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.

Fabienne Verdier picture

Contemporary appeal: French artwork takes top spot at auction

10 April 2023

Across more than 800 objects offered at the Krehbiel sale, the great majority were proper antiques.

Ceramic melon

The strong appetite at auction for Lady Anne Gordon’s ceramics

10 April 2023

Ceramic works by the late Lady Anne Gordon, Dowager Marchioness of Aberdeen (1924-2007) are becoming a favourite with a new generation of collectors and decorators.

White And White Telegraph Keypad

Early telegraph keypad stars in our pick of five auction highlights

07 April 2023

ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a rare ‘Telegraphic Key Apps’ from 1855 that made over 10 times estimate at a German auction.

Pieter Brueghel the Younger painting

Brueghel found behind door in French home takes six-figure sum at auction

06 April 2023

A large painting by Pieter Brueghel the Younger (c.1564-1638) discovered in a home in France took a six-figure sum at a Paris sale.

Dr Clare McAndrew

Art market sales recover, topping pre-pandemic levels, as UK reclaims its second place globally

04 April 2023

Worldwide art and antiques sales increased 3% year-on-year to an estimated $67.8bn (£54.8bn) in 2022, according to the latest Global Art Market Report.

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Buyer not afraid of Virginia Woolf value

03 April 2023

Complete with the often missing dust jacket and entirely unrestored, as the cataloguer’s notes were pleased to point out, a 1925 Hogarth Press first of Virginia Woolf’s famous novel Mrs Dalloway was offered as part of a March 2 sale at Swann Galleries (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) of New York.

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Millennials and museums flock to TEFAF Maastricht

03 April 2023

Dealers at the Dutch art and antiques fair noticed a welcome trend of more eclectic tastes among younger buyers

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Victorian ladies’ cycling gear wheels its way to Australia after wealthy donor bids at auction

03 April 2023

A Victorian ladies’ sporting jacket believed to have been used for cycling has been bought for the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) in Melbourne, Australia.

Younger buyers boost TEFAF

03 April 2023

Dealers at TEFAF Maastricht welcomed a batch of younger buyers during the most recent staging.

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Wedgwood lights up Freeman’s sale of the Rubin Collection

03 April 2023

American couple amassed an extensive collection from the famous English factory

Christie’s decorative arts sale

Christie’s relaunches decorative arts sales series

28 March 2023

Christie’s has relaunched its biannual auction series of decorative arts sales to run concurrently online in three cities: London, New York and Paris.

Christopher Bishop

Christopher Bishop takes over Master Drawings New York and new board appointed

27 March 2023

Master Drawings New York (MDNY) has a new owner, advisory board and partnership.

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Aircraft model made in London proves a cut above in Canadian saleroom

27 March 2023

Beautiful construction, rarity and interesting history combined to make a British-made cutaway model sought after in a Canadian auction.

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Guillaumin captivated by the Mediterranean light

27 March 2023

On numerous occasions in the early part of the 20th century, Armand Guillaumin visited the picturesque medieval seaside village of Le Brusc.

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Marlborough lion gem leads New York exhibition

27 March 2023

Les Enluminures’ next New York exhibition comprises a single well-documented Italian gem.

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It’s auction No 100 at ethnographica specialist saleroom

27 March 2023

Zemanek-Münster in Würzburg is holding its 100th auction on April 15 and has taken in some impressive pieces for the landmark

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Art reunited: two pairs of historical coincidences brought together at TEFAF

27 March 2023

A still-life and the vessel it depicts showed up at the same Maastricht fair unexpectedly this year, as did a painting and its study

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Bavarian connoisseur clocks collection comes up for auction

27 March 2023

For three decades, from the 1950s-80s, a Bavarian connoisseur amassed a collection of clocks, some of which are being sold by Nagel in Stuttgart.

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On a mission to make porcelain

27 March 2023

Items sold at auction show how Jesuit expertise helped China to gain technological skill for enamelling

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Wauer finally took a shot at sculpture

27 March 2023

William Wauer was a man of many facets.

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