Art Market
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
Discover the best drawings at Salon du Dessin 2017
The Parisian fair returns this month to celebrate one of the most instinctive and timeless of mediums
TEFAF exhibitors report another fruitful fair
Early reported sales at TEFAF Maastricht were strong, particularly among Old Master dealers
Why everyone’s talking about forensics in the art market
Technical research offers assurances to private collectors – but they must exercise caution
Pick of the fair: Kunstkammer Georg Laue
This lapis lazuli vessel is the work of one of a famous dynasty of Milanese lapidaries, and a market rarity
Pick of the fair: Carlton Hobbs
Two liveried servants bear trays of food in this charming 18th-century tile painting attributed to Vicente Navarro
Pick of the fair: Les Enluminures
This unpublished Book of Hours was possibly illustrated by three of the most original artists working in Paris in the 15th century
Pick of the fair: Ben Brown Fine Arts
Ori Gersht meticulously recreated a Fantin-Latour, flash froze it and then blew it up, in order to capture a moment of destruction
Pick of the fair: Bernard de Grunne
Large Sawos totemic figures such as this were hung on cult houses and dwellings to represent powerful ancestral forces
Pick of the fair: John Endlich Antiquairs
This rare example of a Dutch doll’s house contains almost 200 unique silver miniatures and Chinese porcelain dated around 1700
The best of BADA 2017
More than 90 dealers ranging widely across art, antiques, and contemporary design come together to celebrate the fair’s 25th anniversary
Pick of the fair: James Butterwick
Ukrainian avant-garde artist Anatoly Petritsky, designed various productions in Kharkov in the 1920s, including Puccini’s Turandot
Pick of the fair: Galerie Tanakaya
Representations of and allusions to the six rivers and their associated classical poems were popular among Edo printmakers in Japan
Pick of the fair: Rafael Valls
Wolfgang Heimbach, once a court painter to Frederick III, captures the rich incidental detail of this rustic laundry scene
Pick of the fair: Colnaghi
These 16th-century alabaster putti have been attributed to one the greatest Spanish Renaissance sculptors, Alonso Berruguete
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
Pick of the fair: David Tunick Inc.
This etching of a woman beside a stove, part of a group made in the 1650s, may be Rembrandt’s finest print of a nude
Pick of the fair: Rupert Wace Ancient Art
This carving was part of a colossal figure carved with the likeness of King Amenhotep IV that once adorned an 18th Dynasty temple
Pick of the fair: Rossi & Rossi
This Mongolian bronze features a benevolent Buddhist divinity embracing his consort symbolising the merging of wisdom and compassion
Pick of the fair: Adrian Sassoon
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
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
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
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
This impressive panel painting by Jorges Inglés was once part of an elaborate altarpiece commissioned by the Marqués de Santillana
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