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.

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Calculating machine design did not add value

17 March 2025

One of the highlights of the March 22 sale at Auction Team Breker in Cologne is a pioneering mid-19th century calculating machine.

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Mad for Meissen March hares

17 March 2025

It’s obviously a good season for Meissen hares.

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Owl drinking vessel will perhaps be a wise purchase

17 March 2025

Drinking vessels in the form of an owl were as decorative as they were practical.

Leica 0-series

Prototype of first Leica compact camera expected to break record at auction

12 March 2025

The Leica I was the first mass-produced Leica. One of its prototypes, the 0-series, heads to auction this summer

2685IE Viscontea Niemeyer Chair 1

Modern furniture made with the Niemeyer touch

11 March 2025

As with Pierre Jeanneret and his vision for Chandigarh in India, Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012) is famous for his involvement in the city of Brasilia as chief architect.

'Writing ball' designed by Rasmus Malling-Hansen

Example of the world’s first commercial typewriter appears at auction

11 March 2025

Rasmus Malling-Hansen designed the pincushion-like device in 1865 to help deaf students "speak with their fingers"

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More from Maastricht: latest previews from bumper TEFAF fair

10 March 2025

British exhibitors are among the 273 dealers and galleries showing from 21 countries in total

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Chaumet marriage trousseau more than matches auction expectations

10 March 2025

Tiara takes highest sum as jewellery supplied to an aristocratic family features in Paris sale

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New London dealers join Salon du Dessin line-up

10 March 2025

March is traditionally the month for drawings and works on paper in Paris, a magnet that attracts enthusiasts from around the world to the French capital.

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Jug judged to be a bear essential

10 March 2025

Staged in England from medieval times through to the early 19th century, bear baiting provided a popular theme in ceramic art in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Careful when going under a low bridge…

10 March 2025

The Spirit of Ecstasy sculpture was created by Charles Sykes as a mascot for Rolls-Royce cars.

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Watches: Wellington’s gift to opera singer rumoured to be his mistress

10 March 2025

A gold and enamel Dent pocket watch given by Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington, to the Italian opera singer Giuseppina Grassini surfaced for sale at an auction in Austria

Sèvres vases

Stand out pieces of Sèvres spotted at New York auction

04 March 2025

An exceptional pair of Louis Philippe period Sèvres hard paste porcelain vases has been unearthed in upstate New York.

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Five questions with sculpture dealer Georges Van Cauwenbergh

03 March 2025

Georges Van Cauwenbergh is the director of Artimo Fine Arts Gallery, in the renowned Sablon antiques district of Brussels.

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Royal silver oils the deals in Paris

03 March 2025

Elaborate cruet frames from the pre-revolutionary period stand out in a traditional sale selection

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Rediscovered Claudel bronze has aged well

03 March 2025

Lost from view for a century, a three-figure bronze group by the sculptor Camille Claudel (1864-1943) made an auction appearance in Orléans on February 16.

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Ephemera event takes invention as inspiration

03 March 2025

The Ephemera Fair, the annual event from the Ephemera Society of America (ESA), runs this year with a conference on the history of invention as well as the usual huge selection of stock.

Adriaen Coorte still life

Saunders collection set to make a record for an Old Master collection says Sotheby’s

28 February 2025

A major consignment of Old Masters is coming up at Sotheby’s New York in May which the saleroom said is poised to break the record for any single-owner sale in this category.

Frieze LA

Twentieth century masters make waves at Frieze LA

27 February 2025

Modern names were among the major sellers at the recent staging of Frieze Los Angeles.

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Captured by the Shadow Catcher: Edward Curtis photographs at auction

24 February 2025

Edward Curtis is famed for his photographs documenting the disappearing world of Native Americans

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