Art Market
Will this Renaissance boy be the next big thing at auction?
After the Botticelli, another great Florentine portrait looks set to fetch millions – but it hasn’t always been so highly valued
What does the Brexit trade deal really mean for art businesses?
The new trading arrangements between Britain and the EU will affect how art is bought and sold – and art businesses need to wise up on them
Not just another digital art fair – a preview of BRAFA 2021
This year’s event has come up with a hybrid model that puts the focus firmly on galleries
What not to miss at London Art Fair online
The 33rd edition of the fair is also its first digital-only outing, but it still offers the best in British art
Art businesses must get creative if they’re going to survive this crisis
Dealers and auction houses will need to think strategically as they try to weather the pandemic and its fallout
What does 2021 hold for the wounded art market?
The art market, like many other business sectors, is not about to revert to its pre-pandemic appearance
How can UK art businesses prepare for the end of the Brexit transition period?
Recent guidance published by DCMS highlights implications for the movement of goods – and art dealers would do well to take note
A sale in Cologne turns the spotlight on Georges de La Tour
Only one of the artist’s celebrated night scenes remains in private hands – and it comes to auction at Lempertz in Cologne next month
What not to miss at TEFAF Online
With galleries encouraged to focus on a single masterpiece, this year’s online fair includes an array of museum-quality works
Highlights of Asian Art in London – East Asian art
The spotlight falls on art from China, Japan, Korea and Southeast Asia in the second half of the event
Highlights of Asian Art in London – Indian and Islamic Art
Reimagined for its 23rd edition, the event is now split into two sections – with the first leg focusing on Indian and Islamic art
A museum of Islamic art in Jerusalem is selling works to make ends meet
The museum is selling part of its collection of Islamic art as well as some extraordinary timepieces
Two exceptional single-owner collections come to auction
A important group of Gandharan sculptures and Thomas Olbricht’s modern-day Kunstkammer are both on sale this September
The US art market must demonstrate its integrity – or further regulation is a certainty
Art businesses in the US have a limited time to prove that responsible practices are already in place
What not to miss as Art Paris opens in the Grand Palais
Highlights of the first modern and contemporary art fair to take place in Europe since the continent locked down
Parcours des Mondes puts Paris at the centre of things
The annual celebration of art from around the world returns to the streets of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
‘The gallery experience in 2020 certainly isn’t business as usual’
How have art businesses coped with the crisis – and what might they look like post-lockdown?
What to look out for at London Art Week this summer
From 3 to 10 July the galleries of Mayfair and St James’s are putting on physical and digital displays to appeal to dedicated connoisseurs and casual browsers alike
Looking closely at art during lockdown
Philip Hewat-Jaboor, chairman of Masterpiece London, and Tibetan art specialist Alice S. Kandell on spending more time with objects
Masterpiece pulls out the stops for its first online edition
Virtual viewing rooms, video tours and private Zoom meetings – here’s what to expect from Masterpiece Online
Monastic habits – the market for illuminated choir books
With splendid examples of illumination accompanying early musical notation, medieval choir books are highly prized by collectors around the world
A head of its time – a Central African masterpiece comes to auction
A Fang reliquary sculpture with an illustrious history is the first classical African work to be offered in a contemporary evening sale
Art businesses are emerging from lockdown – but how best to go about it?
When commercial galleries in the UK reopen, they will need to be mindful of social-distancing rules and wary of legal obligations for online sales
Are online viewing rooms the future of the art market?
The Covid-19 pandemic has forced art fairs and galleries to move their presentations online – but are virtual viewings here to stay?
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