Dürer, the Frick Collection and the Bugatti Type 35 make it onto designer Guy Oliver's list
Representation by a leading gallery can make an artist’s career. But do commercial galleries hold too much sway over contemporary art and artists?
In six years, the fair has shaken off its early reputation for extravagance, but the works on show are as eclectic and enjoyable as ever
Why artists' estates were the talk of the fair. Plus collector selfies, the cheapest piece at Basel and medieval books in a contemporary world
This year's edition has a notably political edge, while the Art Basel organisation is working on wider cultural partnerships
Admiring a drawing is 'like looking over the artist's shoulder', says Stephen Ongpin
This loose group of European artists lost out to the American Abstract Expressionists in the 1960s. But are we seeing a revival of interest?
Who said art fairs prefer ‘safer’ pieces? What to expect from Art Basel...
Anna Brady on Hong Kong sales, plus a round-up of the top art market headlines
Masterpiece London, Art Antiques London, London Art Week, and the Art & Antiques Fair, Olympia all return to the capital this year
Rubens's epic painting of Lot and his Daughters treats a morally ambiguous subject with great artistic subtlety. It's bound to do well at auction
Christie's celebrates the great tradition of British painting this month
Would a ‘leave’ vote spell disaster for the UK’s thriving art trade, or open up new opportunities to it? Two experts debate the question
The estimate is far short of the $100m+ prices notched up in recent years – but then this is a Picasso more cerebral than sexy
The contemporary art gallerist's alliance with an antiques dealer epitomises the changing art world
In 2017 Spring Masters will be reincarnated as one of two hotly anticipated TEFAF New York fairs. It’s hard not to see this year's event as a soft launch
Bacon, Warhol, Rothko...All the usual big-hitters appear in this month's blue-chip sales. For the sake of variety, here are a few other highlights
Collectors love it for its graphic power – and Europe's growing interest in outsider art could widen the market
Contemporary painting in Germany is flourishing, if the highlights of Cologne's art fair are anything to go by
The elegant Bernard Boutet, medieval chess pieces and a vibrant, miniaturist Madonna feature in our preview of April's art market
Dada 'anti-art' works are deliberately contradictory. They're also notoriously unpredictable when they come to market
Key talking points and selfie-stops from this year's fair, which was as much of a cultural melting pot as ever
Salon du Dessin attracts the world's most committed drawings collectors. What should they look out for this year?
Shells, lizards, flowers and Chinese porcelain all feature in this elaborate still life by Balthasar van der Ast
