Artists are regularly asked to create pieces to suit the particular tastes of buyers—but taking direction suits some more than others

KAWS, the pseudonym of the American artist Brian Donnelly, is best known for his distorted cartoon characters and embracing of popular culture, even being compared to Andy Warhol. Now, a lesser-known side is revealed as works from his vast art collection go on show in New York

The 200-page report, authored by Clare McAndrew, also revealed stable Chinese buying and buoyancy at the lower end of the market as top end softens

Celebrating the “negative joy” of the American artist Kelley in a new Tate retrospective, a period of change in India explored at the Barbican, and a conversation about a work once owned by the pioneering woman gallerist Berthe Weill

The world's oldest champagne house has upgraded visitor facilities at its production site in Reims, adding a new building to display part of its art collection

The experience of working with Antonia Caicedo Holguin bestowed more on me than a lofty—and often far too exclusive—title ever could

A personal memoir recalling the French actor’s “serious case of collectoritis” that saw him acquiring works by Albrecht Dürer, Théodore Géricault and Georges Braque

Austin gallerists boosting local art scene with joint collectors’ circle

A resurgence in top-end spending would only reprise the recent status quo

Our round-up of the latest art publications

The spotlight tends to fall on big spenders, but what of “professional class” buyers, who often feel intimidated by the art world?

Art is not just for the mega-rich: there are ways to buy good-quality works on a modest budget

Italy’s controversial former prime minister, who died in June, amassed tens of thousands of works—of varying quality

Robinovitz's most recent art purchase was Yoora Lee painting from Half Gallery’s booth at Expo Chicago

Prospective lenders are increasingly nervous that their works will be targeted by attacks or be vulnerable to a lack of security during museum closures

The pop star has acquired four works from Hirst's NFT collection "The Empresses"

Billionaire businessman has amassed a treasure trove of more than 200 prime works of art, many bought through his auction house

The art historian describes her passion for Surrealism and why "less is more" is her collecting mantra

As the discipline's artists age and die, and the art world they occupy professionalises and expands, the question of their legacy grows

An online conference backed by a research project will explore how institutions can care for time-based, live and organic art

Former gallerist says that works that can seem unattractive and complex at first can eventually give the most pleasure

In the wake of Russia’s invasion, some of the spending power at the exhibition is being directed towards good causes

Activism has a growing presence at art fairs, but it’s up to collectors and other stakeholders to enact meaningful change

As peer-to-peer trading disrupts the market, bricks-and-mortar galleries must reconsider what they offer collectors

Bronx gallerist Set Free Richardson is helping the stars of the basketball court tell a KAWS from a Kehinde Wiley

Baltimore Museum of Art exhibition pays tribute to the French artist and his most ardent American patron

The 26 works, promised by a New York collecting couple, enhance the museum’s current holdings and add new artists to its collection

The trials and tribulations of building an art collection

The Middle Eastern financier is bringing his collection to New York’s Asia Society later this year

In an increasingly asset-driven art trade, collecting by listening to the buzz is fast becoming the norm