Anti-money laundering

Art marketcomment

Comment | EU’s new anti-looting law is another blow for legitimate trade

Though laudible in its aim to kerb trafficking of stolen goods, planned rules will impose unreasonable burdens on lawful and genuine trade

Rudy Capildeo

UK art market feeling the heat as anti-money laundering legislation ramped up

HMRC has been issuing more regular fines and putting into force intensive checks, making art-related businesses sweat

Art lawcomment

‘Unregulated’ auction price manipulation may still be illegal

A 'nagging sense of lawlessness' persists despite the industry's periodic rebuttals

Art marketanalysis

Plunging arts exports, cancelled fairs and increased regulation: how Brexit is endangering the UK art market three years on

On the anniversary of the UK's departure from the European Union, dealers and politicians warn Britain is slipping behind its competitors as a cultural leader