Max Beckmann’s Birds’ Hell sells for a record £32m, with new highs also notched for Hannah Höch and Georges Vantongerloo

With three lots making over £20m with fees, Sotheby’s long-winded Impressionist & Modern Art auction improves on 2016 but falls just short of a stiff estimate

Our pick of highlights from this week's auctions and fairs

Our pick of highlights from this week's auctions and fairs

Our pick of highlights from this week's auctions and fairs

Our pick of highlights from this week's fairs and auctions

Our pick of highlights from this week's auctions

Our pick of highlights from this week's auctions

Our pick of highlights from this week's auctions

Our pick of highlights from the week's auctions and Paris Photo

Our pick of highlights from the week's auctions and Asian Art in London

In London, low estimates and favourable exchange rates boost contemporary profits… but at the Italian sales, fewer stand-out lots bring results down from last year’s high

The auction house aims to introduce buyers to artists who are not yet household names

Arte Povera artist's Code di Delfino led London auction, selling for £2.2m

These six works provide a taster of PAD’s tenth anniversary offerings, from Modern and decorative art to tribal art, antiquities and design

Our pick from this week's auctions in Paris and New York

Our pick of highlights from the week's auctions and art fairs

Dealers and auction houses stage selling shows during the art world's summer break

Cross-disciplinary fair focuses on art and design to lure collectors and curators

As the auction house celebrates a milestone anniversary, its global president reflects on what's in store for the future

Three highlights going under the hammer in the Defining British Art sale in London on 30 June

Our pick of highlights coming to auction this week

Our pick of this week’s international auctions