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IF you’re looking for a painting that sums up the problems suffered by the contemporary art market over the last year, then this work by Peter Doig (b.1959) is a pretty good candidate.

AUCTIONEERS and trade associations sharing information on undesirable clients have to be careful that they are not breaking the law.

A massive Union Flag that flew from one of the ships at the battle of Trafalagar has sold at auction for £320,000.

NATIONAL Antiques Week runs from November 23-30, and a number of dealers have already announced events to mark the occasion.

THE original drawings that Edward Lear made for his 1846 A Book of Nonsense are now rare, and those that exist are for the most part held in institutional collections.

ATG columnist Richard Falkiner has hailed the Roman cameo glass vase which has been unveiled by Bonhams as “the greatest classical find since the Portland Vase”.

THE first salvos in the battle between the showground fairs giants saw up to 4000 exhibitors head to Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire earlier this month.