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Held in collaboration with Grosvenor Gallery, the Modernist selling show sees the auction house tap into this burgeoning region
The painting, once owned by Britain’s first prime minister, Robert Walpole, was sold during Christie's £55m Old Master sale in London tonight, alongside works by Constable, Willem Key and Gerrit Dou
The actor’s character on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" was unprecedented for a woman on primetime television
Westphal is to set up her own business working directly with collectors and artists while Engelen will join Aquavella Galleries
The prize lot, a bust depicting the artist’s brother Diego, failed to attract bidders during the $186.4m sale
The collector and lifestyle mogul highlighted works from the sale by Amy Sherald, Alex Katz, Louise Bourgeois and others
Alex Rotter's promotion is the latest senior management shuffle at the auction house since Guillaume Cerutti stepped down
The giant slab of wall adorned with Banksy's "Battle To Survive a Broken Heart" will go to auction to benefit the American Heart Association
As mainland Chinese art buying continues its post-pandemic contraction, Christie’s and Sotheby’s are pivoting from ultra-contemporary Western artists towards tried-and-tested 19th- and 20th-century big hitters
Officials and archaeologists have said the small object, which was auctioned by Lyon and Turnbull for €22,500 earlier this month, is a copy
Julien Pradels will fill the role left when Bonnie Brennan was promoted to chief executive
What’s behind the new, more measurement approaches to programming at museums, art fairs and more? Plus, a chat about current tensions around culture in the Netherlands and a close look at one of the most famous depictions of a wintery landscape
The leading lot is a painting by the artist's close friend Kenneth Noland
'The so-called “gateway drug” effect of luxury has been overstated'
At this year’s winter auctions, the two big houses saw ‘a mixed bag and mixed results’
Overall sales fell by 23% compared to 2023, though the private division grew
The auction house's swift reversal of its recently overhauled premium structure is an admission of how wrongly it read the runes, writes Melanie Gerlis
He will be replaced by the president of Christie's America, Bonnie Brennan
The non-selling portrait exhibition will be on display at Christie’s Beverly Hills during the Frieze Los Angeles fair
Less than a year ago, the auction house reduced buyer’s premium and tried to introduce a flat 10% vendor's commission to avoid bartering. It did not prove popular with sellers
Martin Wilson, the chairman of the British Art Market Federation (Bamf), is joining as chief executive and will oversee global operations
The house's auction total saw a double-digit decrease for a second year in a row—but private sales are booming
Staff cuts at auction house come as $1bn deal with Abu Dhabi wealth fund closes
The deaccessioned works, to be offered at Christie's in New York, include 17 pieces by Dutch and Flemish artists from the 17th century
The top end of the market failed to recover, while auction houses expanded in Hong Kong amid dramatic shifts in the city
However, despite assistance from big names, it was emerging artists who were the real stars of the show
The buyer, the collector and crypto investor Justin Sun, immediately vowed to eat the banana
“Every now and then you strike gold,” says the general manager of Bonhams Skinner
It’s a new record for a work of art created by a robot, the auction house says
