Auctions
Object lessons: a Golden Age memento mori, a peacock-shaped censer and a jute-sack work by Ibrahim Mahama
Our pick of highlights from upcoming auctions
Cranach portrait stolen almost 80 years ago returns to heirs of Jewish banker
Christie’s to auction portrait of John Frederick the Magnanimous in New York next month
Object lessons: a tiny treasure and a monumental scroll from Asia Week New York auctions
Drawings week hits Paris
The 27th edition of Salon du Dessin at Palais Brongniart assembles 39 dealers from Europe and the US
Sotheby’s unveils Old Master painting in the Middle East for first time
Will Jeff Koons’s handbags for Louis Vuitton help find a buyer for the Rubens portrait?
Auction of France's May '68 protest posters to mark 50th anniversary
Artcurial to offer posters with a revolutionary spirit from the collection of Laurent Storch
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When Robert Rauschenberg erased a drawing by Willem de Kooning in 1953, he was investigating the possibilities of what art could be—not just additive creation, but also conscious erasure
Picasso painting of Marie-Thérèse gives Phillips the edge in London’s contemporary sales
A record sale at Christie’s and a solid result at Sotheby’s show the market is in full recovery
Object lessons: nature-inspired works by Axel Salto, Emily Kame Kngwarreye and Giacomo Manzù
Our pick of highlights from upcoming auctions
Surfacing on the market: Il Guercino's dog, John McEnroe's Mark Bradford and Jeffrey Archer's cartoons
Our pick of this month’s most interesting auction
Object lessons: Cecily Brown's homecoming, Hockney's California dream and Picasso's golden muse Marie-Thérèse
Our pick of highlights from upcoming auctions
Sotheby's sales up 12% to $5.5bn in 2017
Auction house releases its latest earnings, showing growth driven by Asian clients, private sales, and online auctions
Mystery Picasso collector on spending spree buys £49.8m portrait of Marie-Thérèse
Buyer bidding through advisors Gurr Johns, combined with strong Asian interest, buoys London Impressionist and Modern art sales at Christie's and Sotheby's
Object lessons: a Surrealist ménage à trois, a Yoruba princess and a rare Futurist painting
Our pick of highlights from upcoming auctions
Podcast episode 20: Yes to Picasso, no to Van Gogh—inside the Rockefellers’ collection
We talk to the American dynasty’s historian about David and Peggy Rockefeller’s tastes, and explore the funding crisis at Glasgow’s Transmission Gallery
Object lessons: a Surrealist room by Magritte, a zombie infestation by Coleman and a Navajo weaving from the collection of an oil heiress
Our pick of highlights from upcoming auctions
Surfacing on the market: from Giacometti to Le Corbusier
Our pick of objects from this month’s most interesting auctions
Object lessons: a neoclassical beauty in marble by Francesco Barzaghi, machine-age American grit and Josef Albers's Mexico
Our pick of highlights from upcoming auctions
Object lessons: Venetian glass fit for Dior and a view of the last Spanish stronghold in Mexico
Our pick of highlights from upcoming auctions
Robinson collection of African American art and history goes on sale in Boston
Objects range from historical artefacts of the triangle slave trade to a Kara Walker work
Old Masters market shows some life in New York auctions
Leonardo buzz may have given bidding a boost, but results still show a sharp divide between the best and the rest
Ageing Picasso’s painting of lover and virile musketeer could make £18m at Christie's
Mousquetaire et nu assis is among highlights of London evening sale of Modern and Impressionist art in February
Object lessons: a Dutch landscape recovered by the Monuments Men and drawings by Tipeolo and Louis Soutter
Our pick of highlights from upcoming auctions
From Van Gogh to Richter—what happens when bidders fail to pay up at auction?
Flaky winning bids are knocking the gloss off record-breaking sales
Phillips to incorporate its Latin American offering in its main contemporary auctions
Citing record prices for works by Herrera, Schendel, and Oiticica, the auctioneer hopes move will stoke international demand
Global auction sales up 25% to $11.2bn in 2017
Contemporary art leads market recovery at Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Phillips, according to ArtTactic report
Sotheby's snags a fresh £36.5m Picasso for February auction in London
Price sets a high bar for the auction house's first Impressionist & Modern offering of 2018
Should museums display human remains from other cultures?
Vienna’s Weltmuseum criticised for displaying a trophy head
Leonardo da Vinci is big business for Berlin copyists whose Salvator Mundi is in the pipeline
Russian brothers behind the replicas are planning a show of their Leonardo reproductions next year