Pick of the fair: Rossi & Rossi
TEFAF Maastricht 2017 | This Mongolian bronze features a benevolent Buddhist divinity embracing his consort symbolising the merging of wisdom and compassion
Pick of the fair: Adrian Sassoon
TEFAF Maastricht 2017 | Clare Belfrage’s technique involves drawing with fine threads of cane glass across blown glass forms to produce dramatic works
Pick of the fair: Tomasso Brothers
TEFAF Maastricht 2017 | This unusual 16th-century portrait of a finely dressed black woman by Annibale Carracci comes with an impressive provenance
Pick of the fair: Lowell Libson
TEFAF Maastricht 2017 | This early watercolour study by John Sell Cotman of the interior of Norwich Cathedral comes to the market in exceptional condition
Pick of the fair: Matthiesen Gallery
TEFAF Maastricht 2017 | This hitherto unpublished Courbet painting of a familial scene may include a depiction of the artist’s mistress Virginie Binet
Pick of the fair: Mullany Haute Epoque Fine Art
TEFAF Maastricht 2017 | This impressive panel painting by Jorges Inglés was once part of an elaborate altarpiece commissioned by the Marqués de Santillana
The Apollo Awards 2016 in pictures
The winners of this year’s Apollo Awards – which celebrate great achievements of the art and museum worlds – were announced at a ceremony in London on Thursday
Acquisition of the Year
The Virgin of the Pomegranate, Fra Angelico (Museo del Prado)
Exhibition of the Year
‘Jheronimus Bosch: Visions of Genius’ at the Het Noordbrabants Museum
40 Under 40 Asia Pacific
The most inspirational young people in the Asia Pacific art world
Celebrating Apollo at our summer party
Leading cultural figures turned out on Monday night for the Apollo summer party, which saw the launch of the new Apollo Collector Services portal
My masterpiece selection: Lauren Prakke
For the collector and art patron, Michelangelo’s David and an Ico Parisi sofa are timeless triumphs
My masterpiece selection: Gabriele Finaldi
From Velázquez to Bach, the director of the National Gallery chooses his favourite masterpieces
Remembering Christopher Monkhouse (1947–2021), a renowned curator for whom collecting was a way of life