Agnes Gund Foundation selling $5.5m Lichtenstein work to support reproductive rights movement
Proceeds of the sale at Christie's will benefit the reproductive justice organisations
De Kooning’s Woman Ochre returns to the museum it was stolen from in 1985
The painting, which was missing for more than 30 years after it was cut from its frame and stolen, made a stop at the Getty Center in Los Angeles for restoration
Could a rare Edward Steichen photograph break the auction record for the medium?
One of the highlights of Christie’s upcoming sale of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s collection, Steichen’s 1904 image is a symbol of photography’s transition into the world of fine art
Christie's comes under fire for 'art handler' streetwear collaboration
After multiple art handlers complained online about low wages, misrepresentation and class tourism, traces of the collaboration with Highsnobiety all but disappeared and a senior executive issued a mea culpa
Koons, Ray and De Kooning will lead Christie's marquee November sales in New York
Two of the star lots have been consigned by the Greek Cypriot industrialist and collector Dakis Joannou
Within Ann and Gordon Getty's $180m collection, bound for Christie's, a musical theme makes itself both seen and heard
“Gordon always believed that any collection should involve both the eye and the ear, as did Ann. Yes, you may like how a painting looks, but what is it telling you? Hearing is as important as seeing”
Cy Twombly double-header in Los Angeles shows two sides of the still-influential artist
An exhibition at the Getty focuses on Twombly’s early fascination with ancient Mediterranean cultures while a show of his later work at Gagosian gives a sense of how his practice changed and matured
The $100m collection of former Whitney Museum president David Solinger will be sold at Sotheby’s
Star lots include one of Picasso’s earliest paintings of his muse Marie-Thérèse Walter and a dynamic De Kooning
Christie’s launching new platform that will allow for sales to exist fully on the blockchain
The inaugural sale on Christie's3.0 will consist of nine NFTs by the artist and activist Diana Sinclair
British art dealer Robert Newland pleads guilty to conspiring with Inigo Philbrick to defraud collectors and financiers
Newland was arrested in the UK in February and extradited to the United States in September, where he admitted his role in the $86m scheme for which Inigo Philbrick was sentenced to seven years in prison
Together again: Gagosian exhibition celebrates Freud's centenary by reuniting the artist with his closest friends
The show will feature works by Freud, Francis Bacon, Frank Auerbach, Michael Andrews and the photographer Bruce Bernard
Out of the frying pan and into the future: new Alison Saar limited edition work hints at both the domestic and the celestial
A new work by the artist will be on offer for the first time at Socrates Sculpture Park’s annual benefit, with proceeds going to the park.
Art Basel Miami Beach's 20th anniversary edition, with 12% more galleries than last year, will be its largest ever
The fair will feature 26 first-time exhibitors and over half of the galleries will be from North and South America
Manet's best friend: artist's dog portraits poised to make an impression at Christie's Getty collection auctions
Though most famous for his Impressionist portraits of women and scenes of Parisian café society, Édouard Manet’s portrait of Bob the dog hits all the right notes
Regional auction firm Rago/Wright continues to grow, merging with Chicago-based house Toomey & Co.
Each of the houses in the growing consortium will keep its identity, but share the back end of the business
A 2,000-year-old Israeli coin minted during the ‘great Jewish revolt’ repatriated by US authorities
The coin, a Quarter Shekel valued at $1m, was looted in from Israel in 2002 and had been headed for auction before being recovered by US Homeland Security agents in 2017
The Armory Show, 'New York's art fair', is an increasingly global juggernaut
The Javits Center is among the most talked about works of art this year, and while there is plenty to take in, some collectors found the offerings a bit lacking
Latin American and Latinx art at centre stage at The Armory Show
Special sections at The Armory Show have been organised by curators invested in the region and its diaspora
Domestic and global forces have made Brazilian galleries and artists rising powers in the art market
After decades in a semi-insular domestic art market, Brazil's artists and dealers are at the forefront of things
New York Attorney General's investigation into Sotheby's alleged tax fraud widens
Letitia James's office is seeking information on more than 50 collectors related to a 2020 lawsuit against the auction house
Play that brought Warhol and Basquiat to the stage in London to be adapted for the silver screen
Paul Bettany and Jeremy Pope will once again play Warhol and Basquiat in the $20m feature, which will be directed by the Young Vic’s Kwame Kwei-Armah
School of Visual Arts to honour photojournalist Lynsey Addario with award and retrospective
The exhibition in Chelsea explores the photographer’s prolific career documenting humanitarian emergencies
Australian art dealer goes on the run after allegedly ripping off emerging artists
The art dealer Tristian Koenig is accused of selling works by emerging artists and making off with the profits
Radiant Baby that Keith Haring drew on his childhood bedroom wall heads to auction
The work narrowly escaped being lost forever at the hands of a paint-happy homeowner who “didn’t think it was particularly interesting”
Six must-see exhibitions on view in the Hamptons
As the Art Market Hamptons fair returns to Water Mill, these are the must-see shows on the east end of Long Island
Why are NFT platforms opening up physical gallery spaces?
SuperRare, Superchief Gallery NFT, Bright Moments and Quantum Art have all opened galleries in the US over the past year
'This market will not turn quickly': Christie's, confident amid fears of a coming recession, reports $4.1bn in sales in the first half of 2022
The auction house’s quick reaction to the Covid-19 pandemic has positioned it well to survive any approaching economic headwinds, executives claim
Photographer's abandoned Prince book at the root of a years-long legal dispute
Allen Beaulieu, who worked as Prince’s photographer during the musician’s formative years, wanted to produce a book of his best work from the era, but claims his collaborators had other plans
Roadside sculpture in Georgia—which some believed to be a satanic monument—demolished following early-morning bombing
The 16ft-tall structure, sometimes referred to as "America’s Stonehenge", was built in 1980 and inscribed with a ten-part message that may have been meant to help survivors of an apocalyptic event rebuild society
Korea International Art Fair reveals 164 galleries for its 21st edition
Korea’s longest-running art fair will feature more than 100 Korean galleries and run concurrently with its satellite fair, Kiaf Plus, and the first edition of Frieze Seoul