Art market

The artist dealers call on to get works to and from Miami

Liz Nielsen, who showed a piece of her own at the Untitled Art fair, drove from New York to Miami and back with a van full of other artists’ work

Authenticity of Indian works in university exhibition questioned

Paintings attributed to major Modernists in a recent show at the gallery of the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (Soas) are facing scrutiny

2024 in review: the biggest stories and the best shows - podcast

From the devastating war in Gaza to art attacks in museums, our editors analyse the year's biggest stories

Sotheby's does a U-turn on new fees structure

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

Crime news

The Groucho Club to reopen in January following rape accusation

The London private members club, owned by the founders of Hauser & Wirth gallery, was shut down by police in November following a “serious crime” at the Soho venue

Phillips auction house executive chairman Ed Dolman resigns

Martin Wilson, the chairman of the British Art Market Federation (Bamf), is joining as chief executive and will oversee global operations

Jean-Michel Basquiat's love of the Alps celebrated in new exhibition

The show, at Hauser & Wirth St Moritz, looks at the artist's visits to his Swiss dealer Bruno Bischofberger, when he would go cross-country skiing and visit agricultural shows

Camille Claudel sculpture discovered in abandoned Paris apartment

The bronze is now expected to sell for up to €2m when it is auctioned in Orléans in February

Christie's results are down ‘just’ 6% in 2024, ‘despite challenging environment’

The house's auction total saw a double-digit decrease for a second year in a row—but private sales are booming

Family of late Marlborough Gallery chairman Pierre Levai sue his lover, claiming she ‘kept him sick, starved’

Max and Rosemary Levai claim Pierre’s “long-time paramour” Marcia Levine is responsible for his death and should not receive any of his inheritance

Fuller picture of Sotheby's mass layoffs emerges

Staff cuts at auction house come as $1bn deal with Abu Dhabi wealth fund closes 

Anny Shaw. With additional reporting by Anna Brady

Christie's is suing winning bidder of record-breaking Chardin for failure to pay

Italian investor Nanni Bassani Antivari secured the still-life Cut Melon with a €26.7m bid in June, but has yet to send the auction house any money

MFA Boston's Old Master paintings could bring up to $3.8m at auction

The deaccessioned works, to be offered at Christie's in New York, include 17 pieces by Dutch and Flemish artists from the 17th century

The Year in Review: art market slump squeezes biggest players and Frieze for sale

The top end of the market failed to recover, while auction houses expanded in Hong Kong amid dramatic shifts in the city

What dealers and art enthusiasts got out of the inaugural Chelsea Art Fair

The five-gallery fair was staged inside one of Manhattan's most famous hotels

Shanghaianalysis

How Shanghai's art scene burst back to life for massive art week

More than 100 events accompanied two major fairs, with a vibrant and chaotic energy befitting China's financial capital

Sly’s knockout Ernie Barnes tribute to Rocky Balboa goes on view at Art Basel Miami Beach

The actor famous for playing Rocky commissioned the huge work from the late artist in the 1980s

Art marketanalysis

Privacy rules are spelling trouble for the art market

More stringent regulations are posing provenance challenges and leading to legal battles

Comic book page—featuring Deadpool's first appearance—sells for nearly $1m at auction

This is the second most valuable page of comic art ever sold at auction

Dina Danish’s tapestries at Art Basel Miami Beach depict current events

The artist’s textile works depict important events from recent years, including the assassination attempt on the US President-elect

Trump ‘bump’ or Trump ‘slump’? What dealers expect from the next four years

On the second day of Art Basel Miami Beach, leading dealers, advisers and market experts are split on the US president-elect’s tax and tariff plans

£10m Botticelli leads London's pre-Christmas Old Master sales

Nine bidders competed for the 15th century painting of a Virgin and child at Sotheby's, while Zoffany, Tiepolo and Van Dyck topped auctions at Bonhams and Christie's

Five years after the banana frenzy, Maurizio Cattelan takes aim at gun violence at Art Basel Miami Beach

The artist is debuting a new work, intended as a statement on gun violence, at Gagosian’s stand

Art marketanalysis

Small but mighty: sales under $10,000 defy market

The lower-priced sector is also the fastest growing, doubling over the past decade

Miami Beach presentation to show there was more to Milton Avery than landscapes

Karma gallery, now representing the influential artist’s estate in the US, will reveal his circus-themed paintings at Art Basel Miami Beach and his ‘wild’ portraiture next year