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Five of the works from the Blaquier-Arrieta collection go on show in London today as part of an international tour ahead of the sale in November
The 19th century work ‘Rome, from Mount Aventine’, which holds the British painter's auction record from 2014, is on display at the Palazzo Rondinini before going under the hammer at Sotheby's London in December
Heirs to Jewish banker Salomon Flavian claim they were not consulted before the sale, meanwhile Sotheby's argues the work may have not been forcibly taken at all
The fair’s autumnal edition, devoted to overlooked or under-recognised bodies of work from the previous century, is taking over Sotheby’s headquarters
Private sales and flexible financing arrangements are also helping the businesses shore up their bottom lines
One of the most complete fossilised skeletons of its kind beat the previous record, held by Ken Griffin’s Apex, by more than $5m
Data from Sotheby's, Christie's and Phillips shows confidence from major single-owner sales is trickling down to the rest of the art market
The pieces come from a beloved 2015 collaboration between Abloh and his alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Andrew Crowley, based in Bristol in the UK, has been sentenced for trying to sell statues with forged provenance documents through the auction house in London
Led by a once-scandalous Modigliani painting, the £296.3m London evening sale provided a bright spot for a market struggling with concerns of Brexit and overseas competition
The objects, a stone mask and an intricate ceramic figure, are scheduled to be auctioned Thursday morning in New York
The fair's first edition at Sotheby’s landmark Madison Avenue home will feature an expanded roster of international galleries
In this week's episode, Ben Luke speaks to correspondent Judd Tully on the New York spring auction results and takes a tour of the James McNeill Whistler exhibition at Tate Britain in London. Digital editor Alexander Morrison sees a frieze by Edvard Munch on display in Oslo.
Henri Matisse’s "La Chaise lorraine" sold for $48.4m with fees as strong results for Picasso, Van Gogh and Giacometti lifted the evening auction's total
Last night's season opening sale of post-war and contemporary art, which started with 11 lots from the late art dealer, set new records for young artists Ding Shilun and Yu Nishimura
This champion of Detroit’s art scene is set to open her own culture space, funded by the sale of key works from her collection at Sotheby’s New York
The sales at Bonhams, Christie’s, Phillips and Sotheby’s, spanning two weeks, will test the trade’s recent buoyancy
“The Harvest in Provence”, once owned by a British collector, is estimated to sell for up to $35m
Financier Joe Lewis's trove of market titans, including Klimt, Schiele and Bacon, will "inject trust into the London market" when it is sold at Sotheby's this June
The $33.5m price fetched by set, which once belonged to Yves Saint Laurent, reflects Claude and Francois-Xavier Lalanne's still-growing market
Against a backdrop of a contracting job market for graduates, initiatives such as the Sotheby’s Institute’s fellowship programme are supporting the next generation of art industry experts
The packed auction totalled £131m and made a record for Leon Kossoff
In a recalibrating market, auction houses are carefully balancing much needed fee revenue with compelling deals for both buyers and sellers
The auction will provide crucial financial support for the institution, which last year was looking at axing 60 members of staff as part of a cost-cutting drive
The week's sales also saw a near-record for a Canaletto painting and a seven-figure result for a 15th-century Hebrew illuminated manuscript
The acclaimed poet, who died in 2024, was “a unique figure" who combined collecting and selling art with writing and publishing literature
Having refined its strategy for the nascent market, the sale landed a $2.1m record for Binzagr but found less success for major Western names
Auction house powers ahead with blue-chip lots in the Middle East but luxury items fall out of favour
Tariffs and new anti-trafficking rules took their toll in the US and Europe this year, as attention and investment shifted to the Middle East
The $6.7m New York sale of the film star's prized possessions closed out a successful season for the auction house