Art Market
Art of the deal
A simple sale, with money changing hands, was out of the question
Complex fractions
Where is the joy and the reward of owning a fractional share in individual art?
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
There is no “Woke Right”
A new attempt to delineate the boundaries of acceptable opinion has failed
Bernard-Henri Lévy
France’s celebrity philosopher, war reporter and professional pessimist
Borientalism
Madama Butterfly, Opera Ballet Flanders, Antwerp
A real plan for growth
A series of simple economic blunders has led to self-defeating policies that strangle any chance of prosperity for all
Stick ‘em up
Has the culture war been won?
How the right went wrong
An ill-fated leadership campaign
Good, mostly clean, fun
The Boys from Syracuse, Upstairs at the Gatehouse
An orderly and civilised society
The biggest missing idea in British politics
The right to learn at home
Home education is a powerful alternative to the box-ticking of state schooling
Why was I the only reporter?
On the sentencing of the Rotherham grooming gang
Boris: the PM who could do no wrong
This must be in competition for the most inaccurate work of non-fiction since … well, since Johnson’s last book
