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Vivienne Westwood’s personal wardrobe goes under the hammer—with a nod to Keith Haring
More than 200 items spanning 40 years will be sold with part of the sale proceeds going to charity
Basquiat stretcher-bar painting could reach $30m during New York spring auctions
“The Italian Version of Popeye has no Pork in his Diet”, last publicly displayed in 2007, will be offered by Christie’s during its May sales
New initiative between Art Money and Christie’s will allow collectors to bid at auction and pay over time in instalments
Bidders will be able to pay for art over ten months instead of all at once
Monet painting jointly owned by Nelson-Atkins Museum and donor’s descendents will be sold at auction
The museum's share of proceeds—estimated at up to $25m by Christie's—will go toward establishing an endowment fund for new acquisitions
Quantum leap: how a decade of NFTs has changed digital art
Two books take a look at the past and future of the non-fungible token. Once seen as the creature of market hype, the NFT now promises the first shared technical standard for the digital art world
Robert Alice breaks new ground with auction of generative art NFTs on Christie's 3.0
Auction house sees maturing of market since the heady days of 2021 as works by the digital art pioneer are sold in combination with launch of their catalogue raisonné-like historical survey "On NFTs"
1-54 art fair brings contemporary African art show to Hong Kong
A selling exhibition of 27 established and emerging artists opens at Christie’s auction house ahead of a planned launch of the fair in the city next year
Christie’s marathon evening sales in London make a within-estimate £163m
The 20th/21st century and Art of the Surreal auctions were up 18.5% by value on their March 2023 versions
Cautious but calm art market awaits London’s March auctions
Expectations are measured as sector adapts to new economic landscape
Christie's Elton John evening sale proves Wednesday night is alright for buying
The auction nearly matched its $6.4m high estimate before fees, as art brought the money while luxury and memorabilia drove the bidding
Auction of living artist's skin cancelled after collector buys all lots in advance
Christie’s was due to support the sale of Wolfgang Flatz's tattooed tissue
Andy Warhol’s filmed portraits of celebrities head to Hollywood
Christie’s and the Andy Warhol Museum are staging a pop-up show of the artist’s “Screen Tests” during Frieze Los Angeles
Masterpieces from the Barbier-Mueller African and Oceanic Art collection to be sold at Christie's in Paris
The auction next month will include 100 pieces acquired by Josef Müller and his family
New York Old Master sales deliver tepid results at Christie's and Sotheby's
Scattered seven-figure highlights failed to make up for dozens of passed lots and multiple key withdrawals
One of Van Gogh’s finest early watercolours is coming up for sale, estimated at up to £3m
Woman Sewing was inspired by a soulful English poem, “The Song of the Shirt”
The Old Master trade is still seeking new ways to restore it to life
The category’s extraordinary works sell well, but the middle and lower ends of the market are in need of new ideas
Two more Egon Schiele works restituted to heirs of Holocaust victim will head to auction
The two works on paper once belonged to Fritz Grünbaum, an Austrian cabaret performer who was killed in the Holocaust
Metropolitan Museum's deaccessioned George Washington portrait could bring $2.5m at auction
The Gilbert Stuart painting is one of less than 20 versions of the image known to exist
Christie's projects 26.1% decline in sales in 'paradoxical' 2023
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
Rediscovered paintings by Rembrandt and Canaletto fail to turbocharge London Old Master auctions
Evening sales at Sotheby's and Christie's drew in £19.4m and £21.3m, respectively
What did the New York auctions reveal about the state of the art market?
Plus, experimental art from the Eastern Bloc and a sculptural installation by Terry Adkins
Climate activists disrupt Christie's auction in New York
Two activists affiliiated with the group Extinction Rebellion took to the rostrum during a sale of works on paper
Christie’s 20th century evening sale in New York defies fears of a jittery market
Swan song of veteran auctioneer Jussi Pylkkänen made $640.8m—the house's highest total for a non-single-owner sale in six years
Christie's 21st century evening sale falls short of expectations, opening New York's autumn auction cycle on uneasy note
Several 'wet paint' works soared while multiple blue-chip lots underperformed, defying conventional market wisdom
How will New York’s auctions perform? London’s Frieze Week evening sales offer hints
Results from London’s premier autumn auctions suggest price now matters as much as prestige
What makes a masterpiece? It depends who is selling…
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
Christie’s longtime global president Jussi Pylkkänen is stepping down
After nearly 40 years at the auction house, Pylkkänen will work as an independent art adviser
Christie’s brings in a solid £96.5m across back-to-back Frieze Week evening auctions in London
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
‘Very short-sighted’: Swiss museum’s decision to sell Cézanne paintings sparks outrage
Three works will be going up for auction at Christie's New York—but with an unusual caveat
Egon Schiele works recently restituted to Holocaust victim's heirs head to auction
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