The buyer, the collector and crypto investor Justin Sun, immediately vowed to eat the banana

The most valuable lot of the week is a record-breaking Magritte with a third-party guarantee, but the most talked-about is a conceptual still life by Maurizio Cattelan

It’s a new record for a work of art created by a robot, the auction house says

The fair's new "Spotlight On..." programme will call attention to a new city each year

The new gallery will open in David Lewis’s former space

Plus, some all-American nostalgia and a classic Dorothy Bohm photograph

SAIC students continue to protest the school’s ties to defence contractors

"Comedian" (2019) is one of the most viral (and controversial) works of art of the past decade; Sotheby's is betting it has not lost its a-peel

The robotic brainchild of British gallerist Aidan Meller will make her auction debut on Halloween

It's the highest honour awarded by the US federal government to artists in a wide range of disciplines and art patrons

Elizabeth Street Garden can stay open for two more weeks as volunteers try to prevent its demolition

Schiff will be sentenced on one count of wire fraud early next year

As part of a rousing new scheme, dozens of exhibitors will unveil notable works only once the fair opens to the general public

The 1964 painting was a prominent feature in the artist’s recent travelling retrospective

No longer just for antiquities and long-gone artists, more galleries at Frieze Masters are selling Modern and contemporary works—and other dealers are also widening their repertoire

The 88-year-old South African artist is the subject of a solo stand with The Melrose Gallery at the Somerset House fair, while a site-specific mural goes on show outside the Serpentine North

The England rugby player and gallerist discusses having no regrets, and why he's on a mission to raise awareness about Black history

Against a background of a gloomy economic and political outlook, most dealers reported brisk business as the fair opened

The chair of the development board at the Museum of West African Art, Nigeria, discusses why she collects works from artists who are “dangerous to empire”

The sarcophagus, described as the only royal Egyptian example to ever enter the art market, last sold in 2013 for $1m

Dealers hope the city’s first art fair will help Atlanta artists build a bigger collector base

This could be the beginning of the end for the beloved Elizabeth Street Garden

Local dealers and advisors say the third edition of Atlanta Art Week and the inaugural Atlanta Art Fair are bringing attention to the city’s art scene at a critical time

While she inspired Inventing Anna on Netflix, Sorokin struggled to reinvent herself as a top-tier dancer during her short stint on the reality competition show

The recent shuttering of multiple city stalwarts, from Marlborough to David Lewis, has forced their former clients to find alternative outlets

Black Girls in Art Spaces has expanded to more than two dozen chapters across the US and abroad in just two years

The sale's most valuable lot, a water lily painting by Claude Monet, is expected to sell in the region of $60m

The real-life inspiration for ‘Inventing Anna’ says she got permission from ICE authorities to participate in the reality competition

If it goes for the auction house's estimate, "L'empire des lumières" (1954), from the collection of late interior designer Mica Ertegun, would set an auction record for the Surrealist artist

The Hollywood talent agency was the first to open a branch dedicated to visual art