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Couture Shock

Anthony Haden-Guest assesses the artistic legacy of Yves Saint-Laurent and recalls his first meeting with the couturier after his audacious 1971 ‘porno’ show

Singapore Slings Tax

With the opening of the Singapore FreePort - Ron Arad's design was previewed at Art Basel - Anthony Haden-Guest sees the possibilities of stashing your valuables in the Far East

Art Basel

Messe 2
Basel, Switzerland
10th-14th June

Some of my personal favourites from the show; nothing too avant-garde - it frightens the horses, you know. Artists include Warhol, Lichtenstein, Doig, Kippenberger, Gursky and Polidori.

Design for Life

Regularly updated dispatches with pictures from the Design Miami/Basel fair, sponsored by HSBC Private Bank, where high design meets high society, and from Art Basel 40. Plus: A gallery of the best of Art Basel.

NYT: Art dealer charged with stealing $88 million

A noted Upper East Side art dealer has been indicted on charges he stole $88 million from investors and collectors who consigned artwork to him and said they were cheated out of the sale proceeds or never saw the pieces again, according to a person briefed on the case.

NYT: Using art as collateral is the new strategy

Last fall, Annie Leibovitz, the photographer, borrowed $5 million from a company called Art Capital Group. In December, she borrowed $10.5 million more from the same firm. As collateral, among other items, she used town houses she owns in Greenwich Village, a country house, and something else: the rights to all of her photographs.

Art and Collecting Special

Spear's third annual art and collecting special ranges from the smallest of autographs to the largest of publishing empires, from the mechanics of classic cars to the methods of art theft.

That's Amore

Andrei Navrozov meets Celeste Dell’Anna — an interior designer who won’t get into bed with a client unless he’s sure they’ll still love him in the morning

Hey, Joao

At once utterly European and steeped in the modes and manners of modern America, Portuguese artist João Louro coolly inhabits two worlds, says Anthony Haden-Guest

The Art of Nonsense

The notion of droit de suite, or ‘right of resale’, may look OK on paper, but in practice it is a nightmare for everyone in the art business, says Josh Spero