Kent County Council, led by the Reform party, cited financial pressures as a reason for the forthcoming sale, while stating that the works had not been offered to any of the county’s museums or galleries

The evening brought in £197m, a 52% increase on last year's equivalent auctions

The packed auction totalled £131m and made a record for Leon Kossoff

Our pick of the highlights from the March auctions

The auction will provide crucial financial support for the institution, which last year was looking at axing 60 members of staff as part of a cost-cutting drive

The acclaimed poet, who died in 2024, was “a unique figure" who combined collecting and selling art with writing and publishing literature

Having refined its strategy for the nascent market, the sale landed a $2.1m record for Binzagr but found less success for major Western names

Plus, Rembrandt’s sleepy lion and a late Redon

The pair are among 21 artists to take part in a charity gala auction in London this February

On a recent trip to London, Bendor Grosvenor enjoyed the buzz of the Old Masters auctions but bemoaned Tate’s exhibition labels

Plus, a tapestry by Otobong Nkanga and Claes Oldenburg’s electric plug are on sale this month

The sale at Bonhams comes just two months after Ross’s auction record was shattered in another charity auction

The works are included in an upcoming Christie's sale marking the 250th anniversary of US independence

Confidence may be returning, but can ultra high net worth individuals continue drive an enduring market rebound?

Work was created live by Vanessa Horabuena at Mar-a-Lago New Year’s eve bash

It is estimated to fetch more than double the category's existing record for a collection at auction

The $6.7m New York sale of the film star's prized possessions closed out a successful season for the auction house

Netting a solid $133.4m total, the first Sotheby’s live sale in Abu Dhabi is described by the house as the largest debut for any new market in its history

The crypto mogul Justin Sun—who famously bought Maurizio Cattelan’s $6.2m banana work and ate it—has also donated $7.8m to the government relief fund

Highly successful auctions and fairs do not solve the market’s deeper problems

“The Five Miracles of Christ” sold at Sotheby’s to a Christian foundation on Tuesday night, while an early Gerrit Dou led Christie’s evening auction at £3.8m

Across the day’s four sales in Toronto, the auction house set new secondary-market records for 16 artists’ work

A court has suspended the export license of the 17th-century arithmetic device designed by Blaise Pascal, the last such example in private hands

The sale was led by a $16m Francis Bacon and included a Triceratops skeleton, a first for Phillips

Led by a Christopher Wool painting that made $19.8m, the evening included 19 lots from the Chicago collectors Gale Neeson and Stefan Edlis

The house's total is up 42% from last year's equivalent sale, and it set new auction records for Leonor Fini and Beauford Delaney

The 18-karat gold sculpture, another edition of which was used by thousands at the Guggenheim Museum, returns to the spotlight at Sotheby's

Peter Doig’s ‘Ski Jacket’ soared over its estimate to achieve £106.9m at Christie’s, but overall lower estimates and price corrections revealed a mixed picture

An early example of Calder’s most famous creations, the work carries a record estimate of $15m to $20m

The charity sale at Phillips supports the charity's mission to 'rescue the magic of childhood' through life-changing wishes for youngsters