Brook Mason
As galleries begin to re-open, dealerships that survived the Spanish Flu reflect on art sales in the age of pandemics
While some cultivated key clients like the Kennedys and Fords, others relied on close communication even under socially distanced circumstances
Outsider art pulls an 'in' crowd in New York
The city's Americana week saw works by 20th century self-taught artists edging out traditional folk art and antiques thanks to a growing celebrity-studded client base
Art storage demands flare as California fires rage
Calls for emergency art storage are putting pressure on art shipment and insurance firms
Elaborate, traditional pieces sold well at the latest auctions
Chinese and Russian buyers with a taste for the ornate have added a new layer of bidding and are forcing prices ever higher
Decorative arts market report: The field is booming, fuelled by museum buying and style-hounds
"Sold to the person in the Prada suit"
Decorative arts sales shift to Chicago
New York vies with London for nineteenth- and twentieth-century decorative arts sales, but Chicago is coming on quickly
Post-1935 decorative arts, mass produced at exclusive prices
A survey of the decorative arts market
Influx of new collectors of American paintings boosts market
Even third-rate works are now selling for six figures
When form plus function equals art
High-profile shows are breaking down the boundaries between designers and artists
Private view: must-see gallery shows opening this May
New commercial gallery shows—from a new space in south London to an apartment show in San Gimignano
Picasso biographer John Richardson dies, aged 95
We recently spoke to the art historian about his new book focusing on his extraordinary life, his homes and his eclectic personal collection
New York’s Americana week reveals a generational shift in taste
Sales lag while demand for folk art is on the rise as Millennials move away from a ‘Home Alone’ aesthetic
Dealers mix Modern furniture with Old Masters in New York
Nicholas Hall and François Laffanour have paired up on the Upper East Side
Antiques trade adapts to survive
Dealers downsize or go online as tastes in furniture and collecting change
Collectors flock to Lalanne sheep, driven by recent exhibition at the Paul Kasmin Gallery
Set of sheep sell for $746,500
Interview with Bruce Weber: “We had to work fast—and run”
Photographer Bruce Weber has spent seven years recording the plight of Miami’s Haitian community
2011 Sharjah Biennial artists announced
New organiser discloses record 119 artists from 36 countries will be exhibited
Sale of Diego Giacometti floor lamp at TEFAF confirms that design is well and truly in vogue
Dealers cite the design section's new position as the reason for this year's exceptional sales, in proximity to contemporary art dealers
Obituary and tributes: Ernst Beyeler
Art world remembers a great art dealer, collector and museum founder
Forbes family hold sale of 38 Victorian pictures
Brothers raise cash with a few pictures from their extensive collection
Basel satellite fairs beset by management complications in the midst of US dealers shunning Europe
Exhibitors wary of investing in weak market, while community groups oppose Scope tent on public open space
Gagosian doubling space in Los Angeles
Meanwhile, Steven Kasher moves in on Gagosian territory
Collector Richard Driehaus's private museum gets a classical makeover
Who said it was all about modernism?