The Venetian lagoon painting—submitted by a member of the public to Christie's digital appraisal service—comes to auction in New York with an estimate of $300,000 to $500,000

Long-term buyers are going to fewer fairs while the growth in numbers is from people less likely to buy

Less than a year ago, the auction house reduced buyer’s premium and tried to introduce a flat 10% vendor's commission to avoid bartering. It did not prove popular with sellers

Christie's acquisition of Gooding & Company has renewed focus on collectible automobiles

The institution, which is about to welcome the first students to its new home, takes a refreshing and genuinely democratising approach to art education

All change as the final auction season of 2024 goes into full swing

Both artists in landmark exhibition were key to the creation of the foundation in 1964

The rich are still looking to buy art, but they want it buttressed by personalities and entertainment

Sales volumes have hit a record high, with art at lower price levels particularly popular

In a stubbornly stagnant market, the big players are searching for new ideas that will bring sustained growth

Made up of ten main fair exhibitors doing double duty, the section offers the space to experiment.

Although the sceptics say we have been here before, there are ample reasons to believe India's art economy has entered a new era

Pop artist’s paintings have seven-figure prices, but his prints are available for just a few hundred dollars at New York sale

Research reveals that fairs are not as lucrative for galleries as they once were—but what is the alternative?

Who says something eye-catching and short-term can’t also be serious?

Shielding art prices from organic market conditions doesn't always pay off

There are plenty of encouraging dynamics in the city this summer

Boomers may do well to sell their acquisitions sooner rather than later, as tastes in art are changing

Plus, hip hop in Baltimore and Juan de Pareja, the artist enslaved by Velázquez

Collectors tend towards safety in times of trouble—and current uncertainty is causing a shift in buying habits

In stark comparison to recent staggering auction-house results, educators are struggling to maintain funding, says our columnist Melanie Gerlis

The global art world sprang back to life with a vengeance in 2022

Charity sales, while undoubtedly a positive, tend to skew valuable auction data upwards and muddy an already opaque market

The UK’s new culture secretary—the seventh in six years—has a lot on her plate, so whether the art market gets much of her attention remains to be seen

Plus, Art Basel's inaugural Paris+ fair and an enigmatic Frank Bowling painting

Crypto might have crashed, but online-only sales and other digital channels are allowing auction houses to deepen their business beyond the thin market for blue-chip art

It might take a little longer in our world for the bad news to feed through, but feed through it will

With old codes now dispensed of, my hope is to lobby for new oversights that could enforce stricter and clearer rules

The recent London auctions suggested a market of extremes, with some seeking the safety of guarantees and others speculating on works by young stars on the rise

Plus, an exhibition about wartime hideouts in Poland and Ukraine, and Mondrian’s final work Victory Boogie Woogie