International
About 80% of the global art market by value takes place outside the UK. The largest art market in the world is the US with China in third place (after the UK) followed by France, Germany and Switzerland.
Many more nations have a rich art and antiques heritage with active auction, dealer, fair, gallery and museum sectors even if their market size by value is smaller.
Read the top stories and latest art and antiques news from all these countries.
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How US troops stormed ashore on D-Day with a travel guide
24 June 2024The Ivoire Clermont-Ferrand auction house in France has organised themed sales based around the famous Michelin Guide for 25 years with its specialist Pierre Gabriel Gonzalès.
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‘One of the grandest’ of all English botanical books blossoms in US
24 June 2024Near-complete version of a work on a grandiose scale that caused its author’s ruin comes to Chicago saleroom
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Rare Rousseau herbarium bought by Swiss institution
24 June 2024The last Jean-Jacques Rousseau herbarium in private hands came for sale at Ader in Paris on June 17.
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Bulldog advertising sign lights up the saleroom
24 June 2024It is safe to say that nowadays the image of a smoking dog would find little favour with animal rights activists or for that matter with the current (for now) UK Prime Minister.
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Fish market scene catches the eye
24 June 2024A monumental painting of a fish market soared to unexpected heights at the May 16 auction at Lempertz (26% buyer’s premium) in Cologne.
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Bidders go for Subleyras link
24 June 2024On May 28 in Bruges, Carlo Bonte (28% buyer’s premium) offered The Hermit, Brother Luce, an oil study attributed to the French late Baroque painter Pierre Hubert Subleyras (1699-1749).
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Menzel’s Moroccans became a timely work
24 June 2024June 2, 1878, began as a normal day in the varied life of the German artist Adolph von Menzel.
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Highlights: a recent selection of stand-out lots sold at auction
24 June 2024This recently discovered example of the iconic Bauhaus tea-infuser, designed by Marianne Brandt in 1924, on offer at Lempertz on May 15 for €200,000, was knocked down to the Hamburg Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (Museum for Art and Industry) for €260,000 (£222,220).
German art VAT cut welcomed by dealers
17 June 2024Art in Germany might be about to get a bit cheaper with the German government confirming it will cut the VAT on art sales from 19% to 7% in line with its import VAT.
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Prophet and profits of horology auctions held in Germany and Switzerland
17 June 2024Moses automaton watch is one of the stand-out hammer highlights in recent sales
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Hillier work hidden from the Nazis by a maid comes for sale
17 June 2024Tristram Hillier (1905-83) described the Surrealist pictures he created at Étretat, the picturesque town on the north-western coast of France, as “some of the best I have ever made”.
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Best of British: Bullock longcase on offer in Heidelberg
17 June 2024If proof were needed that regional British clockmakers were as capable of making impressive works as those of London colleagues, then an 18th century longcase clock being sold by Metz on July 19-20 in Heidelberg without reserve, provides it.
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Chardin still life raises bar for an Old Master in France
13 June 2024Christie’s set a record for any Old Master sold in France when a still-life by Jean Simeon Chardin (1699-1779) made €23m (£19.4m) at an auction in Paris on June 12, selling to a European collector.
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Prowling panthers set Rembrandt Bugatti record in Paris
13 June 2024An exceptional bronze by the Italian animalia sculptor Rembrandt Bugatti (1884-1916) sold for a record €3m (£2.53m) at Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr in Paris.
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Multiple bidders compete for 1939 Michelin Guide used by D-Day forces
12 June 2024The Ivoire Clermont-Ferrand auction house in France has organised themed auctions based around the famous Michelin Guide for 25 years with its specialist Pierre Gabriel Gonzalès.
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Fewer European exhibitors to stand at Frieze Seoul Masters section
10 June 2024Frieze Seoul returns for its third edition this autumn at COEX from September 4-7. Once again, it will be showcasing a Masters section dedicated to more historic works.
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In the embrace of Nathaniel Marchant
10 June 2024This gold-mounted carnelian intaglio ring depicting classical profiles of Cupid and Psyche embracing is signed in mirror image capitals for Nathaniel Marchant (1739-1816).
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Well-known Sèvres service depicting dashing warriors delights bidders in Massachusetts
10 June 2024A set of 10 plates from a well-documented Sèvres service from the July Monarchy period emerged for sale at Tremont Auctions (27% buyer’s premium) in Sudbury, Massachusetts, on June 2.
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Hey presto, it’s painter Giordano
10 June 2024Exhibition showcases work of Neapolitan Baroque artist who was famed for the speed of his production
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Union general Sherman’s own civil war selection
10 June 2024Well-known works covering the conflict come from the library of the famed and feared commander
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