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The highlights, themes and trends — plus sales reports from the fairs
Major acquisition by Smithsonian; antiquities at Christie’s; Hauser & Wirth in St Moritz; DiCaprio sale sobers up
What to see in and around this year’s Pavilion of Art and Design fair
A guide to the issues, market trends and people who shape the fair
The International Training Programme is an initiative to spread the institution’s know-how around the world
London’s V&A is determined to make the case for games as important design objects
A decade ago, Lehman Brothers collapsed; on the same day, Damien Hirst began a record auction. What happened next?
The technology could improve efficiency and transparency but it poses questions about the future of dealers and auction houses
New Asian outpost for art fair group; auction sales looking good so far; Armory show cuts exhibitor costs; portraits sit pretty
Street art maestro on show; drawings fair for London; Old Master ‘Obi-Wan’ joins Sotheby’s; female collectors on the rise
Leisurely pace at Masterpiece fair; mid-market boost at London auctions; Turin collection goes to Rochdale
Plus: tired Impressionist and Modern auction at Sotheby’s; Africa gets first Yinka Shonibare public sculpture; charity targets social mobility
The artist on the link between rave culture and the UK miners' strike
Powerful work from the small Caribbean country comes in a three-part display
Theaster Gates, one of the most ‘iconoclastic and intellectually supple’ of today’s artists, on his bold new exhibition
Economic turmoil in South Africa has not dulled the appetite of London collectors for the country’s artists
Where the exhibition moves outside Asia, it is mostly to showcase artists from non-first world countries
Mitchell and Emily Rales are set to open a huge new building in Maryland to display their modern and contemporary collection to the public
Chief curator Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro attempts to shake up the biennial model
In the Royal Academy’s new show of historical artefacts, Pacific Islanders re-engage with their past in order to navigate their future.
Sophisticated programming puts cultural offerings from commercial galleries on a par with institutions
Its aim is to address the market’s gender imbalance
A look into the financing of works that literally don’t stand still
Female artists are to the fore, including in a new section focused on activism and the 1980s
The artist is creatively applying his ‘hacker philosophy’ to his work, which can be viewed via peer-to-peer sharing
It’s everywhere today — and the roots of the genre may well go back to pre-historic times
The artist has made her name examining weighty current issues through a dark yet comic lens
Galleries show off newcharges; ceramics all the rage; the ‘death’ of street art; brave faces at Istanbul fair
The artist’s new documentary looks at politics and music in 1988, the ‘second summer of love’
Specialist dealer Gisèle Croës is bringing objects that range from c1500BC to the 18th century to the fair for the first time
Designers are looking beyond traditional retail to the sale room
Ahead of the 1-54 fair, we meet the father-daughter team promoting African and Middle Eastern art
His wafer-thin vessels are created using only a hammer
This year’s exhibits range from 20th-century design and fine art to tribal objects, antiquities and jewellery
Many pieces at this year’s fair are inspired by natural forms
Savvy specialisation and online sales are paying off for many of the continental auction houses
Plus: art and advisers go back in time; bionic eyes for online sales; bus route beauties at ‘Salon 63’; and alabaster at Ordovas
