In the last of our series which publishes talks given in London this summer, Professor Sir John Boardman, Lincoln Professor Emeritus of classical archaeology and art at Oxford, singles out three areas for concern.

Contributor to Vogue, Harpers and Punch amongst others

The scholar of Iranian culture and International Herald Tribune art journalist says dealers could be the solution to recent archaeological disasters

Praz bequeathed the entirety of his collection to the Galleria Nazionale d’arte Moderna, in the hope that his home would become a satellite of the museum

The Yorkshire furniture tycoon is one of the most important art and antique collectors in Britain today, but his name is almost unknown

The Art Newspaper examine the art and philosophy of a man who has closed deals with Sotheby’s, Noortman and Artemis

Great collectors at the Getty

Works of illustration and Italian genre photography have been market favourites since the seventies

The market for haute couture comes of age

The connoisseur, dealer, collector and patron of the Morgan Library discusses the importance of emotional impact, and how the art market has transformed since the start of his career

As the Getty Museum opens an exhibition of the Fleischman collection of antiquities, Ricardo Elia, professor of archaeology at Boston University, argues that showcasing private collections only encourages the looting of archaeological sites.

Several stakeholders weigh in

Architect of the Louvre pyramid, I.M. Pei, is its designer

Outside the canon, but now bought by US Arab and Japanese collectors

Exhibition of Russia's two most famous fin-de-siècle collectors now on in Moscow

Russia changing stance: It was all a terrible mistake, we love collectors really!

Simon's widow has announced that his art collection will remain at the museum in Pasadena

Negotiations between David Nasser Khalili and British government ongoing

Collector’s widow overturns court decision

Contemporary art sales '92 auction report

Some of his most prized works are now on show in the New York Guggenheim exhibition “The Great Utopia: the Russian and Soviet Avant-garde 1915-32”

A vanished variety of collectors: the priest, the Russian in exile, the actor, the V&A Keeper, the German and Dutch aesthetes—and a millionaire

Middle-of-the-range works have maintained their appeal, even as to the kind of collector who bought them when they were painted

Bequest of modern paintings and sculpture to tour American cities

The auction houses bring out six long-held major estates to tempt collectors

The art market at the touch of a button

A collection of works donated to the nation by Etienne Moreau-Nélaton on display at the Grand Palais

Monet, Renoir and Picasso will be some of the big names represented in the show, opening 9 June

The Carlton House treasures reassembled from the Royal Collection for the first time since 1827