Auctions
Sotheby’s launches evening sale dedicated to all things small
June auction will feature works of art that can be reproduced at actual size in the catalogue
German artists capture Zeitgeist at Sotheby’s contemporary sale
Records for Wolfgang Tillmans and Georg Baselitz help auction house achieve 70% more than last year
Christie’s sale injects confidence into contemporary art auction market
Records for seven artists contribute to an increase in value of 65% on last year
Klimt helps Sotheby’s reach auction record in London
Quality works by household names bring a successful round of evening auctions to a close this week
Magritte painting breaks record at Christie’s Surrealist sale
Market reassured after high sell-through rates at the auction house's two sales
Sale of Klimt portrait to go ahead at Sotheby's
Auction house says it has resolved questions over the provenance of Girl in the Foliage
Asian buyers helped bolster Sotheby’s revenue in 2016, auction house reveals
Tad Smith gives credit to the Eastern market during fourth quarter earnings call, as well as growing online sales and aggressive recruitment
Bacon triptych, once owned by Roald Dahl, to lead Christie’s New York sales in May
The auction house is also selling works by Picasso, Ernst and Lichtenstein to benefit Cleveland Clinic
Sotheby’s catalogue mistakenly includes work forged by Wolfgang Beltracchi
Auction house removes image from online version after German journalist spots error
In bloom: Klimt’s flower garden to lead Sotheby’s London spring sales
The vibrantly painted landscape is expected to make more than $45m
Christie’s to open new flagship location in Los Angeles
Two-story space in Beverly Hills will host private sales, public exhibitions, and events
Louise Bourgeois and Yayoi Kusama united in Sotheby’s exhibition
Show at S|2 gallery in London is part of growing trend to revaluate and promote female artists
Old Masters collectors chase new discoveries at New York sales
Competition is stiff for confirmed works, but buyers also gave a nod to quality
Dalí’s controversial portrait of sister comes to market for first time
Work was precursor to painting that fuelled rumours of Surrealist’s sexual attraction to Ana María
Old Masters at Sotheby’s New York: our top lots
Choice works by less familiar names go under the hammer this week
Richter’s Eisberg to loom large at Sotheby’s contemporary evening sale
Rare outing on the market for a landscape by the German artist best known for his abstract paintings
Auctionata Paddle8 files for insolvency to restructure business
Paddle8 announces it has an investor to lead buy back from parent company
Object lessons: from an early John Piper gouache at London Art Fair to a gold leaf cabinet by Paul Evans
Our pick of highlights from this week's fairs and auctions
‘The Odyssey of Collecting’: Phillips to auction works from the Joy of Giving Something foundation
A 2014 sale of photographs from the non-profit's collection set an auction record
Rothko and Rauschenberg to lead Christie’s London auction in March
Weak pound and successful museum shows means increased audience for Post-war American artists
French government places export bar on €15m Leonardo da Vinci drawing
State has 30 months to buy newly discovered work hailed as a “national treasure”<br> <br>
Qianlong seal scooped up by Chinese collector for €21m at Paris auction
The object, owned by one of China’s longest serving emperors, sold for more than 20 times its estimate
Object lessons: from Paris street scenes to an ancient Egyptian statue of Sekhmet
Our pick of highlights from this week's auctions
Heart-pounding discovery of rare Leonardo da Vinci drawing
The double-sided work, valued at €15m, depicts Saint Sebastian on its front and optical studies by the Old Master on the reverse
London's Old Master sales bolstered by private collections
Major surprise was last-minute withdrawal of Goya sketch at Christie's
Bonhams Los Angeles offers rare Quahog pearl that escaped the dinner table
New England grad student found the gem in a bag of clams he bought for $25
Christie’s chairman Brett Gorvy leaves auction house to join forces with New York dealer Dominique Lévy
The head of postwar and contemporary art has presided over the category’s explosive growth
Goya, Constable and Brueghel headline Old Master auctions in London
Tefaf New York proved there is life in the market—can this week's sales do the same?