NewsLaw
Bathurst family sues art lender over Gainsborough painting offered as collateral by disgraced dealer
The noble family, whose ancestors are depicted in the work, says Art Finance Partners should have known Timothy Sammons did not legally own the painting
NewsFinance
Santander bank chairman and art collector Ana Botín appointed to International Monetary Fund advisory board
Group has been formed to tackle major financial issues including the coronavirus and its global economic impact
NewsArt market
Another shake-up in art finance sector as Athena sold for $170m
New owner, digital investment platform YieldStreet, calls art finance an "exciting and sound new investment option" with low correlation to the stock market
AnalysisLaw
Rule of law: Legal tips for art lovers
From new exhibitor regulations at Art Basel in Miami Beach to questions over insurance and taxes
AnalysisMarket
In debt we trust: the rise of art-secured lending
The rapid growth in the number of loan providers, from private banks to specialist lenders, could transform the art market’s relationship with the financial markets
CommentArt market
Will art market speculation ever go away?
Fifteen years on since we first reported from Art Basel in Miami Beach, art as an investment has taken a new form
NewsArt market
Guarantees: the next big art market scandal?
Third-party auction deals have made some people very rich—but they may be bad for the market in the long run
CommentArt market
Common mistakes of rookie auction guarantors
Guarantees can be lucrative, but in the face of savvy competition, novices can get burnt when backing works as a third-party
NewsPhilanthropy
Sackler family—major cultural patrons—amassed $31.2m in offshore HSBC bank accounts, investigation finds
Mortimer Sackler opened a handful of accounts in Switzerland one month before federal prosecutors filed a lawsuit against Purdue Pharma in 2005
FeatureGermany
'Poor but sexy' no more: property boom drives out Berlin's artists
The German capital once attracted talent from across the world with its cheap rents, but gentrification is making an exodus already seen in London and New York
AnalysisArt market
Fair’s fair? The murky world of stand costs
Research by The Art Newspaper uncovers wide disparity in both fee structures and transparency
NewsThomas Gainsborough
Murders most foul: Gainsborough family revenge killings trigger reassessment of artist’s early years
New research reveals that two members of Thomas Gainsborough's family were killed over a financial dispute when the artist was a child
News
MoMA agrees to museum-wide raises after months of negotiations with union
"The museum shifted its position substantially", union boss says
NewsCopyright
Elon Musk under attack over use of potter's farting unicorn image
The Tesla chief has defended himself, saying he helped popularise the mug design for free
NewsFinance
Art as collateral is risky, dealers say in report released by Tefaf and ArtTactic
Art-backed lending market estimated at $17bn-$20bn in 2017
News
Top Italian museum director faces trial over gym visits
The director of the Galleria Borghese in Rome has been suspended without pay for leaving the office
NewsArt market
Online art market could stagnate unless transparency is improved, study finds
Annual Hiscox report estimates online market rose 12% to $4.22bn in 2017, but growth is slowing as platforms struggle to build trust and loyalty
BlogDiary of an art historian
How abolishing museum image fees could boost audiences
New research shows that image licensing is barely profitable for some UK museums
NewsArt market
Global auction sales up 25% to $11.2bn in 2017
Contemporary art leads market recovery at Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Phillips, according to ArtTactic report
NewsArt market
Anatole Shagalov embroiled in legal cases that reveal problems of buying art with loans
Buyers using works as collateral and allegedly defaulting on payment becoming increasingly common in "frothy market"
ArchiveSilicon Valley
Silicon Valley tech companies take novel approaches to art investment
Silicon Valley’s success stories are applying their non-corporate ethos to art investment, finding innovative ways of building their collections
ArchiveDigital Age
Digital access to Italian banks’ art
300,000 works owned by banks belonging to the Associazione Bancaria Italiana to become available to view online
ArchiveDecember 2011
UK Treasury rules to stop museums spending donors' cash
National institutions reluctantly set up trusts to gain access to their own reserves
ArchiveMuseums
Dara Birnbaum comments on fostering the museum-sponsor relationship
Can a balance be found whereby both parties stand to gain from a partnership?
ArchiveCollectors
Art as collateral
Collectors use art to raise funds as liquidity dries up
ArchiveArt fairs
Financial crisis scuppers Moscow World Fine Art Fair
Exhibitors fear that collectors will no longer make high-price purchases
ArchiveSotheby's
Sotheby’s sues technology entrepreneur for non-payment
Defendant says auction house did not disclose its ownership of painting
ArchiveFrançois Pinault
Pinault sells shares in auction group
The billionaire entrepreneur bought a majority stake in 2000
ArchiveEstorick Collection
For sale: £8m De Chirico from private museum
A collector in the US is buying the painting from the Estorick Collection
ArchiveLouis Vuitton Moet Hennessey
LVMH’s Bernard Arnault pulls out of Bonhams
The luxury-goods mogul had owned a 49.9% stake in the auction house
ArchivePalm Beach
Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art closes this month
The collectors behind the gallery have withdrawn their support
ArchiveArt market
Financiers lacking art knowledge are increasingly collecting art as investment, rather than out of passion
The Art Newspaper discusses the surrounding points of views
ArchiveFrançois Pinault
Lifting the lid on François Pinault’s empire
A new book traces the entrepreneur's rise and potential fall
ArchiveTate
Tate’s tight finances
The opening of Tate Modern has proved to have tough consequences
ArchiveBernard Arnault
Bernard Arnault sells 70% of his stake in Phillips de Pury Luxembourg
The luxury goods mogul cuts his losses from auction house investment
ArchiveLouis Vuitton Moet Hennessey
Bernard Arnault buys Art & Auction
The French chairman of Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessey and Phillips auction houise may turn the publication into a luxury lifestyle magazine
ArchiveInternet art
Fresh from its successful stand-off with e-commerce giant, eToys, etoy enter Manhattan
The group of international, web-based, artists is bringing its witty blend of conceptual, digital and performance art to New York
ArchiveArt market
Contradictory entrails; what does the financial health at present mean for the art market?
Sales are buoyant in some areas but real estate is weakening and nerves are showing
ArchiveVictoria & Albert Museum
V&A cuts foreign loans
Fewer loans in order to save resources
ArchiveFrançois Pinault
Christie’s is bought out by the French
François Pinault’s offer is a massive twenty-six times earnings
ArchiveArt & Technology
Bill Gates and Mark Getty aim to corner the stock photography market
The new information technology has transformed traditional picture research
ArchiveMuseums & Heritage
Miami Beach, the Wolfsonian, “Sometimes it moves sideways and sometimes it moves backwards but generally speaking it will move forward”
Financial problems for decorative arts museum launched last November
ArchiveUnesco
Federico Mayor, Director General of UNESCO, described the organisation as “Affirming an intellectual and moral solidarity in the mind of humanity” last month
The Art Newspaper surveys the successes and failures of the much criticised organisation
ArchiveOctober 1994
The mechanics of sponsorship: an interview with one of the UK's biggest exhibition sponsors
James Joll of the international media giant Pearson plc explains the who, what, why and quid pro quo of corporate involvement in the arts
ArchivePublishing
High tech whizz kids beat Rizzoli to purchase Phaidon
Mark Futter and Richard Schlagman are the new owners of Phaidon Press, the jewel in the crown of Musterlin, which collapsed in October.
CommentArt market
Collaboration is key to solving art-market financial crime
Similar endeavours in other industries suggest that there is merit in working together to reduce financial crime
Laura S. Patten