PreviewArt fairs
What am I actually buying? Performance art-only fair in Brussels faces challenge of materiality
A Performance Affair introduces new protocol to specify what is on offer and its secondary market development
AnalysisArt market
Performance art finds its voice at Independent Brussels
Contemporary fair has reinvented itself after scaling back and moving to a November slot, although it has lost some big name exhibitors
NewsConservation & Preservation
Family reunited: US exhibition brings together the pieces of cut-up 17th-century Frans Hals portrait
Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio shows three paintings confirmed as one original work by recent conservation
NewsContemporary art
From Brussels to Bogotá: where will the Pompidou pop up next?
As museum's teaser show opens in the Belgian capital, its president, Serge Lasvignes, tells us about branching out from Paris
News
Centre Pompidou's Brussels satellite takes shape with announcement of winning architects
Pre-launch programme of exhibitions in former Citroën garage will enable visitors to discover the building "in its raw state"
PreviewArt market
Brafa beefs up its contemporary art offering
Long-established Brussels fair bolsters more patchy modern works on show to complement strength in haute époque, ethnographic and ancient art
ArchiveExhibitions
Wiels Contemporary Art Centre as the Absent Museum: old and new works come together in centre's 10th anniversary exhibition
In the heart of Europe, a new show reflects a diverse and globalised world
ArchivePre-Colombian
Tax squabble may force sale of €25m pre-Colombian art collection
Gift to Brussels museum is stalled by dispute between region and state
ArchiveRestitution
Agreement reached on EEC exports and restitution
The Regulation to enter into force by the end of March, the Directive in October
ArchiveOld Masters
Trends in Old Master drawings over the last twelve years analysed by Professor Victor Ginsburgh and Nicholas Schwed of Brussels University, who apply a new methodology
Of course every work of art is unique—but enter the technique of “hedonic regression”