fine and decorative arts
A confident return for Asia Week New York
Galleries, auction houses and museums come together to celebrate ancient and modern Asian art
A long-lost pastel by Picasso re-emerges
The work belongs to an important sequence of drawings created in 1903, culminating in the famous Blue Period painting ‘La Vie’
The best of BADA 2018
Arts and Crafts silver, Toulouse-Lautrec and L.S. Lowry – the works not to miss at BADA in London this year
The best of TEFAF Maastricht 2018 – part three
Ritual artefacts, jewels and objets d’art – more highlights from TEFAF Maastricht 2018
The best of TEFAF Maastricht 2018 – part two
More of the artworks not to miss at TEFAF Maastricht this year
The best of TEFAF Maastricht 2018 – part one
Susan Moore’s pick of the works not to miss in Maastricht this year
Picasso’s portrait of dying love promises to fetch a high price
The artist once said that ‘it must be painful for a girl to see in a painting that she is on the way out’
A derelict distillery becomes a canalside arts centre
Axel Vervoordt has turned an industrial ‘wasteland’ into a haven for displaying some of his favourite art
‘There is enduring interest in the stories of the Pre-Raphaelites’
The market for the Pre-Raphaelites and their followers is steady and growing, bucking the trend for Victorian painting
A Mexican dog in an early modern menagerie
How an ancient breed of hairless dog made its way into the Habsburg art collection
A pair of Easter Island treasures emerge
A sleek, modern aesthetic ups the selling power of a pair of Polynesian dance paddles
Canova’s lost portrait bust of Joachim Murat has come to light
Until recently, experts were unsure where this extraordinary portrait bust of Napoleon’s brother-in-law had ended up, or whether it had survived at all
The best of Asian Art in London
The 20th edition of AAL proves that the appetite for classical Asian art amongst dealers and collectors remains insatiable
Flashback to the future
For its fifth edition, Turin’s Flashback art fair has taken a sci-fi turn
Can TEFAF New York Fall reinvigorate interest in older art?
The fair’s second autumn edition in New York builds on last year’s success – and includes some extraordinary exhibits
Howard Hodgkin’s collection comes to auction
The painter amassed a huge variety of bold and fascinating artworks over the years – many of which are soon to be sold at Sotheby’s
‘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
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
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