Greek Coin Dec 27, 2011

Greek coin lot set to fetch millions

Spectacular collection to be auctioned in New York

Hiro Yamagata’s portrait of Elizabeth Taylor Dec 24, 2011

The art market: Hollywood sparkle

The Liz Taylor sale, a revamp for Bonhams and fears over fakes

Daguerreotype stereo photograph of a plump nude Dec 16, 2011

The art market: The sex factor

Parisian saleroom Drouot will be engulfed in erotica as it stages the largest ever sale in this sexy speciality

‘Portrait of a gentleman’ by Velázquez Dec 9, 2011

The art market: Dramatic exits

Russian art sales deliver mixed results while Bonhams puts a newly rediscovered Velázquez portrait up for sale

From COMPANIES Dec 7, 2011

A handbag? That will be $203,150

Diamond encrusted Hermès Birkin tops the bidding in Texas auction

Jackie Wullschlager on art

Graham Sutherland painting

Graham Sutherland’s engagement with Pembrokeshire unleashed his imagination

Peter Aspden on culture

Peter Aspden

A new book on the Barbican estate shows how its architects were fired by idealism and noble intentions

Rashid Johnson’s ‘MM...Food’ Dec 2, 2011

Glitz and pieces

Dealers bring brightly coloured paintings and glittery works to Art Basel Miami Beach

Curatorial assistant Francesca Sidhu, poses besides a painting by Leonardo da Vinci entitled 'Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani', (The Lady with an Ermine) From PERSONAL FINANCE Dec 2, 2011

Museums cheer art donor tax break

Similar US philanthropy scheme a success

Wendell Castle's 'Music Rack' Nov 25, 2011

The sublime and the sublimely ugly

Furniture show that begins with a gust of optimism about the power of design ends in a puff of kitsch and cogitation

BALLY'Love' #2 shoes From STYLE Nov 25, 2011

The party’s over

There’s more to the fashion scene at Art Basel Miami than poolside parties

Miru Kim Nov 25, 2011

All the fun of the fair

Art Basel Miami Beach claims to be ‘the most important art show’ in the US

Nov 25, 2011

Upcoming London sales

Rock and roll memorabilia goes under the hammer at Bonhams

Edwin Heathcote Nov 25, 2011

A space of their own

Exhibitiors and curators strive to catch the eye at Design Miami

Nov 25, 2011

Thorny issues

Verifying artworks, including easy-to-fake Warhols, can be a tortuous process

Nov 25, 2011

Out of style but in the picture

Here’s advice for the ‘contrarian collectors’ on buying affordable art

Nov 25, 2011

International sales

Paintings by acclaimed Chinese masters and Asian artists go under the hammer in Hong Kong

Nov 25, 2011

The art market: Art of the state

A dealer donates a €100m collection to the French state while African works are to gain new status at London’s Tate

Nov 25, 2011

Jeff Koons on his unlikely influences

The artist talks about past masters and how their work resonates through his own creations

Nov 18, 2011

The art market: Lots to think about

It was a Lowry week in London, with 30 works coming under the hammer at Bonhams, Sotheby’s and Christie’s sales

Nov 12, 2011

The art market: The big splurge

In New York, over $630m was spent on contemporary art with a whole raft of new artist records set

Lunch with the FT Nov 11, 2011

Helly Nahmad

As his family show their collection for the first time, the art trader opens up about wealth, love and his disdain for most contemporary art

Visual arts slideshows

Gesamtkunstwerk

Ida Ekblad’s ‘To Drink a Glass of Melted Snow’ The Saatchi Gallery’s show of new German art

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cecilia gallerani Leonardo da Vinci at London’s National Gallery

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Lawrence Olivier as Hamlet Simon Russell Beale on the appeal of Hamlet