Auctions
From one hand to another: painting reworked by Rubens to be sold at Sotheby’s
Conservation has revealed the extensive changes Rubens made to a work originally by Herri Met de Bles
Sotheby's launches first fine art Sealed auction without reserve
Yayoi Kusama's "Phantom Polka Dots of Fate, Ordained by Heaven, Were the Greatest Gift Ever for Me" to be sold by Sealed Auctions and on view in Sotheby’s New Bond Street Galleries. Success of Sealed Auctions has led to an expansion into fine art
German medieval altarpiece wings that remained in one family for 500 years to be auctioned at Sotheby’s
The portraits painted by Bartholomäus Zeitblom carry an estimate of £400,000-£600,000
Lely portraits owned by bankrupt collector James Stunt flop at auction
Works by the painter, owned by the controversial "playboy" socialite, were offered at Christie's New York this month
Collector Ron Perelman sold $963m worth of art to pay off debt
Recently unsealed court filings show 71 works by artists like Basquiat, Twombly and Giacometti were unloaded over a two-year period
Nine-year-old’s exhibition opens at Christie’s
The show by the aspiring artist is supported by the auction house and the charity Art of Wishes
Generous guarantees and a giant Warhol net a healthy $346.5m for Christie's Modern evening sale in New York
The reassuring result was a marked increase from last year's equivalent auction—despite a cyberattack that has taken down the auction house's website
Sotheby's makes $198.1m in consistently strong Modern evening sale in New York
The results were led by Monet's 'Meules à Giverny' and Leonora Carrington's record-breaking 'Les Distractions de Dagobert'
Christie's makes $94.6m in New York contemporary sales despite cyberattack and star lot's withdrawal
Major results for Félix González-Torres and Jean-Michel Basquiat lifted the De la Cruz collection and 21st-century double-header
Sotheby's $227.9m double-header marks tentative start to New York spring auctions
Strong sell-through rate and multiple artist records offset soft demand for top lots
The Gray Market: Demand for young artists' work is bowed but unbroken in top auctions
Defying market dogma, marquee sales results show “reallocation” to youth
The Tefaf New York wish list: objects to suit every collector’s taste
Prehistoric pottery, a ceremonial dance mask and a blue-chip rocking chair are among this year’s gems
Christie’s will get a record price for a Van Gogh Paris painting, with a garden scene estimated at up to $35m
Fluttering butterflies enliven the greenery, but also remind us of the transience of life
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