Art Market
Vicarious pleasure
On the enduring allure of celebrity cast-offs
Bits and pieces
Can the digital age can demystify the art world?
So many art fairs, so little time
On the forums that bring together dealer and buyer
Out with the old and in with the new
People are asking why the classic art market has declined — and will it recover?
Turning Klimt to kitsch
Why the new wave of “immersive experiences” is a threat to art
The decline of the UK art market
The UK’s prominence as a place to buy and sell the most prestigious art is under sustained threat
Beware of selling the family silver
The sale of dusty, unloved artworks offers museums a financial lifeline, but is fraught with danger
America’s licence to sell
Michael Prodger says deaccession has been given tacit approval abroad
Ring up the new
The most expensive post-war work sold last year fetched just over $91 million. The most expensive Old Master sold for $21.5 million
“Scottish visas” would double down on two failed ideas
The plan offers the worst of devolution and mass migration in one policy
Shattered illusions
The record of the authorities defies denials of two-tier policing
Why Sergeant Martyn Blake was acquitted
There does not appear to be any case for rejecting the decision of the jury
The kindest of ghosts
A new history of childhood reading is a treasure
The odd world of Peter Oborne
How has a far-sighted conservative commentator fallen so far?
Kemi’s men of mystery
The second tier Conservatives had a chance to shine
Two-tier immigration?
Britain has its border priorities out of whack
The rise of suburbia
The English experiment in liminal living
The effects of Brexit are still being misreported
A new paper has received a lot of attention — all of it undeserved
The problem with petty scandals
They distract us from state failure and institutional decay
Religion without mercy
Progressivism has all the zeal of Christianity, but none of its emphasis on forgiveness
