Art Market
These French firedogs have an impeccable pedigree
The firedogs made for the French couturier and collector Jacques Doucet are the epitome of art deco style
Summer season kicks off in London and Brussels
London Art Week returns to St James’s and Mayfair, while Old Master fair Paris Tableau is revived – in Brussels
In London’s salerooms, bigger is no longer better
Auction highlights this month include a dramatic plaster relief in Paris, and a diminutive but vibrant Van Gogh in London
As visceral a painting as you will ever encounter…
Max Beckmann’s ‘Bird’s Hell’, a terrifying vision of cruelty painted after he fled Nazi Germany, is to be sold at auction for the first time
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
The record-breaking rise of the Düsseldorf School
Prices are rocketing for photographs by Bernd and Hilla Becher and their students at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
TEFAF makes its mark on New York
Plus: Dreweatts and Mallett sold, and dealers on the move in London
Modern masters lead the way in New York
Auction highlights this month include a Twombly masterpiece that has never appeared at auction before and a striking portrait by Picasso
When artists take on the art market
Many artists are uncomfortable about the perceived excesses of the market. But can they actually do anything about it?
Early maiolica has it all – even humour
These supposedly ‘primitive’ ceramics from late medieval and early Renaissance Italy are fresh, inventive and fun
This month’s unmissable international art events
Antiques in Hong Kong, tribal art in France, and London’s first quattrocento maiolica show in 100 years
TEFAF takes a contemporary turn in New York
Modern and contemporary art and design take centre stage at the first ever TEFAF New York Spring
May madness gets underway in New York
Plus: art fair shake-ups in Germany and an Ottoman art record in London
How UK institutions are benefitting from a quiet tax break
Many acquisitions at UK museums are made possible by a tax break that benefits both buyer and seller
Highlights of Art Brussels
Like the city itself, the strength of this fair is in its variety
The unsung beauty of Chinese cinnabar lacquer
Lacquer is an extemely difficult material to work with, but the results can be extraordinary
Who’s collecting German experimental prints?
There has always been a market for early 20th-century German prints, but it’s constantly evolving as tastes and expertise change
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
A guide to this month’s best art fairs
Art Brussels, Art Cologne, and the London Original Print Fair all return in the coming weeks, and the countdown to Art en Vieille-Ville in Geneva begins
Rare Asian art comes to the block at Sotheby’s
Auction highlights this month include an outstanding example of early Ming porcelain and a rare Nicholas Lancret painting
The Della Robbia that escaped disaster
This glazed terracotta roundel by Andrea della Robbia was made for a palace that was promptly destroyed
‘You can get real fireworks with pastels’
Why Impressionist and Post-Impressionist pastels are becoming increasingly attractive to art collectors of all sorts
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
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