Auctions
Klimt portrait surrounded by mystery sells for €30m in Vienna
The price paid by a buyer from Hong Kong was at the lower end of the estimate range, but still an auction record for Austria
Four Joan Mitchell paintings could collectively bring more than $50m during New York's spring auctions
The four works, spanning nearly 40 years of the Abstract Expressionist’s career, will hit the auction block at Sotheby’s in May
Major Leonora Carrington painting poised to smash Surrealist’s auction record
The artist’s dazzling, Boschian composition “Les Distractions de Dagobert” is expected to fetch as much as $18m at Sotheby’s in New York next month
Christie’s withdraws four ancient Greek vases amid concerns about their provenance and connection to disgraced antiquities dealers
The vases, which were estimated to sell for as much as $71,000, were pulled from a sale in New York this week
Dallas collectors Howard and Cindy Rachofsky to auction Lucio Fontana canvas for between $20m to $30m
Punctured work is being offered at Sotheby’s New York after 20 years—and could fetch a record for the Italian post-war artist
Painting from Warhol and Basquiat’s notorious collaboration could fetch $18m at Sotheby’s this May
The monumental canvas is expected to reset the record price at auction for any work from the series
From long-lost portrait by Gustav Klimt to a painting by the ‘Persian Picasso’: our pick of the April sales
Plus, a mid-career painting by African American artist Hughie Lee-Smith
From museum to market in two years: Francis Bacon lover portrait to be auctioned in New York for $30m to $50m
A highlight of Sotheby's May evening sales, Bacon's first full-scale painting of George Dyer was exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 2022
It’s time to end the predatory practices of 'sleeper hunters'
Sleeper hunter dealers must recognise they have an asymmetrical relationship to vulnerable people pressured by circumstance to sell off their treasured heirlooms
After two years of tremendous growth, France's art auction market is in decline
Overall auction results are strong—largely thanks to rise of second hand car purchases—but sales of fine art and antiques have fallen significantly from last 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
Sotheby’s Modern and contemporary evening sale in London makes 40% less than last year
The auction house made £82m before fees and set records for Etel Adnan and Takako Yamaguchi
Cautious but calm art market awaits London’s March auctions
Expectations are measured as sector adapts to new economic landscape
From a rare auction sighting of a Blue Period Picasso to a rediscovered Turner: our pick of the March sales
Plus, a painting to celebrate Francis Newton Souza’s centenary
California love: Dr Dre helps to kick off Frieze Week Los Angeles in style with star-studded charity auction
The hip hop legend worked with the record executive Jimmy Iovine and Sotheby’s to put on the event, which also featured performances by the producer Timbaland and the singer Andra Day
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
Will the art market rebound? That might not be the right question
A resurgence in top-end spending would only reprise the recent status quo
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
Phillips auction gives James Rosenquist estate the best of both worlds
Pop artist’s paintings have seven-figure prices, but his prints are available for just a few hundred dollars at New York sale
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
Klimt portrait believed lost for a century to be auctioned in Vienna
The auction house Im Kinsky estimates the price of the 1917 painting at between €30m and €50m
Velázquez’s $35m Spanish queen withdrawn from Sotheby’s over 'ongoing discussions' among the sellers
Portrait of Isabel de Borbón was due to go on sale on 1 February
Uber and the Salvator Mundi prophecy
Auction mastermind Loïc Gouzer reveals why a cab driver's name was a very good omen
‘Unregulated’ auction price manipulation may still be illegal
A 'nagging sense of lawlessness' persists despite the industry's periodic rebuttals
Rediscovered panels by proto-Renaissance master Lorenzetti soar at auction
A painting depicting Pope Sylvester I made €3m, while a portrayal of Saint Helena more than doubled its high estimate, selling for €1.6m
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
London’s Middle Eastern art sales have defied tensions
Auction purchases by Arab cultural entities overcome early uncertainties of Israel-Hamas war
The art market in 2023: shaky year for heavily guaranteed single-owner sales
Middling performance of such auctions throughout 2023, with high costs and some sales coming in below their estimates, made a “sure thing” look less so
The 1973 Scull auction was a harbinger of today's market, but its meaning is still misunderstood
Fifty years later, history suggests the infamous sale from the collection of Robert and Ethel Scull is not quite the art market precedent it is remembered as
Long-unseen royal portrait by Diego Velázquez could bring $35m at auction
The painting could more than double the Spanish Old Master's auction record when it hits the block at Sotheby's