Rufus Bird on catching the eye of a buyer in the social media era

There’s no shortage of great picks at this year’s TEFAF Maastricht, the Netherlands, including a Barbara Hepworth sculpture, a pastel portrait by Dora Maar and two sections of 4th-century Roman mosaics

It’s a sunny summer afternoon in a verdant corner of the Essex countryside. A pretty pastoral landscape lies before us, with cattle sheltering in the shade of oak trees, rolling green fields, and a gr

The world economy is beset by doom and gloom, but the beauty industry continues to boom. Global beauty retail sales hit $441bn in 2024, with the sector expanding 7% annually from 2022 to 2024, accordi

THE FUN BEGAN in the USA, where Mecum’s Kissimmee, Florida, sale in early January was followed by the Arizona sales of Barrett-Jackson, Bonhams and RM Sotheby’s. These are huge auctions: a total of 47

In a world dominated by mass production, digital life and, increasingly, artificial intelligence, our collective yearning for the unique and the tangible is spearheading a craft renaissance, as Corinne Julius discovers