Art Market
Can selling artworks in small pieces yield big dividends?
A new breed of business is offering investors shares in blue-chip artworks – and making big claims about their profitability
Around the galleries – British Art Fair welcomes a fresh crop of collectors
Under new owners, this stalwart of the London fair calendar shows that a focus on British art needn’t be parochial
Can London auctions give collectors what they really want?
A few excellent results can’t paper over the deeper cracks that have appeared at Christie’s and Sotheby’s this summer
The young gallerists reinvigorating London’s art scene
A wave of emerging galleries is breaking across the capital despite difficult economic conditions
Classical African sculpture keeps moving with the times
Provenance is more crucial than ever but the market for masterpieces is now broader than ever
Around the galleries – the Armory Show is still a force to be reckoned with
At a time when art fairs around the world are scaling back, the New York mainstay is still thinking big
Portraits get seriously high-profile at the London auctions this month
A record-breaking Klimt at Sotheby’s has put the marketing machine in overdrive, but quieter joys can be found elsewhere in the capital
Around the galleries – Treasure House sets out its stall in London
From the ashes of Masterpiece rises an ambitious and even more selective successor
The golden age of English furniture
After a period in the doldrums, pieces by the best 18th-century makers are back in demand
Who really wants to buy video art?
Video art makes the running in the art world – but commercially, it has some catching up to do
Auction highlights – a window on the world of Pierre Boulez
The famously irascible composer’s collection is up for sale at Artcurial in Paris this month – and it’s full of unexpected delights
Auction highlights – Basquiat is still very much in fashion
Sotheby’s and Christie’s are both hoping to capitalise on the artist’s luxury status next week
The battle to win New York’s auction season
There’s strong competition in the Big Apple this month, with a martial portrait by Rubens and a late landscape by Henri Rousseau among the contenders
What to see at TEFAF New York
The fair returns to Manhattan with a strong focus on designers, women artists, new discoveries and forgotten stories
How New York took over the art world
After decades of globalisation, the centre of gravity is shifting back to the Big Apple
Pop go the prices for Roy Lichtenstein’s works on paper
Drawings, prints and collages were important to the artist’s process – and the market now values them accordingly
Around the galleries – Frieze New York thinks globally and locally
After scaling down during the pandemic, the fair is welcoming new international exhibitors while maintaining links closer to home
Auction highlights – an all-American medley at Sotheby’s
The Wolf family’s extraordinary collection of American art and crafts is up for sale later this month
Around the galleries in Geneva’s Old Town
At the intimate, dealer-led event known as Art en Vieille-Ville, everything from Old Masters to surreal photographs is on offer
Why is Surrealist art so popular?
Public and curatorial interest in the avant-garde movement shows no signs of abating but the market is less stable
Bulls and a china shop – New York’s Asia Week sales, reviewed
An enthralling painting by M.F. Husain and the collection of retired dealers J.J. Lally & Co both played a star turn this week
Art Dubai comes into its own
With a focus on artists from the Global South, there were unexpected discoveries to be made at this year’s edition
Kandinsky reaches new heights in London
A new record was set for the Russian painter this week while Van Gogh’s portrait of a farmworker fetched twice its estimate
The market for Italian maiolica
These vivid, tin-glazed ceramics were considered fit for the pope to eat off – and can fetch princely prices today
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