At last November's evening auctions in New York, eyes were on a $6.2m banana, but overall sales were down 41% on the previous year

Dealer Larry Gagosian said "colllectors are taking their time" on the fair's first day

In a subdued market, the season’s most promising auctions are of estates

Against a background of a gloomy economic and political outlook, most dealers reported brisk business as the fair opened

The gallery folded earlier this year and is in the process of dispersing its art inventory

California galleries did swift business in the fair’s opening hours, but dealers reported fewer seven-figure sales than last year

As Art Basel in Miami Beach opened, sales were swift, though not often at sky-high prices of past years

Sales were off to a bustling start at New York City’s largest art fair, even as questions remain about what changes the new ownership will bring

Boomers may do well to sell their acquisitions sooner rather than later, as tastes in art are changing

Dealers at Frieze remain optimistic while noting a shift in collector behaviour

The event's 16th edition has an expanded digital section—here’s what sold so far

The global art world sprang back to life with a vengeance in 2022

Respected textiles scholar and dealer Michael Franses was employed in 2009, by one of the syndicate who owned the painting, to offer it for sale to a handful of the world's leading museums

Warranties of authenticity offered to buyers can be hard to enforce when auctioneers can fall back on the “generally accepted opinion of scholars and experts”

Staff from the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Art Institute of Chicago were in attendance at the fair's inaugural edition

The fair’s opening day was buoyed by the presence of a new generation of artists, collectors and dealers

NFT sales have dropped by 92% since last September, but analysts detect subtle evolutions in the blockchain market

With mega-galleries heading west and a dynamic local scene, the city is realising its market potential

Work by women, much of it featuring women's bodies, has been attracting the attention of buyers at the London fair

Websites have replaced walk-ins as the second best way to sell art, but staying in top position is outreach to existing clients, according to Artsy Gallery Insights 2021 Report

Plus, the artist Jennifer Packer on a Buddhist mural in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York

16th century Italian marble attributed to Antonio Lombardo steals the show, but auction house's digital face is showing its age against stiff competition

Our pick of some of the most covetable, and affordable, works at this year’s fair

The artist’s trademark motifs make his work easily recognisable and desirable—but there is more to this Surrealist than apples and bowler hats

Appeals court says that guidelines limiting number of sellers in four green spaces are constitutional