Lacquer is an extemely difficult material to work with, but the results can be extraordinary
The auction houses have announced their top lots for the May sales in New York
This glazed terracotta roundel by Andrea della Robbia was made for a palace that was promptly destroyed
Why Impressionist and Post-Impressionist pastels are becoming increasingly attractive to art collectors of all sorts
The Crommelynck brothers worked with the greatest artists of the 20th century to produce extraordinary prints, some of which will soon come to auction
Technical research offers assurances to private collectors – but they must exercise caution
The bizarre story of how an altarpiece by Hugo van der Goes was transformed into a marriage portrait of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York
Auction highlights this month include a surprisingly good group of American paintings at Christie's London
Overseas buyers drove high prices at London's Impressionist and modern sales
There are more art business courses than ever, but does the discipline need to define itself more clearly?
In 1954, the young David Hockney made a lithograph of his local chippie and gave it to the owners. It hung above the fryer for years
Auction highlights this month include works by Morisot and Magritte at Christie's, and Sotheby's inaugural 'Erotic: Passion and Desire' sale
As New York gears up for its Old Master sales, Sotheby's has declared a work it sold in 2012 a forgery after tests found modern pigments
Prices for Outsider Art are now close to matching those fetched by the mainstream
Leading art market figures and auction house supremos make their predictions for the year ahead
A ‘bodegón' thought to be by Velázquez, a Tiepolo head study, and a stag-antler chair are just some of the highlights headed to auction this month
The London Old Master sales may not have included any blockbuster paintings, but sales were strong for works fresh to the market
Caravaggio's radical vision inspired a legion of followers across Europe, whose work is increasingly in the spotlight at museums and auction houses alike
Not one, but two groups of preparatory work for Edward Burne-Jones’s monumental painting 'The Golden Stairs' have made it into the same sale
Auction highlights this month include a masterful but unfashionable Murillo, and a captivating Egyptian sculpture of the lion-headed goddess Sekhmet
Dealers are optimistic that sales will be strong despite a more muted atmosphere than previous years; plus the latest art market news and comment
Horace Walpole’s aunt once quipped that the hermaphrodite was ‘the only happy couple she ever saw’. A bronze variation on the theme comes to auction soon...
A look at the highlights at Sotheby's and Christie's - plus a major sale in Stockholm, and the latest from Abu Dhabi
‘People put great stock in the history. Without it, these objects are worth much less.'
