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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’
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
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
The contemporary art market regains its swagger
Plus: major lots announced for the London modern art sales
Gilded glass from the world’s most glamorous ship
The legendary S.S. Normandie was lost to fire in the 1940s, but relics from its luxury interior survive – including these verre églomisé panels
TEFAF makes its mark on New York
Plus: Dreweatts and Mallett sold, and dealers on the move in London
Early maiolica has it all – even humour
These supposedly ‘primitive’ ceramics from late medieval and early Renaissance Italy are fresh, inventive and fun
May madness gets underway in New York
Plus: art fair shake-ups in Germany and an Ottoman art record in London
The unsung beauty of Chinese cinnabar lacquer
Lacquer is an extemely difficult material to work with, but the results can be extraordinary
Battling for bragging rights ahead of the New York sales
The auction houses have announced their top lots for the May sales in New York
The Della Robbia that escaped disaster
This glazed terracotta roundel by Andrea della Robbia was made for a palace that was promptly destroyed
Picasso’s printmakers step into the spotlight
The Crommelynck brothers worked with the greatest artists of the 20th century to produce extraordinary prints, some of which will soon come to auction
TEFAF exhibitors report another fruitful fair
Early reported sales at TEFAF Maastricht were strong, particularly among Old Master dealers
The Virgin and Child who went under cover
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
The London auction season kicks off with strong sales
Overseas buyers drove high prices at London’s Impressionist and modern sales
Could hipsters save the antique furniture trade?
Antique furniture has been unpopular for years – but tastes are changing
Old Masters, new scandal, as a ‘Parmigianino’ painting is deemed a fake
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
Why the market for Outsider Art is booming in New York
Prices for Outsider Art are now close to matching those fetched by the mainstream
Art market predictions for 2017
Leading art market figures and auction house supremos make their predictions for the year ahead
The Old Masters stay fresh in London
The London Old Master sales may not have included any blockbuster paintings, but sales were strong for works fresh to the market
Christie’s offers the makings of a Burne-Jones masterpiece
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
Optimism at Art Basel in Miami Beach
Dealers are optimistic that sales will be strong despite a more muted atmosphere than previous years; plus the latest art market news and comment
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