Plus, the Richard Prince copyright case and Sarah Sze in London

Despite the underwhelming result, the sale notched new auction records for Barkley Hendricks and Alma Thomas

The price for the Codex Sassoon surpassed the sum Bill Gates paid for a Leonardo da Vinci codex in 1994

The auction house’s bottom line benefitted from the strong performance of works from the collections of S.I. Newhouse and Paul G. Allen

Proceeds from prints that were first published in the bestselling coffee table book will go toward the singer’s Malawi non-profit

Demand for ultra contemporary works may have eased but there is little sign of a sales slump, say the New York firms

Some 30 objects in an auction this week are protected by Mexico’s cultural heritage laws, authorities there say

There is a growing trend for guarantors to spread their risk by selling off parts of their guarantees—violating auction house rules

Looted by the Nazis, after the war it was returned to the Rothschild family

Questions resurface over New York museum’s rationale for consigning works by the artist to auction

More than 1,500 lots, including original lyrics and Victorian paintings, from the rockstar’s London home will be sold in September by former girlfriend and close friend Mary Austin

The paintings and drawings are estimated to fetch more than $8m at Christie’s New York in May

Plus, dramatic scenes from the Iliad and a delicate Modigliani head

Four works recently returned to heirs of the influential French dealer Ambroise Vollard will go under the hammer in New York next month

Results from the recent auction season, where young, “red-chip” artists surpassed expectations, while big names of Modern art went unsold, point to a shift in how collectors think

"Interior. The Music Room, Strandgade 30", expected to sell for between $3m and $5m, was painted in the artist's most productive period

A group of paintings and works on paper from the collection of Alan and Dorothy Press is estimated to fetch more than $50m across multiple sales in New York this spring

In all, 83 artefacts scheduled to be sold in Paris next week are protected under Mexican law, authorities say

The opening of the 52,000 sq ft Kowloon space kicked off the city's first international art week since Covid restrictions lifted

The diamond and ruby bracelet is part of an auction of the jewellery collection of Dwight D. Eisenhower’s granddaughter

Two sales featuring work from Gerald Fineberg’s collection will take place in May in New York

Eight sculptures were being offered by auction house Roseberys at prices so low they would have been "destructive to his career", according to the artist Richard Deacon

The retired gallerist looks back on 50 years of his career ahead of a Christie's New York sale this month

Plus, a painting by an overlooked Surrealist woman artist, and a postcard by M.F. Husain, made for a friend over tea and kebabs

Strong Asian bidding helped secure the success of the 58-lot two-part auction, which brought the house £147m

Two-part sale spanning Impressionism to the ultra-contemporary had few headline lots—but Brexit is not to blame, auction house specialists maintain

Turnover is increasing at a time of global turmoil—and it is mostly down to growing digital sales and new tastes among the 1%

A previous group of 11 works from Newhouse's collection brought in $216.2m across two Christie's sales in 2019

“Portrait of a Man as the God Mars” once broke the Old Master’s auction record and was on display at the Metropolitan Museum for several years

The Arkansas-based non-profit was founded by Walmart heiress Alice Walton