Art Collecting

Forgotten for two centuries, then rediscovered — how Georges de La Tour went from a footnote to a blue-chip name in the Old Master canon.

Neo Expressionism first exploded onto the scene in the late 1970s and 1980s as a sharp, deliberate break from the cool restraint of minimalism and conceptual art. Think vivid colors,…

Red-chip rising-star names sit very differently in a collection than blue-chip cornerstones. Our read on why the best contemporary collections hold both.

The art world is going through a generational shift, and millennials are at the center of it. For decades, high-value art collecting belonged almost exclusively to baby boomers and older…

From Banksy to KAWS to Invader — street art has crossed from the wall to the museum. Our read on the institutional recognition reshaping the market.

From Magritte to Tuymans — Belgian blue-chip artists are finally getting the international attention their markets deserve. Our read on the shift.

From your first gallery visit to a coherent first acquisition — our primer for first-time art collectors who want to start well rather than start fast.

El Greco's market has been quietly stirring — Old Master Week 2025 saw three works pass estimate. Our read on why serious collectors are looking again.

Auction-house private sales now rival public auctions for top-end works. Our editorial read on why serious collectors increasingly prefer the off-market route.

From Goya's Disasters of War to Picasso's Guernica — five anti-war masterpieces that have shaped how political art is collected and shown.

From Les Femmes d'Alger to Le Rêve — the eight Picasso works that have set his auction record, and the stories behind each sale.

From Die Brücke to Der Blaue Reiter — our field guide to Expressionism covers the movement's hallmarks, the canon, and the auction market today.

From Picasso and Braque's analytic Cubism to the synthetic period — our field guide covers the canon, the categories, and the market for Cubist works.

From Monet's Water Lilies to Pissarro's late landscapes — the Impressionist artists whose markets are actually moving in 2026, drawn from the auction record.

From Watteau to Fragonard — our field guide to Rococo covers the period's defining works, the artists who matter, and how the market trades today.

Matisse, Derain, Vlaminck — our field guide to Fauvism covers the movement's hallmarks, the artists who matter, and how Fauvist works trade at auction.

From Love Is in the Bin to Devolved Parliament — the five Banksy works that have set his auction record, and the stories behind each sale.

From Dubuffet's coinage to Outsider Art Fair — our field guide to art brut covers the artists, the institutions, and how the category trades today.