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Oprah Winfrey has been revealed as the buyer of Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II from Christie’s in 2006 after reports emerged that she sold the painting last year for a $63m profit.

Following the death of David Moss after a short illness last month, ATG has received numerous messages from friends, colleagues and people in the trade who knew him well.

A parliamentary debate is to be held this afternoon in the House of Commons' Westminster Hall ahead of the launch of a government consultation.

Harry Dalmeny, who has been with Sotheby's for over 25 years, has been appointed the company's UK chairman.

It is with great sadness that we report the death, aged 71, of former colleague David Moss.

Edinburgh auctioneer Lyon & Turnbull has hired art historian and dealer Bendor Grosvenor as a non-executive director.

Sotheby's have appointed Brooke Lampley as vice chairman of their Fine Art division. She will join the company after 12 years at rival Christie’s.

Christie’s have appointed Furio Rinaldi as associate specialist in the Old Master Drawings department in New York.

Ingrid Nilson of Antiques Dealer Fairs Limited (ADFL) has been appointed director of the long-standing Harrogate Antique and Fine Art Fair.

Christie’s former US president Marc Porter will begin his new role at rival Sotheby’s next week.

Phillips has made two new hires in the Americas from rival Christie’s as it continues to expand in the region.

Lisson Gallery co-founder Nicholas Logsdail is among those who received recognition for their contribution to the art world in the New Year Honours list.

Perhaps more than any other year in recent memory, 2016 was the year of the move. ‘Restructuring’ across all three major auction houses led to an unprecedented number of high-profile departures. Here is a summary of the key changes and the occasional game of employment musical chairs.

A celebrity endorsement by actor Richard E Grant gave Sunbury Antiques Market at Kempton Park a boost in the run up to Christmas.

Julian Dawson is retiring from Gorringe's and held his last auction yesterday at the Lewes auction firm.

Property developer and collector Harry Hyams, who died in December 2015, has left much of his £487m estate to a charity that will preserve his collection for the nation.

Asian art dealers Roger and Miranda Keverne donated a Chinese export painting, depicting pirates on the China coast, to the Hong Kong Maritime Museum.

Christie’s Guillaume Cerutti has been promoted to become the auctioneer’s chief executive, replacing Patricia Barbizet who will become vice chairman.

MP and BADA president Victoria Borwick has given a passionate defence of the antique ivory trade in Parliament, strongly arguing against a total ban.