Art publications such as The Art Newspaper could offer to publish free-to-access illustrated lists of the 1,500 or more artefacts, says art adviser Ivan Macquisten

Unveiling of an early 17th-century painting has caused a stir—but what does the evidence say?

The art lending market has tripled in size in eight years and is now worth more than $24bn

Experts in the trade question whether items seized by US customs under the new four-year policy will be returned to the Taliban

As the Chinese art specialist steps back at Bonhams, he reflects on 50 years in the auction world as it went from provincial to global

Restrictions upgraded as part of new EU Directive against environmental crime and, although targeted at raw ivory, will “suspend issuing certificates for worked specimens acquired after 1947 except for pre-1975 musical instruments"

The firm is buying the London-based books and works on paper specialist Forum Auctions—it previously bought Dreweatts and Bloomsbury for £1.25m in 2017

Founded by gallerists and lawyers, the venture will provide estate-planning advice—for a fee—to artists and their families

The UK city has been stripped of its World Heritage status. Walter Aubrey Thomas, who designed some of its most famous buildings, would have objected, says his great-grandson

A 120-lot online auction of Edward Bell's collection of designs, photographs and proofs starts today

French government sold works by the intestate artist for a pittance; now the UK is set to follow suit

With baseball cards selling for $5.2m each and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey’s first ever tweet making $2.9m, people will collect anything if its rare and makes them nostalgic

New licensing regulations for cultural property may hamper metal detectorists' ability to sell legitimate finds on the European market

Proposal appears to contradict European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen's assertion that any new restrictions must be proportional and "evidence based"

Online bidding pioneer Auction Technology Group (ATG) is intending to go public to secure investment. The former editor of the original ATG, Antiques Trade Gazette, charts its rise and rivals

The controversial levy, introduced by the EU in 2006, is intended to help struggling artists but it ends up pouring more money into the hands of the most successful few

The rules, aimed at preventing trafficking, have been opposed by the trade and UK government's decision not to continue may put EU art market at a disadvantage

Art dealers, shippers and auctioneers are unsure about how leaving the single market will impact their business—but there is a silver lining

Many dealers say new regulations on money laundering will be almost impossible to comply with

Our pick of highlights from upcoming auctions and fairs

The event will be renamed The Open Art Fair and will launch in March next year

Rowland Emett's Cloud Cuckoo Valley automata will be for sale at Bonhams in September and on view in August

Consultation has started with a 62-page report commissioned from wildlife monitoring network

Global art and antiques imports and exports in and out of the UK increased last year but are yet to reach the levels seen during the 2015 peak

Sales at the Salon du Dessin continued to be brisk regardless of turmoil in UK parliament

Tefaf Maastricht's removal of art trade professionals as voting members of its vetting committee raises the wider question of the role of self-policing by fairs

Costs, paperwork and shipping delays are among gallery concerns, but experts say there are solutions

Falling pound may account for 21% drop in 2017, but exports to China have risen by 350%

Data privacy is getting a long-overdue overhaul with GDPR, but is the art market ready?

We explore what new ivory regulations will mean for the art world and meet the 2017 Election Artist Cornelia Parker