodwinked" him

Exhibitions and events at museums and galleries worldwide proves we are still looney for the Moon 50 years after setting foot on it

During London's Classic Week, we take a look at what the same sum will buy you at either end of the art historical timeline

Egyptian authorities had tried to stop the sale claiming that the 3,000 year old quartzite sculpture should be repatriated

Our pick of highlights from London Art Week exhibitions and auctions, including an export-barred Renaissance cabinet and an uncharacteristically cheery Ribera

Sale raises $1.3m for new heritage museum dedicated to the history of Jeddah's historical district

Records set for Tschabalala Self and Kara Walker as a new wave of works by contemporary artists come to auction—bucking the pale, male and stale status quo

Early Schiele drawing is the low-key star of an unremarkable sale, topped by a flashy Picasso

Christie's American art sales this week realise a new record for Hartley but Sotheby's struggles to get the pricing right on Hopper's Shakespeare scene