The trade is increasingly reliant on an ultra-wealthy international clientele that lives what may be termed a ‘luxury lifestyle’

Of the 169 online campaigns related to the arts since they were introduced, only three have been debated in the House of Commons

Ai Weiwei was a hit in Brazil, records were broken in London and Paris—but is this the final year of museum visitor growth?

Analysis of government data and The Art Newspaper's own figures reveals a steady decline in visitors since 2014

The pharaonic new museum will not make up for misguided policies

François Morellet and Pierre Soulages are among the pioneering Modernist masters gaining wider recognition around the world—not least because of attractive pricing

Female artists, collectors, curators and philanthropists are playing a leading role in developing the arts scene in South Asia

Art has long been hitched to luxury goods, but it is now becoming a more democratic—or commercial—concept as malls begin to incorporate exhibition space

Despite generations of collecting and a favourable tax regime, the island faces formidable competition

Market turns on its head as buyers show less interest in the usual contemporary, blue-chip names

Complexity of Syrian war and rise of Isil underpin muted response to ongoing destruction of ancient site

Two galleries recently staged shows that engaged other senses as well as vision. Our editor and a technology writer disagree on their merits

Twenty-five years ago, when The Art Newspaper was founded, the Berlin Wall had just come down and it seemed that a future of peace and progress lay ahead. The reality has been worse than one could possibly have imagined

Buying was visible at the very top, but the confidence this gave is now on the wane

The Maleki case exposes the perils of mixing business with friendship in the art world

Retailers need to do more to protect buyers from fraudsters selling fakes as online art businesses attract more investment

The fear of public opinion or the hint of legal action can cause nervous curators and directors to cancel shows when they might not need to

Why support has come from an unlikely corner

The long read could counteract superficial reviews that focus on search engines or sales

In 2014 we noted that market speculation can offer rich rewards, but in the long term, it may do collectors more harm than good

We noted in 2010, amid a painful global downturn, that a Picasso nude carried the largest pre-sale auction estimate in history at $70m to $90m

During the Great Recession in 2009 we reported that gallerists must act "quickly and brutally" in order to survive

In 2007 we noted that strong sales at auction and fairs and more money coming from Russia, Indian and Chinese collectors indicated that confidence in art remained strong

In 2007 the economist James Sproule examined the risks facing the market—and the good news was it was not all doom and gloom

There is a danger that money will trump knowledge, observed the New York dealer in 2007

The veteran dealer Richard Feigen on the state of the art market in 2007