There has been a surge in private buyers of dinosaur fossils — but experts urge caution
Major institutions are becoming more selective about the work that they will accept — and often want cash too
A buoyant fine minerals market reflects rising demand for aesthetically pleasing specimens
Cultural property laws that come into force this week have been condemned as ‘stupid’ and ‘absurd’
As her gallery celebrates its 40th birthday with a unique retrospective, the celebrated dealer and grande dame of Britart gives a rare interview to the FT
Victoria Miro celebrates 40 years; the Treasure House Fair returns to the Royal Hospital Chelsea; and Jenny Saville’s National Portrait Gallery show reviewed
Collectors are buying colourful lives as much as paintings — and sleuthing gallerists know how to feed those appetites
New businesses such as Appraisal Bureau are bringing greater efficiency to buying art
As public institutions struggle for money, the support of dealers has become more important than ever
The founder of Switzerland’s Fondation Opale on promoting Indigenous art in Europe — and the show that changed her life
The Grand Tour changed English interior decorating forever — and that upper-crust spirit of accumulation lives on today
007’s favourite is lighting up the collector’s market
For today’s top buyers, passion rather than profit appears to be the primary motive
The painter on her ‘dialogue’ with ancient Greek art in Athens and becoming the most expensive female living artist at auction
Driven by a cult of simplicity, devotees were ahead of their times — as a show at the Vitra Design Museum near Basel makes clear
The artist has coated museums, a bathhouse, and even her own bedroom in swaths of colour — next stop: Art Basel
The fair returns with an eye-catching intervention by Katharina Grosse; plus, interviews with Grażyna Kulczyk and Frida Orupabo — and how to behave at a gallery dinner
The museum’s director chooses a personal selection of highlights from the world’s oldest public art collection
If you are fortunate enough to have been invited to one of these lavish rituals, remember there’s no such thing as a free meal
How the kitchen staple became this year’s design obsession
Ernst Gombrich’s book was an unlikely bestseller — 75 years on it speaks powerfully about the dangerous politicisation of culture
Works from previously overlooked communities are gaining in prominence, raising questions of cultural respect and financial fair share
The Norwegian artist’s enigmatic, unsettling collages — often drawing on historical images — reconsider stereotypes
The founder of Muzeum Susch on how running a car dealership turned her into an art collector — and the painting that makes her smile every day
The fair’s latest showing for fresh art is propelled by socially engaged work, from Lonnie Holley’s retelling of civil rights history to Lin May Saeed’s vision of animal liberation
