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A female nude (1930), Frank Dobson

Don’t miss Dobson’s drawings at Daniel Katz gallery

The rough-and-tumble humanity of the modern British sculptor’s sketches is refreshing to see

22 Jun 2016

Art Basel takes a historical turn

Why artists’ estates were the talk of the fair. Plus collector selfies, the cheapest piece at Basel and medieval books in a contemporary world

18 Jun 2016

Art Basel strives to look beyond the exclusive world of the fair

This year’s edition has a notably political edge, while the Art Basel organisation is working on wider cultural partnerships

17 Jun 2016

Monkey business comes to Art Basel

Guests at the art fair’s private view on Monday are in for a wild night…

13 Jun 2016
T 1949-4,1949

The fall and rise of the second school of Paris

This loose group of European artists lost out to the American Abstract Expressionists in the 1960s. But are we seeing a revival of interest?

Five photography shows to see in New York this week

There are some great, focused shows open at the moment, from office-block abstraction to a difficult look at the impact of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

6 Jun 2016

International auction houses keep faith in Hong Kong

Anna Brady on Hong Kong sales, plus a round-up of the top art market headlines

4 Jun 2016
A Still Life of a laid Table, with Plates of Meat and Fish... (c. 1615), Jacob van Hulsdonck. Johnny Van Haeften at London Art Week

What not to miss during London’s summer art season

Masterpiece London, Art Antiques London, London Art Week, and the Art & Antiques Fair, Olympia all return to the capital this year

3 Jun 2016

Around the galleries: what to watch out for this month

Collaboration is the order of the day in Brussels and Paris, where several art fairs are joining forces. Meanwhile, London gears up for Art16

16 May 2016
Piper's new contemporary art space, in the basement of an established Mayfair antiques dealership, epitomises how the city's art world is changing

Megan Piper and the young gallerists making their mark on London

The contemporary art gallerist’s alliance with an antiques dealer epitomises the changing art world

10 May 2016
Love Song (2015), Howard Hodgkin.

Howard Hodgkin’s paintings get better and better

How strange that this great British painter claims to ‘hate painting’ when he is so good at it

9 May 2016

Manuele Cerutti and the fine art of balancing

The everyday objects in Cerutti’s Turin studio are transformed in his paintings: poised, precarious, and forever in suspense

5 May 2016
The Peaceable Kingdom with the Leopard of Serenity

The growing craze for American folk art

Collectors love it for its graphic power – and Europe’s growing interest in outsider art could widen the market

Cracks, chance and Japanese philosophy: An interview with Bosco Sodi

The Mexican artist on the importance of artistic process and the arts charity he has set up in Mexico

29 Apr 2016
Tableau Rastadada (1920), Francis Picabia. © ADAGP, Paris and DACS London 2016

What is Dada? (And how much is it worth?)

Dada ‘anti-art’ works are deliberately contradictory. They’re also notoriously unpredictable when they come to market