Last year, the late Microsoft co-founder’s art collection brought in a record $1.6bn over two auctions

Plus, a painting by an overlooked Surrealist woman artist, and a postcard by M.F. Husain, made for a friend over tea and kebabs

Two-part sale spanning Impressionism to the ultra-contemporary had few headline lots—but Brexit is not to blame, auction house specialists maintain

A previous group of 11 works from Newhouse's collection brought in $216.2m across two Christie's sales in 2019

Coming up for auction on 28 February for £1m-£2m, the painting has been hidden in a private collection for 120 years

The white-glove sale brought in nearly $1.4m (with fees) across 64 lots, including rare portraits and works by Andy Warhol

Paintings by Remedios Varo, Leonora Carrington and Dorothea Tanning among the 25 works to be 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 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?

Auction house kicked off its year-long restitution programme in Paris last week which aims to educate collectors and buyers

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

Painting might be older than catalogued thanks to one particular detail

Don't be fooled by the higher-than-ever sale figures—the market is softening

Christie's will offer Scillionian Beachscape alongside a late garden scene by Freud, both of which were once in the collection of renowned patron Simon Sainsbury

Plus, a pair of Thornton Dial assemblages, a rare Chinese bowl and a work made out of flip-flops and suede

Despite headline figures of record sales, is the art world's bull market coming to an end?

“I couldn’t believe the dynamism, the energy, the courage, the rawness of these works,” the actor and activist said

Single-owner collections and millennials boost auction house’s revenues despite “challenging macro environment”

Nonetheless, buoyed by the Grasset collection, Sotheby's posted its best results in six seasons and Christie's sale was up 26% up on last December

Last year, European Old Masters represented just 4% of the world’s $26.3bn art auction sales. In our contemporary-obsessed world, we’re just not paying them enough attention

Dated to a century after Leonardo's death, the work does not come from the artist's studio

The epic evening saw strong results from a wide-ranging, two-part offering that spanned the 1880s to this year

Warranties of authenticity offered to buyers can be hard to enforce when auctioneers can fall back on the “generally accepted opinion of scholars and experts”

Record-breaking sales from the collections of Microsoft founder Paul G. Allen and the acrimoniously divorced Macklowes herald the start of a 20-year bonanza for auction houses

A $149.2m Seurat studio scene and $137.7m Cézanne landscape led the 60-lot, white glove sale

Plus, a bovine Lalanne sculpture and a pair of Chinese vases

Coming up at Christie’s and estimated at around $4m, the sketch given to neighbours who doused the fire and saved the Van Gogh family home and collection in 1941

A Japanese museum made a major purchase during an evening auction that also saw strong results for a diminutive dog portrait and enormous bird statues

The £7.8m work will remain on public display in Salford thanks to a charitable donation

Works from tech giant co-founder Paul Allen's estate go on sale at Christie's New York next month