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Self-portrait sold to National Portrait Gallery by dealer who also plans an exhibition

An Isnik fritware tile familiar to ATG readers made its second visit to the saleroom last week.

A work described as a ‘missing painting’ by the great Venetian master Titian (c.1485-1576), which was once owned by a succession of European royalty, has emerged for sale at Austrian auction house Dorotheum.

Swedish firm Auctionet, the online sales platform, has bought Lawrences in Somerset but the team at the Crewkerne auction house will remain in place.

A dreamy interwar architectural portrait of Pilgrims Hall, Essex, by Rex Whistler (1905-44) generated interest at Tennants (22% buyer’s premium) of Leyburn, North Yorkshire, on March 19.

The red tape of Brexit and the continued imposition of VAT on art imports is having a material impact on the British art market, according to a macro-level analysis of global art commerce.

An auction record has been set for the French artist Jean Siméon Chardin (1699-1779) with the sale of 'Le panier de fraises des bois' (The Basket of Wild Strawberries).

After 43 years running his saleroom in west London, Peter Bainbridge is retiring this summer.

Art dealer Ivor Braka has spoken out over the legal action taken against him by The Artists’ Collecting Society (ACS) and the Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS).

Bonhams’ run of acquiring other auction businesses shows no signs of slowing down.

Andy Warhol’s (1928-87) Shot Sage Blue Marilyn will lead Christie’s New York sales in May. Poised to be the most expensive 20th century artwork to ever sell at auction, it is estimated to take around $200m.

Exhibitors at the trade showpiece TEFAF Maastricht will pay significantly more for their stands this summer despite the fair being smaller and shorter than in previous years.

In the wake of new sanctions on Russia, auction houses Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Bonhams have cancelled sales of Russian art in London scheduled for June.

Two stoneware tavern bottles produced at John Dwight’s Fulham Pottery in the 1670s surfaced for sale in West Sussex earlier this month.

The art market is being unfairly targeted with restrictions and regulations over stolen cultural property according to its most senior trade federation.