International
About 80% of the global art market by value takes place outside the UK. The largest art market in the world is the US with China in third place (after the UK) followed by France, Germany and Switzerland.
Many more nations have a rich art and antiques heritage with active auction, dealer, fair, gallery and museum sectors even if their market size by value is smaller.
Read the top stories and latest art and antiques news from all these countries.
Online surge as art market fell by 22% says annual trade report
22 March 2021The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic caused the global art market to contract by nearly a quarter.

Sèvres plate with portrait of the artist Annibale Carracci offered in Bordeaux
22 March 2021This 9¼in (23.5cm) diameter Sèvres porcelain plate is painted en grisaille with a portrait of the artist Annibale Carracci within borders of chrome green and gilt laurel and oak leaves, fleur de lys, palmettes and florets.

Armchairs from Follot offered at Aguttes
22 March 2021A sale of design and 20th century decorative arts to be staged by Aguttes on March 30 spans items from the Art Nouveau era through to the latter decades of the 20th century.

Little wonders - the Dunkirk ships
22 March 2021A New York auction offered reminders of the vital work carried out by ships of all backgrounds, shapes and sizes during the Dunkirk evacuation

Porcelain table service with just the 248 pieces
22 March 2021No fewer than 248 pieces feature in this grand Paris porcelain table service painted with floral reserves on a green and gilt border and central flowersprays.

Mars mission: bronze figure emerges at Drouot auction
22 March 2021A bronze figure of Mars from the studio of Giambologna will be one of the highlights in a sale of furniture, paintings, sculpture and works of art to be held at Drouot by L’Huillier on April 2.

The web shop window: Ada Lovelace's first-edition copy of key mathematical text
22 March 2021Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.

Table draws the attention in Atlanta
22 March 2021This late 19th century English part-ebonised mahogany library table is among the items of antique furniture included in Ahlers & Ogletree’s two-day sale in Atlanta on March 27-28.

Pick of the week: Shang shines in two New York auctions
22 March 2021Archaic Chinese bronzes were the stand out lots in Asian Art Week in New York this month.

Still life by Dutch golden age female artist emerges in French auction
22 March 2021This elaborate still-life featuring a vase containing a rich variety of flowers including roses, peonies and tulips, is a work by Maria van Oosterwyck (1630-93), a 17th century Dutch golden age female artist who specialised in still-life subjects.

Plea to help track down stolen Daniel Quare pocket watch
20 March 2021A Daniel Quare pocket watch has gone missing in transit and its owner hopes the trade may help locate it.

Promotions and appointments – news across the art and antiques sector around the world
17 March 2021A new fair director in London, a promotion at Bonhams US and a new auction location in South Africa - here is a round-up of the latest moves.

Covid-hit art market shrinks by 22% according to Art Basel report
16 March 2021Global trade widely affected by pandemic but online sales double in value

Designer Stuart Weitzman’s treasures at Sotheby’s could set records for any coin and stamp
16 March 2021Sotheby’s is staging a three-lot sale of exceptional items from the collection of luxury shoe designer Stuart Weitzman this summer.

New event planned as Paris Biennale ‘turns the page’
15 March 2021A new art and antiques fair is being planned for the end of November to replace the Paris Biennale (Biennale des Antiquaires).

Map shows heartfelt emotion
15 March 2021Sold at $34,000 (£25,185) apiece, two very different lots headed the bidding in a New York sale of December 17.

Wurlitzer steams into action
15 March 2021Mechanical music will be going under the hammer on March 20 as part of the Miller & Miller auction in New Hamburg, Ontario.

Daily life and world history in one
15 March 2021A magnificent copy of Liber chronicarum, or ‘Nuremburg Chronicle’ as it is more familiarly known, made a record $350,000 (£265,150) at Bonhams New York.

Sèvres gift from Napoleon’s empress offered at Fontainbleau auction
15 March 2021Osenat is holding one of its periodic sales titled L’Empire à Fontainbleau in its Fontainebleau saleroom on March 22.

Sale explores early America
15 March 2021Published in Paris, a 1613 first edition of a pioneering American exploration work sold for $160,000 (£114,285) in Philadelphia.

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