Plus: online growth slows down; Warhol’s family sells ‘Marilyn portrait’; Marina Abramović at Masterpiece; late female artists recognised

Russian artist reigns supreme at Christie’s; Ropac secures Beuys estate; wide gender gap at UK’s auction houses

Plus: UK trade reacts to ivory ban; US collector turns to China; hopes from African art; mistaken identity at Leonardo auction?

High prices at Art Basel Hong Kong; Long Museum gets a Mark Bradford; Art Central highlights housing crisis

Plus, John McEnroe’s Mark Bradford painting returns to LA and Lévy Gorvy forms an advisory firm

Plus, Picasso leads the way; London’s new photo gallery; art fair in a Marrakesh hotel

Gallerist Almine Rech raises questions over the medium; row over museum sell-off; centenary show for Peter Lanyon; British art fair gets £1m

‘Helter Skelter I’ to be auctioned in London; New Delhi hosts India Art Fair; back to the futurists with Boccioni

Brussels gets busy; fresh rumours of LA move for Frieze; wool artist in New York; Derain for London sales

The trade gets the bitcoin bug; new openings in Geneva and Florence; rare chandelier at Sotheby’s

Treasure-hunt for London art-lovers; demise of key data source; glasnost under the hammer; Hirst’s spots counted

New light on controversial painting; Saudi billionaire’s collection at Bonhams; makeover for Mayfair; gallerists honoured

The past 12 months have brought highs and lows — and a few surprises

A light touch; a better but not a brilliant year; Sotheby’s loses director to Gagosian gallery

Kremer museum of Dutch Golden Age art vows to let users see ‘the brushwork, the cracks, everything’

Environmentally conscious art and high-end editions; François Morellet on show in the US; auction records set in Hong Kong

Rockefeller collection flies private; philosopher’s sculpture sells well; Brazilian collector appeals prison sentence; ‘Lunch’ on a cake

Monet, Cézanne and Chagall sales overshadowed; Armory Show’s rollercoaster; major galleries set for Tefaf Spring

$34m gift to US museum; New Paris fair; private sales go public; copyright keeps pictures under wraps

Harassment allegations are aired; dealers expand in Asia; and a dumpster becomes a destination

Prime Picasso up for sale; why it pays to be upfront about prices; Sean Scully on show; Hodgkin auction hits the spot

The Bacon that didn’t sell; a Leonardo with a back story; $1.1m art theft; Beijing museum gets backing

Feminist works old and new; society portraits; porcelain smashes records in Hong Kong auction