Scattered seven-figure highlights failed to make up for dozens of passed lots and multiple key withdrawals

Woman Sewing was inspired by a soulful English poem, “The Song of the Shirt”

The category’s extraordinary works sell well, but the middle and lower ends of the market are in need of new ideas

The two works on paper once belonged to Fritz Grünbaum, an Austrian cabaret performer who was killed in the Holocaust

The Gilbert Stuart painting is one of less than 20 versions of the image known to exist

An exceptional 2022 buoyed by the $1.6bn collection of Paul Allen has proved a tough act to follow—but private sales are on the rise

Evening sales at Sotheby's and Christie's drew in £19.4m and £21.3m, respectively

Plus, experimental art from the Eastern Bloc and a sculptural installation by Terry Adkins

Two activists affiliiated with the group Extinction Rebellion took to the rostrum during a sale of works on paper

Swan song of veteran auctioneer Jussi Pylkkänen made $640.8m—the house's highest total for a non-single-owner sale in six years

Several 'wet paint' works soared while multiple blue-chip lots underperformed, defying conventional market wisdom

Results from London’s premier autumn auctions suggest price now matters as much as prestige

Traditionally reserved for an artist’s greatest works, the term “masterpiece” now appears routinely in auction catalogues, and may just mean a work is good, novel—or expensive

After nearly 40 years at the auction house, Pylkkänen will work as an independent art adviser

The evening kicked off with a sale of 20th- and 21st-century art, followed by works from the collection of the late businessman Sam Josefowitz

Three works will be going up for auction at Christie's New York—but with an unusual caveat

Christie’s will offer six of the seven pieces by Schiele that were restituted to heirs of Fritz Grünbaum last month during its November sales in New York

The collection is led by Pablo Picasso’s Femme endormie (1934) which the auction house estimates will sell for between $25m and $35m

The privately-owned Mougins Museum of Classical Art closed in August for a revamp to rebrand as what has been described as Europe’s "first major museum dedicated to work by women artists"

Major auction houses have posted steep falls in turnover for the year so far—but some categories, such as luxury goods, are booming

The autumn auctions will mark the first dedicated sales in North America tied to the powerful banking family

Horten’s late husband became a billionaire during the “Aryanisation” of Nazi-era Germany

The auction house will host its first outreach event in the rapidly growing Texan capital next month

'Exploring Art: From the Renaissance to Contemporary' launches this autumn at Christie’s

The auction house made £53.9m (with fees) from 38 lots, and saw a new record established for Fra Angelico

The event was scheduled to mark the 25th anniversary of the Washington Principles, which helps guide the return of artwork looted during the Holocaust.

Few big-ticket consignments and New York's turbo-charged May sales marred tonight's performance

The art market salary report offers insights into salaried employment but the impact of low wages—and having children—in a time of rapid inflation are missing

Plus imposing heads by Giacometti

Rediscovered panel painting comes to Christie’s evening sale in London next month with an estimate of £4m-£6m