Serious business at Parcours des Mondes
The first ever exhibition of Tsogo land pieces and a hairpin made from Zulu ivory are among the highlights at Parcours des Mondes
Dutch connections and elaborate treasures at London’s auction houses
A look at some of the highlights at Christie’s and Sotheby’s this week
The timeless modernity of a forgotten Danish painter
C.W. Eckersberg’s 19th-century paintings are barely known outside Denmark and Germany, but they should be…
The leading Lot at Christie’s this summer
Rubens’s epic painting of Lot and his Daughters treats a morally ambiguous subject with great artistic subtlety. It’s bound to do well at auction
‘This is the moment international attitudes to British art should change’
Christie’s celebrates the great tradition of British painting this month
Will Picasso’s Cubist portrait live up to the auction-house hype?
The estimate is far short of the $100m+ prices notched up in recent years – but then this is a Picasso more cerebral than sexy
Mitchell, Monet and the Master of Kasadi come to auction
Bacon, Warhol, Rothko…All the usual big-hitters appear in this month’s blue-chip sales. For the sake of variety, here are a few other highlights
Jean Nouvel’s oasis of calm in São Paulo
The architect’s first project in São Paulo restores and adds to one of the city’s historical landmarks
Sotheby’s sells ‘the handsomest man in Europe’
The elegant Bernard Boutet, medieval chess pieces and a vibrant, miniaturist Madonna feature in our preview of April’s art market
Jeff Koons takes on the Old Masters in Florence
Koons is nothing if not fearless to invite comparison with the greatest Renaissance artists.
Market Preview: October 2015
Upcoming highlights include the post-war and contemporary auctions around London’s Frieze Week and the launch of Artcurial in Hong Kong
Market Preview: September 2015
Asia Week in New York promises everything from delicate early Chinese wares to an elaborately cast imperial ritual bell
Preview: Parcours des Mondes brings tribal art to Paris
Highlights from the world’s most important commercial tribal art event
Jonathan Ruffer’s grand plans for Auckland Castle
He’s saved the castle’s Zurbarán paintings; now he wants to transform the town into a hub for Spanish art
Market Preview: July/August 2015
A rare work by Lucas Cranach the Elder; a beautiful Bonington, and some exceptional furniture
Market Preview: June 2015
Aboriginal art, Picasso ceramics, Bacon self-portraits and Pre-Raphaelite work
A Fantastical Feast at the Palazzo Pitti
Sugar, starch and a menagerie of animals: the marriage banquet of Maria de’ Medici and Henri IV of France was a sight to behold
Market Preview: April 2015
Susan Moore previews upcoming auctions in New York and Hong Kong
TEFAF 2015
It’s all eyes on Maastricht as TEFAF opens for business, bringing together the world’s leading dealers under the roof of the MECC
Market Preview: March 2015
Susan Moore previews New York sales in the March issue of Apollo
Market Preview: February 2015
A Cézanne that once belonged to Samuel Courtauld and one of Monet’s Venetian views come to the block in London this month
Asian Art in London: November Apollo
London’s seminal Asian art initiative embraces the market’s new globalism, but connoisseurship remains at the heart of the event
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A ‘six-footer’ version of Constable’s The Lock has come to market for the first time in 160 years. But who will want to take this monumental painting home?