Art Market
‘Anyone who is interested in the Renaissance should be interested in medals’
It may be a small and specialist market, but it is still possible to find exquisite portrait medals at affordable prices
The best of October’s international art fairs
A round-up of events, from Frieze London and its many satellite shows to a celebration of flower power in San Francisco
London’s major modern and contemporary sales
Auction highlights in October include a dramatic Jenny Saville painting, a late Philip Guston work, and rich Islamic textiles
Exhibitors get creative for the sixth edition of Frieze Masters
Highlights from this year’s fair, which encourages contemporary art buyers to cross over into older art
Florence’s art and antiques fair is on fine form
The Biennale Internazionale dell’Antiquariato di Firenze has upped its game under Fabrizio Moretti’s leadership
Small auction houses move in on Christie’s old turf
When Christie’s announced the closure of its South Kensington saleroom, it was inevitable that rival auction houses would start circling
A quick tour of the autumn art fairs
LAPADA returns to London, Brussels gears up for its inaugural Fine Art Fair, and Fine Art Asia opens its doors in Hong Kong
The best of the new Biennale Paris
The Biennale des Antiquaires returns in its new guise as the Biennale Paris with an impressive showing of French fine and decorative arts
Why it’s time for auction houses to start talking to each other
Rob Weisberg, CEO of Invaluable, discusses the challenges and opportunities facing the auction sector
Celebrity collections kick off the autumn auctions
The personal collections of Edward Albee, Vivien Leigh and Mario Testino come to the block this month
A preview of Parcours des Mondes
This year’s event explores links between traditional African art and contemporary art practice, while galleries around Paris present their best items
The widening market for Oceanic art
Once championed by the Surrealists, Oceanic art is now achieving top prices at auction and attracting an increasingly diverse collector base
A new initiative brings galleries to the Rhineland
An alternative to the art fair model, Okey Dokey’s collaborative project hopes to strengthen regional and international ties
How sustainable is the art scene in Dubai?
And does the city really have what it takes to become a global commercial hub?
A token of love from a besotted prince
A portrait jewel commissioned by the future George IV for his secret wife, Maria Fitzherbert, is up for auction
The European art fairs worth visiting this summer
A quick guide to the upcoming events in London, Bamberg, Edinburgh, and Knocke
Turner’s golden landscape and other auction highlights
Venetian vedute, Tuscan cassone panels, and a masterpiece of British painting all feature in London’s upcoming Old Master sales
Dance of the London art dealers
Mayfair and St James’s are still at the centre of London’s art market, but the galleries themselves are constantly on the move
The best of Masterpiece 2017
There’s something for all tastes at this year’s art fair, from ancient statuary to bright abstract paintings
Now is the time to buy English porcelain…
English porcelain may not attract the same high prices of the past, but it could still be a lucrative opportunity for new collectors
These French firedogs have an impeccable pedigree
The firedogs made for the French couturier and collector Jacques Doucet are the epitome of art deco style
Summer season kicks off in London and Brussels
London Art Week returns to St James’s and Mayfair, while Old Master fair Paris Tableau is revived – in Brussels
In London’s salerooms, bigger is no longer better
Auction highlights this month include a dramatic plaster relief in Paris, and a diminutive but vibrant Van Gogh in London
As visceral a painting as you will ever encounter…
Max Beckmann’s ‘Bird’s Hell’, a terrifying vision of cruelty painted after he fled Nazi Germany, is to be sold at auction for the first time
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Are the art market’s problems being blown out of proportion?