Punctured work is being offered at Sotheby’s New York after 20 years—and could fetch a record for the Italian post-war artist

The firm is winding down its operations globally and will sell off an estimated $250m of art

The American sculptor received the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale

A highlight of Sotheby's May evening sales, Bacon's first full-scale painting of George Dyer was exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 2022

Report refutes Israel’s claims in The Hague that it has implemented "humanitarian measures" to prevent the loss of civilian life

Luxury goods and Millennials are helping buoy the bottom line, though fine art remains at the core of the business

One of the employees is accused of embezzling a box of specially produced Pokémon cards, according to local media reports

Greenpeace and UnMute Gaza organised the action at the museum because it houses Pablo Picasso’s famous anti-war painting “Guernica”

Canvas that “self destructed” at Sotheby’s in 2018 was renamed Love is in the Bin by the artist’s studio—but last year it went on show in Korea with a new title and date

Matt Carey-Williams is looking to shake up the traditional gallery model by bringing “all the protagonists around the table in a slightly different way”

This month, 50 international galleries are taking part in the gallery sharing model across the UK capital

Castor and Niru Ratnam are moving to bigger spaces while Emalin is opening a second gallery

Works at the New Contemporaries exhibition at Camden Art Centre will be available to purchase on Gertrude

Portrait of Isabel de Borbón was due to go on sale on 1 February

The Council of State dismissed the Italian culture ministry’s belated attempt to repatriate “absolute masterpiece” from the Los Angeles museum

New mural appeared in south London of three military drones stuck to a red “stop” sign—but has already been removed by two unknown men

Union Magazine, launched by the Berlin- and West Bank-based organisation Artists and Allies of Hebron, hopes to resist a polarised political climate

The Austrian sculptor's art will go to his private foundation overturning previous decision granting ownership to West's widow and children

From the emerging to the blue-chip, artists are trading gallery representation for agents or outright autonomy

Art community joins South Florida Coalition for Palestine's demonstration outside the fair

New charitable schemes mirror shifts in attitudes to collecting and giving among younger art buyers

An inclusive curatorial theme sees works by older female artists snapped up

The work, "Delta" (1958), is coming to the market for the first time in years, with an asking price of $45m

Access by Art Basel will launch at next month's Miami Beach fair

The artist-activist defends free speech in a lengthy response, but says that the gallery’s decision is “for his own well-being”

Online company managing the Margate mural, intended as a comment on domestic abuse, has already sold more than £250,000 in shares

The artist has pulped 6,000 copies of Dan Brown’s 'The Da Vinci Code' and turned them into a limited edition of George Orwell’s dystopian novel

Fruits et pot de gingembre, one of three Cézanne paintings included in the sale, was found to have been sold under duress after the Nazis took power in Germany

Signatories of the new letter state “there should be no contradiction between staunchly opposing the Israeli occupation and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, and unequivocally condemning brutal acts of violence against innocent civilians in Israel”

A letter signed by Tania Bruguera, Michael Rakowitz and others also criticised arts organisations for their "institutional silence" regarding the humanitarian crisis in Gaza