In October, the auction house will once again tap into the US boom of Japanese popular culture with a sale centred on Dragon Ball, Pokémon, Sailor Moon and Studio Ghibli

The non-selling show was inspired by Hockney’s three-week visit to China in 1981, as the country was reopening to the world

As the auction house continues to celebrate 40 years of operating in Asia, its exciting line-up of September sales offers renowned global artists alongside those with strong markets in the region

Estimated between €22m-€30m, it leads a 28-lot sale at Sotheby’s Paris of the collection of Jeanne Schlumberger

Private sales and flexible financing arrangements are also helping the businesses shore up their bottom lines

Data from Sotheby's, Christie's and Phillips shows confidence from major single-owner sales is trickling down to the rest of the art market

Led by a £3.8m painting by Ganesh Pyne, the auction of the Goodricke collection is the latest South Asian Modern art sale to smash records

The book, estimated at up to £600,000, is the first original edition to appear at auction in more than a century

The late 13th century illuminated manuscript is estimated to sell for £1.5m-£2m this summer

In this week's episode, Ben Luke speaks to correspondent Judd Tully on the New York spring auction results and takes a tour of the James McNeill Whistler exhibition at Tate Britain in London. Digital editor Alexander Morrison sees a frieze by Edvard Munch on display in Oslo.

A month-long non-selling exhibition from the collection of the New Delhi patron will feature 60 Indian, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi artists working from the 1950s to the present day

The $162.6m evening auctions featured a trove of Gerhard Richter works that had belonged to the late dealer Marian Goodman, and canonic Minimalist sculptures from the estate of collector Henry S. McNeil Jr

New auction records were set for Pollock, Rothko, Brancusi, Miro and Neel

The sales at Bonhams, Christie’s, Phillips and Sotheby’s, spanning two weeks, will test the trade’s recent buoyancy

From a Christie's exhibition to a posthumous display of Mel Ramos, this year numerous explicitly commercial shows signal a shift in attitude

These were sketches for paintings which were never completed - or are lost

The auction, scheduled for 11 June, will bring together 93 works including rare Bengali pieces

The news follows his sudden departure as president of the Pinault Collection

Henry S. McNeil Jr.’s collection, led by a major Judd "stack" sculpture, is expected to exceed $30m at Christie's this spring

Following the success of the Aga Khan sale in October, works from the collection of Seattle-based Mary and Cheney Cowles will be sold in London in April

The evening brought in £197m, a 52% increase on last year's equivalent auctions

The week's sales also saw a near-record for a Canaletto painting and a seven-figure result for a 15th-century Hebrew illuminated manuscript

The lavish Ca’ Dario is in “good shape” after major restoration and careful tidying, though it comes with a dark reputation

The works are included in an upcoming Christie's sale marking the 250th anniversary of US independence

The draw is due to take place at Christie's Paris next April

It is estimated to fetch more than double the category's existing record for a collection at auction

Tariffs and new anti-trafficking rules took their toll in the US and Europe this year, as attention and investment shifted to the Middle East

Projected revenue at both auction houses is up from 2024, at $7bn for Sotheby's and $6.2bn at Christie's, with high-profile transactions increasingly taking place behind closed doors

The newly attributed, five-inch-tall sketch of a foot has an estimate of $1.5m to $2m

A court has suspended the export license of the 17th-century arithmetic device designed by Blaise Pascal, the last such example in private hands