Despite what hyperbolic marketing might suggest, sales of 20th-century titans are failing to reach expected price points

Christie's made a perky £28.1m while Sotheby's raised only £7.1m—a dramatic drop from pre-pandemic totals

Plus, a “crypto-jukebox”, a striking piece of Modern British silver and a sea battle by a Dutch Old Master

There were few fireworks in the three-part sale as the froth comes off the top of the market

The 21 lots come from the collection of the Chicagoans Laura and Gary Maurer, the preeminent collectors of Abercrombie works

Work from a private European collection fuels the market for the blue-chip artist

Plus, a contemporary woven Japanese basket and a colourful work on paper by Kirchner

With old codes now dispensed of, my hope is to lobby for new oversights that could enforce stricter and clearer rules

The houses say they will not change their practices, but the move could mean more opaque bidding and guarantees

After his record-shattering sale at Christies in May and the announcement of gallery representation, can Ernie Barnes hold on to the momentum?

Plus, the Albers Foundation plans a Senegal space, and a golden Indian manuscript at the British Library

This month’s New York auctions brought mixed results for museums that sold off works just as pandemic exemptions ended

Andrew Kreps Gallery and Ortuzar Projects have announced they will co-represent the artist’s estate

Artists and dealers have donated works to the online auction raising money for the International Rescue Committee in Ukraine

Plus, a rediscovered Titian and a reliquary sculpture from Gabon

But firms say they will continue to operate policies and practices that promote transparency

The Louvre has two-and-a-half years to buy the record-breaking €24m painting

In April and May, the auction house will sell works to support the World Monuments Fund, Médecins Sans Frontières and CORE, the relief organisation founded by Sean Penn

The hologram, produced by the Los Angeles-based company Proto, is currently on view at Christie’s San Francisco and will next be transported via the cloud to Hong Kong

Spider IV will be offered at Sotheby's Hong Kong contemporary evening sale later this month

Claims centre on five paintings bought by Chinese businessman Yikun Zhang for a combined $60,000 in a charity sale held by the country’s Labour Party in 2017

Femme nue couchée was shown in Tate blockbuster exhibition in 2018

Christie's Paris will offer the posthumous cast of the famous bronze at auction in June

From the $200m Warhol Marilyn at Christie's to the second part of the Macklowe sale at Sotheby’s, the May auctions in New York will be bigger than ever—against the odds

Formerly attributed to “the school of Michelangelo”, experts now say the nude sketch is by the master's own hand

The sale at Sotheby's New York in May will coincide with the delayed opening of the controversial exhibition Philip Guston Now in Boston

Plus, an exhibition about wartime hideouts in Poland and Ukraine, and Mondrian’s final work Victory Boogie Woogie

Vincent writes philosophically about his mental illness, a year after mutilating his ear

Our pick of the highlights from April's fairs and auctions

The French museum is now seeking funds to buy the still-life painting, which was sold last week by Artcurial to a US dealer for €24.3m