Spanish artist whose work goes on show at National Gallery was dubbed ‘master of light’ by Monet

Auction results and what’s coming up in the sale rooms

Diamond rings, watches by Cartier and Rolex included in 390 lots at John Weldon

European 20th-century furniture and contemporary Irish art feature in April sale

Letter said recovered painting was a prank made by two artists and a forger

Spanish actor talks politics, health scares and getting the chance to play his ‘idol’, Picasso

In just two days, 13 Picassos sold in London for a total of £113 million. Who’s buying?

Downton Abbey’s Hugh Bonneville on the Late Late Show and the finale of Dancing with the Stars

In Dublin, classic west of Ireland landscape makes €80k

Auctions & Fairs: At Christies‘Dans les coulisses’ by Edgar Degas on sale for between £8-£12 million

The year 1932 saw Picasso at the height of his fame and painting his most explicitly sexual work, fuelled by his torrid affair with his young model, Marie-Thérèse Walter

Beckett’s legacy endures, and reaches far beyond the written word

Long-lost painting shatters world record for any work of art sold at auction

The art market is a piranha pool. Here’s how to safely dip your toes in the water

Ten highlights from the summer auctions

Picasso’s haunting artwork is the focus of special events at the Reina Sofía in Madrid

Our critical picks of the very best of what’s on in the capital and around the country this weekend and beyond

Whyte’s hoping art market recovery will continue in 2017

Study of work by major artists could help in earlier diagnosis of degenerative illness

After being trapped behind the Iron Curtain, Russia’s Shchukin collection, including works by Picasso and Matisse, is back in Paris for a blockbuster show

‘There are still two versions of what happened that day,’ says film’s director Koldo Serra

Buyers, sellers of art use same hidden corners of global finance as dictators and fraudsters

Paula Rowan’s latest collection of gloves was inspired by the colours of the sea, which sparkle through the unadorned windows of her Sandycove apartment

Why not visit space with 289 friends? There are worse ways to spend money

Turkish officers posed as buyers for abstract nude, which was stolen in New York

Dancer is offering 25 pictures for sale as part of new Firedance exhibition in London

Mansion in Cannes was where artist painted some of his most famous works, and met Brigitte Bardot

‘The Women of Algiers’ set new world record price for any work of art sold at an auction

Painting has estimate of $140m ahead of Christie’s sale in New York

Pierre Le Guennec claims he was given the 271 pieces of art by Pablo Picasso’s wife

Work was painted in 1892 and is said to have sold to museum in Qatar

Competition winners gather at the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham

Clash between Rudi Völler and Frank Rijkaard in World Cup second round game concludes with an unjust sending off of the German and spit by the Dutch defender

Memories of jazz in Marrakesh, stargazing in the UK and the cost of a kiss - plus great hotel deals

Micheal Farrell, one of the greatest Irish artists of his generation, is well served by a new show

A five-part summer series analyses the current state of the global fine art and antiques market

Forensic specialists find traces of paint, canvas and nails in ashes in Romanian house