The price, three times its high estimate, smashed the auction records for Lalanne's work and any design object

The prize, presented in partnership with Nxthvn, includes a solo stand at Frieze Los Angeles and $25,000

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

The politician, whose administration has been dogged by accusations of corruption, has signed to Berlin gallery Société

The painting, only publicly displayed once before, will soon be featured in a Wong exhibition in Chicago

A Frida Kahlo self-portrait measuring 5cm tall is on sale for $15m at the stand of Weinstein gallery

The blue-chip gallery has acquired a 19th-century palazzo in need of restoration in Sicily

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

The idea of making luxury more democratic seems both noble and impossible

“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

The most valuable sale reported was an abstract painting by Gerhard Richter for $5.5m, from David Zwirner

The winner of the city’s annual acquisition prize, determined by public vote, is a work by Ximena Garrido-Lecca

Dubbed the ‘Mona Lisa of the decorative arts’, the work is now the most expensive Fabergé egg ever sold at auction

The country is stymied by international sanctions, but Iranian collectors spend millions on home-grown art

The South African gallery announced a plan to shift its US base east as it participates in its first Art Basel Miami Beach

The late artist’s captivating bird’s-eye-view paintings are featured on the gallery’s stand at Art Basel Miami Beach

The perennial design fair, now marking its 20th anniversary in Miami Beach, will launch in the Alserkal Avenue gallery district in 2027

The power threesome will launch Pace Di Donna Schrader Galleries, specialising in secondary market sales

Plus, versions of famous images by Bruegel and L.S. Lowry are on sale this month

By the time London dealer Patrick Matthiesen realised the person he had handed “Mother and Child on a Hammock” over to was not who he claimed to be, it was too late

‘David and Goliath’ went to auction with an estimate of just just €2m–€4m

At the third edition of Art Mumbai, the trade debated whether the South Asian sales boom is surface level or the sign of something deeper

The contractual work was sold for €25,000 to appoint curator Mi You to the institution's board

As Maurizio Cattelan's toilet sells to its gold spot price, experts question just how secure of an investment art really is

The newly attributed, five-inch-tall sketch of a foot has an estimate of $1.5m to $2m

The decision is framed as a “strategic evolution for the gallery as it consolidates its operations in London”

The recently passed federal budget includes a pledge to provide artists royalties when their work is resold on the secondary market

Jeff Cowan had been accused of sourcing forgeries and fabricating false provenance documents

The fair returns with a stacked list of participants, both new and familiar faces