Agnew's
How Velázquez's 'Rokeby Venus' became a symbol of public pride—and political protest
This week's attack by climate protesters is the third time that the National Gallery masterpiece has been recruited to articulate contemporary social or cultural concerns
Big money, new collectors: the low-down on the New York auctions
Plus, Fabergé in London and a rediscovered Dürer
Unknown Dürer drawing—bought for just $30 at a house clearance—could sell for $50m at London gallery
The US family who owned it believed it was a 20th-century reproduction
Private View: Peter Darach, Richard Diebenkorn and Lotte Laserstein
Noteworthy exhibitions at commercial galleries, from emerging names to forgotten talents
Collector pays £1 million for oil sketches of British Royal Family
14 preparatory sketches of members of the royal family
Texan collector loses Van Dyck case, dealer judged not fault
Claim against Agnew’s dismissed though the painting ruled not autograph
Collectors sue Agnew’s over Van Dyck and Constable misattributions
The gallery catalogued both works as genuine, though experts made no secret of their ambivalence
The status of British neo-romantic artist Keith Vaughan is rising, and so are the prices of his art
Prices are rising for the Modern British neo-romantic
What's on in London: The house that crashed on Japan and other urban dilemmas
Bacon lithographs at Coskun, Euan Uglow at Browse and Darby and Albers at Waddingtons
Wonnacott's big week: while one painting by the artist has been sold to the Tate, another has been commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery
Wonnacott's portrait of John Major is on view at Agnew's
The vanishing Major: Shady art dealings in post-war Europe
As recalled by Dick Kingzett of Agnew’s
Agnew’s 175th anniversary: the memoirs of a senior partner, Dick Kingzett
A vanished variety of collectors: the priest, the Russian in exile, the actor, the V&A Keeper, the German and Dutch aesthetes—and a millionaire