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An auction record has been set for the French artist Jean Siméon Chardin (1699-1779) with the sale of 'Le panier de fraises des bois' (The Basket of Wild Strawberries).

After 43 years running his saleroom in west London, Peter Bainbridge is retiring this summer.

Art dealer Ivor Braka has spoken out over the legal action taken against him by The Artists’ Collecting Society (ACS) and the Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS).

Andy Warhol’s (1928-87) Shot Sage Blue Marilyn will lead Christie’s New York sales in May. Poised to be the most expensive 20th century artwork to ever sell at auction, it is estimated to take around $200m.

Bonhams’ run of acquiring other auction businesses shows no signs of slowing down.

Exhibitors at the trade showpiece TEFAF Maastricht will pay significantly more for their stands this summer despite the fair being smaller and shorter than in previous years.

In the wake of new sanctions on Russia, auction houses Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Bonhams have cancelled sales of Russian art in London scheduled for June.

Two stoneware tavern bottles produced at John Dwight’s Fulham Pottery in the 1670s surfaced for sale in West Sussex earlier this month.

The art market is being unfairly targeted with restrictions and regulations over stolen cultural property according to its most senior trade federation.

The Art & Antiques Fair Olympia returns for its first in-person summer event in two years – at lower prices than before the pandemic.

Bonhams has acquired Massachusetts auction house Skinner – a purchase that comes only two months after it bought Swedish saleroom Bukowskis.

Dreweatts offered this market-fresh Henry Moore (1898-1986) figure group, 'Mother and Child', on March 16.

California dealership Denenberg Fine Arts has sold a full set of 80 prints from the Jugendstil magazine PAN to Chicago’s Driehaus Museum.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has announced the Ivory Act 2018 will be enforced on June 6.

A long lost Antonio Canova (1757-1822) sculpture that previously sold for around £4400 in a garden statuary auction in 2002 is to be offered at Christie’s on July 7 with an estimate of £5m-8m.

Sir Joshua Reynolds’ (1723-92) portrait of Pacific Islander Omai has been given a £50m price tag and barred from export for a third time.