The 27th edition of Salon du Dessin at Palais Brongniart assembles 39 dealers from Europe and the US

Will Jeff Koons’s handbags for Louis Vuitton help find a buyer for the Rubens portrait?

With new exhibitors, two preview days and refreshed floor plan, the grande dame of art and antiques fair is changing, albeit slowly

As artificial intelligence becomes more common, the market is embracing tools that might help to bring digital natives into the Golden Age

Assurances required from Rijksmuseum and Irish owner to promptly return celebrated portrait of Tahitian which Tate had tried to buy

Leonardo buzz may have given bidding a boost, but results still show a sharp divide between the best and the rest

From Pontormo to Klimt, dealers invest in research in the hope of boosting prices

Exhibitions to seek out at Manhattan's annual gallery trail, which now embraces paintings and sculptures

We survey the top five results in key markets, from Old Masters to Post-war and contemporary

We look back at some of most important purchases and donations that entered public collections this year

Better public understanding of condition requires greater access to digital images

New £7.3m record for Joseph Wright of Derby painting tops December sales in London

We talk Titian, Constable, Veneziano, Wright of Derby, Van Dyck and, yes, Leonardo, with art historian Bendor Grosvenor. And we get Judd Tully’s views on Miami’s annual art fair.

Rothschild's El Greco, a candlelit scene by Joseph Wright of Derby and an out of season crucifixion scene lead pre-Christmas sales

Slick marketing produced stupendous sale price for Salvator Mundi, but it sparked revulsion as well as elation

Inaugural December event brings city's Old Master dealers out from the shadows with exhibitions at more than 30 galleries

Despite buy-ins, the sale saw several strong prices and records below the dizzy height of $450.3m for Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi

Price makes it the most expensive painting of all time

The Oyster Meal, insured for £1.5m, has hung in Mansion House for nearly three decades

Two years of investigation preceded the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s exhibition of highlights from the Johnson Collection

The 'masterpieces' that fooled the art world. Plus: a review of London's latest shows, from Cezanne to Soutine.

The donation—the largest in the museum’s history—also include funds for a new study centre dedicated to the period

German private owner reaches settlement with Jewish art historian’s heirs

After nearly 30 years at the museum, antiquities expert Carlos Picón will head dealer’s new US venture

Debate over attribution has marked modern scholarship on this great master, bringing nuance to the Oxford show

Much of this long-neglected Baroque artist's work is lost, but what remains is worth another look

Works from Bologna and Ferrara are the subject of a comprehensive new catalogue

The Palazzo Strozzi mixes Viola's videos and installations with the Old Masters that inspired them

Competition is stiff for confirmed works, but buyers also gave a nod to quality

New algorithm, developed by scientists at the National Gallery of Art, precisely aligns layered images to reveal compositional differences