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    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      Collecting
      Why France’s art sales are in fighting form

      A tussle over tax; Tefaf back on track; Timothy Taylor goes big in New York — and more

    • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
      Collecting
      Frieze LA secures city’s status as an art market destination

      Sales swift at Frieze and Felix; James Fuentes seeks LA’s emerging buyers; Christie’s invades Uber app

    • Thursday, 9 February, 2023
      Visual Arts
      De Kooning and Richter hit the block at Phillips for £24mn

      Single-owner sale of Middle East art for Sotheby’s; Frieze alumni launch consultancy; is Bonhams for sale again?

    • Thursday, 2 February, 2023
      Visual Arts
      Tech couple’s Surrealist collection comes to auction

      Lisson runs late in LA; abortion addressed in London show; Strauss wants to sell African art to African collectors

    • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
      Visual Arts
      Sotheby’s gains Richter, London loses Masterpiece fair

      Galleries test Singapore’s market; Patti Wong sets up advisory business in Hong Kong

    • Thursday, 29 December, 2022
      Visual Arts
      Private collections power a year to remember in the art market

      The Paul Allen sale raised $1.6bn, Paris vied with London even more closely for European primacy, and all eyes turn to Asia for 2023

    • Thursday, 3 November, 2022
      Collecting
      A season of sales ventures in the run-up to Miami Beach

      Art Basel and Luma Foundation back blockchain business; Hauser & Wirth hosts first online auction; Sotheby’s executive sells collection; Turin calls for contemporary collectors

    • Thursday, 27 October, 2022
      Visual Arts
      $35mn Rubens headlines winter Old Masters sales

      Perrotin opens in Dubai; tipping point for Kentridge’s market; Dallas art gala raises $9.4mn

    • Thursday, 6 October, 2022
      Collecting
      Mondrian poised to break auction record at Sotheby’s

      Gagosian keeps growing; Frieze boasts Rauschenberg and Bacon; British Art Fair hits the spot

    • Thursday, 15 September, 2022
      Collecting
      Artist Lorenzo Quinn scores with World Cup commission

      Miami collector launches NFT tarot series; later version of royal Canaletto on market for $10mn

    • Thursday, 7 July, 2022
      Collecting
      London sales show signs of buyer fatigue

      UK works sell well at Masterpiece; African art at Christie’s; Hôtel Lambert trove; new fair director at Art Basel; Deborah Roberts piece helps charity

    • Thursday, 9 June, 2022
      Collecting
      Japan gets an international art fair

      Sprüth Magers to open in New York; Art Basel galleries put spotlight on refugees; offer for MCH spin-off; Miami museum buys Nam June Paik work

    • Thursday, 2 June, 2022
      Collecting
      Retrospective marks William Turnbull’s centenary

      Banker’s collection sells at Christie’s; hybrid Hong Kong fair a success; Frieze moves to Santa Monica airport

    • Thursday, 19 May, 2022
      Collecting
      New York auctions shine — but the future looks dimmer

      Ernie Barnes painting sells for 65 times estimate; rockstars join London Gallery Weekend

    • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
      Collecting
      Warhol’s $195mn Marilyn kicks off epic New York auction season

      NY fairs report lower sales; Zwirner launches consignments portal; Tezos Foundation puts £1mn towards NFT art

    • Thursday, 31 March, 2022
      ReviewVisual Arts
      $250mn Anne Bass collection for auction and Jeff Koons shoots for the moon

      Plus: Liste supports Ukrainian galleries; South South launches $40,000 fund; sustainability leads London art conference

    • Thursday, 3 March, 2022
      Collecting
      Artists condemn war, with European buyers ‘in pause mode’

      As the international art world takes a stand on Ukraine, some players are unwilling to rock the boat

    • Thursday, 24 February, 2022
      Collecting
      Christie’s lines up £10mn eye-catching Old Masters

      Celebrities add to buzz at Frieze LA; craft’s growing appeal; artists support the Warburg Institute

    • Thursday, 17 February, 2022
      Collecting
      UK tax authorities seize NFTs in fraud probe

      Photo London sells 25 per cent stake; dealer launches ivory rescue scheme; is it all over for OVRs?

    • Thursday, 10 February, 2022
      Collecting
      Bacon triptych estimated to fetch a sizzling £55mn

      Sadie Coles lends space to Londoners; Outsider artists break records; Pace takes on Hermann Nitsch

    • Thursday, 3 February, 2022
      Collecting
      London auction slump continues as buyers turn to Asia and Paris

      Richard Saltoun opens in Rome; Botticelli fails to inspire; unrepresented artists get a new platform

    • Thursday, 30 December, 2021
      Collecting
      Auction houses to ride the boom in 2022

      Cheap money and a hybrid model have benefited the salerooms, but galleries and art fairs face stiffer winds

    • Thursday, 16 December, 2021
      Collecting
      No NFT, no comment — how digital art dominated 2021

      In a year of tech innovation, buyers and sellers have had to grapple with new systems of value and ownership — or lose out

    • Thursday, 9 December, 2021
      Visual Arts
      Galleries expand their reach in London

      Mucha gets the NFT treatment; Magritte’s torso sells for $10m; Ed Vaizey backs the repatriation of Elgin Marbles

    • Thursday, 2 December, 2021
      Collecting
      Buyers hustle at Art Basel Miami Beach as Covid fears return

      Satellite fair success; South South platform seeks to evolve; Gagosian gains new China rep; Old Masters sales in London

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