Art news from around the world:

The Chinese art auction market – more complicated and less successful than the numbers suggest.

Looking at the circumstances that make astronomical art auction prices possible.

Painting in protest – the Syrian artists who continue against all the odds.

Art, self-expression and protest in Chicago.

Between good faith and due diligence, are the lines being redrawn for art purchasers?

Popular stories from the week:

Evoking Monet’s Giverny – in New York.

From unwitting outlawry to seeking permission – the importance of copyright in the contemporary art world.

So who was Girl with a Pearl Earing? We don’t know – but facial recognition software might solve the mystery.

Fascinating; the podiums that aim to protect their sculptures from earthquakes.

Did you know that Magritte worked as a draughtsman in his youth? Well, he did, and these are his sheet music covers.

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