Plus: George Michael’s collection goes to auction; Rothko on sale for up to $50m; LA Frieze opens; FBI looks into money laundering in the art market

Galleries, news and sales results from Hong Kong, New York and London — plus the story of an egg

As the city’s commercial market booms, emerging artists are finally finding the spotlight

The new fair’s executive director on the challenges and opportunities of taking the art event to California

Plus: consolidation in the art loan market; UK council sells Modern British collection; virtual reality at Tefaf; Nicole Farhi’s new sculptures

Plus: London gallerist Richard Saltoun to show only women for a year; Frieze LA subsidises local talent

Plus: Art Brussels adapts; Art Stage Singapore cancelled; ceramics at London Art Fair; Schiele at Sotheby’s; art sales in Selfridges

Plus: western galleries prepare for the Taipei Dangdai fair; Stik street art restored; Thomas Dane and Simon Preston team up

Gimmicks dominated the art scene but some technological changes have genuine potential

Crypto platform plans another offering; Alpine fair rethinks timing; art sale to benefit refugees

Christie’s secures another Hockney hit; Brexit concerns for March sales; new life in Old Masters

Also: record price for Hitler’s Ruisdael; women take the lead in London

Art Basel is at the centre of changes to the fair landscape, with concerns over smaller galleries and regional events

Plus: Medieval forgeries for show; Pace steps up in New York; momentum builds at fee-free auction business

The Paraguay-born artist’s work will be shown in depth at a major fair for the first time

New York auctions; Texas museum gets photo gift; Christie’s head of postwar art steps down; bother at Be Uri; Italian bank values its art

A nervous start to New York auctions; taste swings to Modern Americans; design fair directors rotate; Vivian Maier in colour

Swiss U-turn; success breeds success; female photographers in Paris; rock-star treatment

Plus: Instagram makes sales at Tefaf; virtual reality in Lagos; Ropac to represent Judd Foundation in Europe

The Turin art fair’s separate venue gives the works the space they need

Liquidation in London; artist gets back at Louis Vuitton; Modern Couples in the spotlight; Gentileschi still on trend

Plus, Milan dealer changes tack; Robin Williams sale; Grayson Perry’s treasure hunt

Striking booths proliferate; Rybolovlev sues; Tefaf ‘recalibrates’

Economic turmoil in South Africa has not dulled the appetite of London collectors for the country’s artists

A look into the financing of works that literally don’t stand still