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Lawsuit is one of the first in the US to examine how blockchain technology affects the ownership of digital art
Report also highlights how Asian, Millennial and Gen X buyers are changing the demographic of the market
The legendary civil rights activist and musician was born in the North Carolina house and spent the first years of here life there
Surrealist work is estimated to make €2m at Sotheby's
New York judge rules the auction house must face trial as part of Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev’s art fraud lawsuit
The family behind Pier 24 Photography, which will close in 2025, is sending much of its enormous collection to auction, though the Maryland-based Glenstone Museum has already snapped up 112 choice pieces
Plus, a painting by an overlooked Surrealist woman artist, and a postcard by M.F. Husain, made for a friend over tea and kebabs
Strong Asian bidding helped secure the success of the 58-lot two-part auction, which brought the house £147m
“Portrait of a Man as the God Mars” once broke the Old Master’s auction record and was on display at the Metropolitan Museum for several years
The sale at Sotheby’s Paris will include seven works by the artist with Portrait of Zoé Elmore carrying the highest estimate of €1.2m
The painting, which was the subject of a decade-long provenance dispute, will go up for sale at Sotheby’s London in March
Work by Italian artist Bernardo Cavallino was acquired at Sotheby's New York
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?
The auction house’s first “The One” sale in New York included a mix of ancient artefacts and modern memorabilia organised into thematic sections
The auction house’s four-part auction extravaganza was a decidedly mixed bag, bringing a total of $74.5m across 124 lots
Don't be fooled by the higher-than-ever sale figures—the market is softening
A representative for the reality television star and entrepreneur emerged victorious from a five-minute bidding war
Heirs of Jewish art critic forced to sell the work estimated at $15m now set to benefit from Sotheby’s auction
Patti Wong & Associates will partner with London-based advisory The Fine Art Group to expand its global reach
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?
Fine art accounts for $5.7bn of that total, a 9.5% drop from 2021
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
Ai Weiwei and Richard Serra have also given works to the auction taking place at Sotheby's Paris
The profits of the sale will go towards tiger conservation efforts in countries including Bangladesh and China
The firm’s contemporary and “The Now” evening auctions totalled a combined $314.9m and notched new best prices for Barbara Kruger, Betye Saar and Elizabeth Peyton
The auction house held a competitive, white-glove single-owner sale and a lacklustre modern art sale on Monday night
Billionaire businessman has amassed a treasure trove of more than 200 prime works of art, many bought through his auction house
White Disaster (White Car Crash 19 Times) (1963) will be offered at Sotheby's in New York next month