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For just third time this century, a Fra Angelico work heads to auction
Rediscovered panel painting comes to Christie’s evening sale in London next month with an estimate of £4m-£6m
Propelled by Marie Antoinette's poodle, mid-season Old Masters auctions in New York fetch nearly $13m
Specialists at Christie’s and Sotheby’s dismissed concerns about a decline in the Old Masters market
Two important collections of Chinese art coming to Christie's New York during next Asia Week sales
Sales of the ancient Chinese sculptures and jade carvings are expected to collectively fetch nearly $10m in September
Sotheby's veteran Kevin Ching joins Christie's as chairman of Asia
Ching will be based in Hong Kong and starts the new role on Wednesday
Late real estate developer Gerald Fineberg’s collection comes up short at Christie’s New York
Despite the underwhelming result, the sale notched new auction records for Barkley Hendricks and Alma Thomas
Christie’s pulls off a safe 21st-century evening sale in New York, powered largely by a $58m Basquiat
While a handful of lots—including new records for Diane Arbus and Simone Leigh—created a buzz in saleroom, bids felt reined in amid economic uncertainty
Christie’s kicks off New York’s spring auctions with record-breaking Rousseau
The auction house’s bottom line benefitted from the strong performance of works from the collections of S.I. Newhouse and Paul G. Allen
Photographs from Madonna’s Sex book go to auction for the first time
Proceeds from prints that were first published in the bestselling coffee table book will go toward the singer’s Malawi non-profit
Auction houses anticipate $2.2bn from New York spring sales despite cooling market
Demand for ultra contemporary works may have eased but there is little sign of a sales slump, say the New York firms
Battle of the Basquiats: Christie’s and Sotheby’s both have big, eight-figure paintings lined up for marquee spring sales
'El Gran Espectaculo (The Nile)' and 'Now’s the Time' are estimated to sell for $45m at Christie’s and $30m at Sotheby’s, respectively
Renoir, Degas and Goya works from collection of Rhode Island School of Design’s founding family head to auction
The paintings and drawings are estimated to fetch more than $8m at Christie’s New York in May
From a homoerotic Marsden Hartley to a Yoshitomo Nara painting of Michael Jackson: our pick of the highlights from April's sales
Plus, dramatic scenes from the Iliad and a delicate Modigliani head
Is art once again becoming a lifestyle choice rather than an asset?
Results from the recent auction season, where young, “red-chip” artists surpassed expectations, while big names of Modern art went unsold, point to a shift in how collectors think
Christie's launches grant programme to support research of Nazi-era provenance
The year-long grant will support three graduate students researching Nazi-confiscated cultural artefacts between 1933 and 1945
Paintings by Ed Ruscha, Philip Guston and others from major Chicago collection headed to auction at Christie’s
A group of paintings and works on paper from the collection of Alan and Dorothy Press is estimated to fetch more than $50m across multiple sales in New York this spring
Bracelet worn by Marlene Dietrich in Alfred Hitchcock film could bring $4.5m at Christie’s
The diamond and ruby bracelet is part of an auction of the jewellery collection of Dwight D. Eisenhower’s granddaughter
Late Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston trustee’s collection could fetch more than $270m at Christie’s
Two sales featuring work from Gerald Fineberg’s collection will take place in May in New York
Works worth more than $20m accounted for nearly half of auction sales in 2022, according to new Sotheby's report
Report also highlights how Asian, Millennial and Gen X buyers are changing the demographic of the market
Seven more paintings from Paul Allen’s collection could fetch $30m at Christie’s
Last year, the late Microsoft co-founder’s art collection brought in a record $1.6bn over two auctions
From a rediscovered Montelupo statue to a never publicly displayed Richter painting: our pick of the highlights from March's sales
Plus, a painting by an overlooked Surrealist woman artist, and a postcard by M.F. Husain, made for a friend over tea and kebabs
Christie's 20th and 21st century evening sales in London represent a 32% decrease from 2022
Two-part sale spanning Impressionism to the ultra-contemporary had few headline lots—but Brexit is not to blame, auction house specialists maintain
Works from publishing billionaire S.I. Newhouse’s collection could bring more than $144m at Christie's
A previous group of 11 works from Newhouse's collection brought in $216.2m across two Christie's sales in 2019
Did Vincent van Gogh get Gordina pregnant? Christie’s is selling her portrait
Coming up for auction on 28 February for £1m-£2m, the painting has been hidden in a private collection for 120 years
Auction of longtime Vogue editor André Leon Talley’s collection exceeds expectations at Christie's
The white-glove sale brought in nearly $1.4m (with fees) across 64 lots, including rare portraits and works by Andy Warhol
Surrealist collection with ‘pioneering’ interest in exiled and women artists heads to Christie’s
Paintings by Remedios Varo, Leonora Carrington and Dorothea Tanning among the 25 works to be sold in London
French court orders Christie's to restitute a Nazi-looted painting sold in London
As the panel was looted in Paris, the magistrates claimed jurisdiction of the French courts over the High Court in London
The donating game: How artists like Tracey Emin are driving philanthropy in the art world
The British artist is among those who have donated millions of pounds’ worth of art to charities—perhaps we could all take a leaf out of her book?
Christie's marks 25 years of the Washington Principles on Nazi-confiscated art
Auction house kicked off its year-long restitution programme in Paris last week which aims to educate collectors and buyers
Record-breaking Goya portraits lead the way at Christie’s muted $62.7m Old Masters auctions in New York
Despite works the collection of film producer Jacqui Eli Safra that were enticingly offered with no reserves, the auction house’s two marquee sales fell short of expectations
Badly preserved Salvator Mundi copy—which sold for staggering €1m—could be more valuable than once thought
Painting might be older than catalogued thanks to one particular detail