Auctions

Christie’s to sell Brian Sewell’s ‘much loved’ art

The late critic was an expert in the auction house’s Old Masters department

The best of Germany's June auctions

Auction houses in Berlin, Cologne and Munich offer a restituted Menzel, Brücke artists and a Richter

Newly discovered James Ensor painting makes €1m at Vienna auction

Dorotheum sees strong start to the year with Modern and Old Master sales

New York sales cool but don’t freeze

Auction results were stellar 12 months ago, but sense and caution meant the houses had to work hard for more sober results this time round

Native American leaders and US officials protest against Paris auction of artefacts

Chair of Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian calls on owners of disputed objects to return them

Battle-scarred dinosaur skeleton to be auctioned in Germany

A nearly complete stegosaurus goes under the hammer at Auctionata’s fossils and minerals sale

‘Pivotal’ Constable sketch to lead Christie’s 250th anniversary sale

Six-foot study depicting River Stour is estimated to sell for between £12m and £16m

Christie’s to open exhibition space in Beijing

Launch show will incorporate art highlights from November New York sales

Object Lessons: from Chanel’s armchairs to a tobacco magnate's illuminated manuscripts

Highlights going under the hammer in this week’s international auctions

Phillips ups thresholds for buyer’s premium

Increase puts auction house’s fees in line with Sotheby’s; Christie’s a relative bargain

Object Lessons: our pick of this week's photography auctions

Highlights going under the hammer in London at Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Phillips

Cheyenne Westphal to take up new role as chairman of Phillips

Auction specialist left her position as head of contemporary art at Sotheby’s last month

Tepid Impressionist and Modern sale at Christie’s concludes New York auction week

Works by Kahlo, Monet and Hepworth were high points of an otherwise average night

Paddle8 and Auctionata merge to create ‘dominant’ online auction platform

The internet auction houses have united to target the middle market and Millennial collectors

Sotheby’s bounces back with steady contemporary art sale

Auction exceeded expectations after disappointing results for Impressionist and Modern art on Monday

Christie’s sets record for Basquiat at solid contemporary art auction

Auction house served up a ‘tight, curated and profitable’ sale after reducing reserves

Disappointing Sotheby's sale shows correction at top end of the market

Last night's Impressionist and Modern auction in New York had a 66% sell-through rate

(Not) Bound to Fail: solid results for Christie's 'curated' auction in New York

Maurizio Cattelan’s Hitler statue breaks record, but sale overall comes in at lower end of pre-sale estimate

Gently does it at Phillips evening sale

Unenthusiastic bidding was bolstered by heavy guarantees, but some works hit the mark

Object lessons: the best of this week's New York auctions

From Bacon’s double self-portrait to Monet's waterlilies, three highlights going under the hammer

Bacon, Spencer and Lowry, oh my: Christie’s hits British art trifecta for 250th anniversary auction

Historic works by UK artists will anchor Defining British Art sale, while loan exhibition will bring key pieces back to public display

Barbara Hepworth’s former school to auction two of her sculptures at Sotheby's

Insurance and security costs of keeping works are partly to blame for sale

Object lessons: from a Naïve townscape to Sub-Saharan sculpture

Our pick of this week’s auctions, art fairs and gallery exhibitions