Contemporary art
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Eli Broad speaks about how he cultivates culture in Southern California
A fair in its infancy, Art Forum proved fruitful for younger dealers with affordable art, although its concurrence with Yom Kippur did not help matters
A defence of the Helion 'hoax'
Computer-glitch software, Norton Utilities, has made the fortunes of Peter and Eileen Norton
Art Basel ’98 fair report
Zwirner turns his gallery into a sports bar for the World Cup
In 1998 we reflected on Sotheby's and Christie's recent move to sell cutting edge contemporary art as being a watershed moment
Dealers and collectors alike come here to see the city and its contemporary art world take shape but immediate sales were limited
Talley Dunn of Gerald Peters Gallery states with pride that “The art community as a whole is growing”
The change of regime in the Democratic Republic of Congo coincided with thefts from the Institut des Musées Nationaux
A history of how Documenta has changed with the times
The stands in this fair cost only SFr 4,000
A new strategy at Sotheby’s as private collectors’ appetite for sculpture grows
Europe’s grandest modern art fair will be bigger than ever this year, with collectors and museum curators from all over the world
While women Abstract Expressionists come to Long Island, chilling still-lifes plus true confessions in Soho
Sixteen French dealers join the Anglo-Saxons with Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and Modern art
Commercial galleries with common goals banding together
Electronic artists have time on their side in global exhibition
The secret behind Sotheby’s contemporary art sale in New York, 6 May.
Financier unveils his new museum in Sintra’s former Casino with a collection formed in just four years
David Tang mixes modern Chinese art with the smartest, retro-style club in Hong Kong and his own frantic life-style
The works are from the Oppé collection and Janet Wolfson de Botton
“Inside the visible” is on show until 8 December
Bringing together Picasso and Kapoor, Louise Bourgeois and Basquiat, Lam and the new Latin Americans, Jean-Hubert Martin and Achille Bonito Oliva
The sculptures of Louise Nevelson and political paintings of Léon Golub, from the US, the ArtePovera of Alighiero Boetti from Italy, the historic legends of Anselm Kiefer and wax figures of Thomas Schütte, both from Germany
The ailing fair has brought in radical new measures including a party with the President at the Elysée Palace to encourage collectors and improve the standard of exhibitors
A response to critic Andrew Graham-Dixon’s opinions on the power of images as expounded in his current BBC tv series
The gift was made by New York millionairess Elaine Dannheisser, who says her collection contains “a lot of tough art”