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The rare work shows a distinctive pastoral side to the city's Montmartre neighbourhood
The group of predominantly post-war art, including works by Clyfford Still and Andy Warhol, will be sold over a series of sales this spring
Yesterday's auction saw auctioneer plugging the brand while wearing one of its watches. What might we see next—Edvard Munch sponsored by Bollinger?
Plus, Gerard Byrne on his work inspired by a Swedish diorama
A portrait of a Young man holding a roundel (around 1470-80) by the Renaissance master seemingly sold to a Russian buyer
The sale's other big ticket item, Young man holding a roundel (around 1470-80) by Sandro Botticelli, estimated to sell in excess of $80m, is still included
Suzy Lewis recalls the "absolute disaster" of the painting's 1982 sale
Star lot of upcoming New York Master Week sales is set to smash previous auction record for the Early Renaissance painter
Auction includes 40 drawings by Le Tan and over 500 eclectic lots from his Parisian apartment
‘Abraham and the Angels’ is one of only two Old Testament paintings to remain in private hands
Proceeds from the pieces sold at Sotheby’s Paris in February will go towards the artist duo's estate
The two rivals have made record online and private sales as pandemic overturns traditional live auction format
Almost half of the auction's total sales value was bought by Asian buyers, but 12 lots sold below their estimates
Sales of paintings by Cézanne and Picasso worth a combined $139m are also under scrutiny by the US Virgin Island attorney general
Sheltering from a rainstorm at the mill, Vincent and his brother Theo made a teenage pact
London Court of Appeal upholds the auction house's defence in forgery case, rejecting appeal by investment company Fairlight Art Ventures
In latest hearing of ongoing legal saga, Fairlight Art Ventures, co-vendor of painting sold in 2011 for $10.75m, is refusing to pay auction house more than $5.3m
Auction house "vigorously refutes the unfounded allegations" made by the attorney general, who claims the auction house knowingly aided the offshore company Porsal Equities
A dwindling middle market faces a stingy Senate while rising inequality and public unrest could prompt even more private sales
Lehmann Maupin and Paula Cooper are the latest to join dealers like Acquavella and Pace in setting up seasonal spaces in the Sunshine State
Plus, JMW Turner at the Tate and John Stezaker on Bruegel
Following weeks of controversy, the Baltimore Museum of Art withdrew two paintings just hours before the auction while many other works sold near low estimates
Last-gasp decision after talks with the US museum directors association comes just before a Sotheby’s auction
As works head to market, organisation reminds members that its relaxed rules were not adopted to “incentivise” art sales
Criticism in Israel reached an apex when President Rivlin called for the state to prevent the London auctions
Two artists also step down as board trustees amid turmoil over plans to deaccession three paintings
“The greatness of the BMA’s collection does not live within three individual paintings,” she says as the sale of a Warhol, Still and Marden approaches
As part of the deal, Roland and Jane Cowan acquired the faux Impressionist canvas from the artist—it sold last night at Sotheby's
Last sold at auction for $4.9m, offers on the work will be reviewed ahead of the auction house's contemporary and Impressionist and Modern art evening sales on 28 October in New York