Art market
Trio of deaccessioned Georgia O’Keeffe paintings could make over $30m at Sotheby's
Modernist works from the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum will be offered in New York in November
Banksy renames shredded painting Love Is In the Bin as work sells to winning bidder after a week of negotiation
Girl With Balloon canvas ‘self-destructed’ live at Sotheby’s last week in one of the most publicised stunts in auction history
Sotheby’s 'Banksy-ed' as painting 'self-destructs' live at auction
Girl with a Balloon (2006) had just hammered at £860,000
Russian billionaire Rybolovlev sues Sotheby’s for $380m in fraud damages
The mega-collector’s latest lawsuit, filed in New York, escalates his three-year legal feud with Swiss dealer Yves Bouvier
Copyright case brought by Naf Naf creative director against Jeff Koons finally comes to court
Franck Davidovici first accused the artist of plagiarising his 1985 advertising campaign almost four years ago
Sotheby’s earnings take a hit as demanding consignors and guarantors squeeze its commission margin
Just two paintings significantly damaged the auction house's bottom line in the second quarter
Christie’s reports record half year sales of £2.97bn
Rockefeller auction plus leap in private and online sales drive 26% increase
Supply wrung out? End of term feel to London Impressionist and Modern art auctions
Sotheby's sale fell below estimate while Christie’s provided some cheer, showing there is still money in Monet – but only the right one
Out with the old in with the new, with a side of Bacon, at Phillips and Christie's $528.8m auction night
New record for Joan Mitchell as fresh artists join the $10m-and-up club—but Bacon and Basquiat still dominate top prices in New York
Rockefeller collection 100% sold at Christie’s New York
Leaning on romance of Rockefeller name and its appeal to international and first-time buyers, the auction house triumphed in its marathon week of sales
India’s art market grows, despite demonetisation
Subcontinent’s art scene expands with the help of private money as government cleans up the economy and simplifies tax
New York court grants permission for Rybolovlev to use confidential documents in UK and Switzerland
Order could pave way for Russian billionaire to launch High Court case against Swiss dealer Yves Bouvier and Sotheby’s
Analysis: Christie's postwar and contemporary auction nets $785.9m, with a big assist from an Old Master
Despite buy-ins, the sale saw several strong prices and records below the dizzy height of $450.3m for Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi
Leonardo marketed as a rock star ahead of Salvator Mundi sale
Painting is being presented by Christie’s as the “Holy Grail of Old Master paintings”
From £45 to $100m: Leonardo heads to New York
Salvator Mundi will break Old Master auction record as seller dispute rumbles on
Swiss freeport king Yves Bouvier sells art storage company Natural Le Coultre
French shipping firm André Chenue beat US competitors to buy the 150-year-old business, as Bouvier continues to fight legal case against Dimitry Rybolovlev
Christie's to sell Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi
The painting, presumed lost until 2005, is estimated at $100m
Bankrupt French company's huge stock of precious manuscripts to go on sale
Thousands of items, including Einstein's calculations and de Sade's writings, will return to market
India Art Fair opens under new ownership deal
MCH Group took a majority stake in the fair and now plans a digital overhaul
Taubman collection was a gamble that did not pay off for Sotheby’s
President Tad Smith reveals that the auction house expects to lose between $10m to $19m in the fourth quarter due to sale guarantees for the former owner’s art
It’s definitely a bubble, but when it will burst is anybody’s guess
The veteran dealer Richard Feigen on the state of the art market in 2007
Charles Saatchi: the man and the market. The Art Newspaper was given access to the Saatchi archive to chart the transformations of this world famous collector’s taste
As “Sensation!”, the exhibition of the Saatchi collection of young British art, opens at the Royal Academy we ask what drives Saatchi to buy, and risk, so much