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Art collectors shrug off market woes

Art collectors this week shrugged off the US economic downturn and global financial turmoil to buy solidly at the big New York auctions although there were some signs of a more cautious mood seeping into the market

US art market beginning to feel strain

US art collectors are borrowing more heavily against the value of their artwork and are also more likely to demand guaranteed prices when they sell works at auction

Auction houses put faith in $1.8bn art sales

Auction houses Sotheby’s and Christie’s are confident of selling up to $1.8bn of Impressionist, postwar and contemporary artworks during the upcoming New York season

Artists boost ICA’s anniversary

High-profile figures from the world of art are donating works for an auction to raise money to mark the 60th birthday of London’s Institute for Contemporary Arts

State of the art insurance

As more significant works become privately owned, they get harder to protect. As a result, collectibles policies now stand at the forefront of a revolution as ancillary service providers hustle to keep pace

The price of exotic genius

Without any appropriate way of assessing risk, most bankers worry that the art market is opaque, illiquid and unpredictable. Even so, a number of hedge fund and investment managers are setting up trading funds to cash in on rising prices

The murky world of art finance

A controversial auction at Christie’s has shed light on questionable practices by dealers and financiers. It has also left a chilling lesson for investors in credit funds, writes John Dizard

China overtakes French art market

The French love of fine art appears to be in question after a survey showed that China has overtaken France as a market for art sales

Treasures you purchase to hold on to

In many ways, the coterie of antique rug collectors is the antithesis of the contemporary art market. Typically very private, serious patrons shun publicity and conduct transactions behind closed doors

From the White House with love

Russian art, once undervalued and appreciated only at the highest levels of American society, is gaining wider attention on the international art scene as a new generation of wealthy investors steadily buy up the work of domestic artists

Impressionist works stolen in Zurich

Art market shrugs off economic gloom

Auctioneers hope for £500m art sales

Corporate art spending reaches record high

Art sales soar as boom rolls on

Rare Magna Carta copy sells for $21.3m

Court victory for US art lovers

HK sees record Asian art sales

House of the rising sums

Auctioneers breathe a sigh of relief

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