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Christie's Hong Kong autumn sale drops 46% from last year but makes Picasso's record in Asia
Sotheby's and Phillips's Hong Kong sales were also down from their 2024 equivalents
Christie's to sell three early paintings by Lucian Freud for £20m
Coming from the same private collection, the works span three decades of Freud's career
Japanese museum’s collection of Western art could bring $60m at auction
The Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art will sell off its treasures this autumn at Christie’s in New York
From Dior's golden coat to landscape jewellery at Christie's: where the worlds of art and luxury collide this autumn
A thrilling Dior debut in Paris for new creative director Jonathan Anderson, an earthy, wood-themed jewellery collection at Christie’s London by Natasha Wightman, a must-see doll’s house at the Rijksmuseum and shoe king Manolo Blahnik sponsors a V&A exhibition about Marie Antoinette
Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan's collection of Indian and Persian paintings to sell at Christie's for more than £8m
The collection of 95 works, built with his wife Princess Catherine, will be auctioned in London on 28 October
Christie’s expects Elaine Wynn’s collection to bring $75m, while her record-breaking Bacon triptych goes to Lacma
Wynn, who died in April, owned trophy works by Lucian Freud, Richard Diebenkorn, Joan Mitchell and others
Christie’s shuts down pioneering digital art department
With the NFT market still a fraction of its recent heights, the auction house has reportedly let go of key staffers
‘Unicorn’ collection, expected to fetch $180m, comes to Christie's
The Weis family's private trove of masterworks has emerged at last
Ten surprises at the National Gallery’s five-star Van Gogh exhibition
We look back at the blockbuster, with intriguing and little-known stories behind many of the loans
Why Christie’s social media videos are going viral
Videos on TikTok and Instagram promoting everything from a Marie Antoinette diamond to Marlene Dumas’s paintings have garnered thousands of views
Christie’s celebrates the late Syrian artist Marwan with non-selling London show
The exhibition is auction house’s third dedicated to Middle Eastern art, part of a strategy to support the region
The art market bites back as estimates fail to score
A landscape that includes economic volatility, generational movement and new technology is changing the rules of engagement
New world record for Canaletto as view of Venice sells for £31.9m
The painting, once owned by Britain’s first prime minister, Robert Walpole, was sold during Christie's £55m Old Master sale in London tonight, alongside works by Constable, Willem Key and Gerrit Dou
Romania secures hold on ‘stolen’ El Greco as court filings reveal Dmitry Rybolovlev is its owner
The work was pulled from a Christie's auction following claims by the Romanian government that it had been unlawfully removed from the country in 1947
A rare dining set by Claude Lalanne and a childhood portrait of the Dalai Lama: our pick of the June auctions
Plus, an early Western view of India and an “illuminating” Giacometti lightpost
Football great Lionel Messi chooses favourite goal for Refik Anadol to transform into an AI portrait for charity
Anadol will reimagine the Argentine megastar’s famous 2009 header as a data sculpture which will be sold at Christie’s
Record-breaking female Surrealists spice up underwhelming Christie’s New York sales
Last night’s low-risk, low energy auctions made $489m in total, including $272m for the collection of Barnes & Noble founder Leonard Riggio, along with new records for Dorothea Tanning and Remedios Varo
Marlene Dumas painting set to break auction record for a work by a living woman artist
'Miss January' comes to market from the holdings of the influential collectors Mera and Don Rubell
Canaletto painting that belonged to Britain's first prime minister to sell for over £20m
The 18th-century view of Venice is likely to break the artist's auction record
Christie’s names new global president
Alex Rotter's promotion is the latest senior management shuffle at the auction house since Guillaume Cerutti stepped down
Basquiat's family portrait painting could bring $30m at Christie's auction
The painting "Baby Boom" was featured in one of the artist's first solo exhibitions at Fun Gallery
Monet riverscape could splash down for more than $30m during New York auctions
The painting headed to Christie's, "Peupliers au bord de l’Epte, crépuscule", was on display at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston for more than 30 years
Warhol electric chair canvas could bring $30m during New York auction season
Christie's will offer the rose-hued “Big Electric Chair” from the collection of influential Belgian art patrons Roger Matthys and Hilda Colle
Slim Hong Kong evening sales at Christie's and Sotheby's draw solid results for a 'tough season'
Both auctions represent significant decreases from previous sales seasons, but strong sell-through rates and increased bidding from mainland China indicate signs of recovery
Record for Indian painting at auction smashed by $13.7m M.F. Husain
The work sold at Christie’s New York, almost quadrupling its $3.5m high estimate, as South Asian Modern art crests a wave
Christie’s appoints new regional president of the Americas
Julien Pradels will fill the role left when Bonnie Brennan was promoted to chief executive
The big art world slowdown, Dutch culture funding crisis, Bruegel’s Hunters in the Snow—podcast
What’s behind the new, more measurement approaches to programming at museums, art fairs and more? Plus, a chat about current tensions around culture in the Netherlands and a close look at one of the most famous depictions of a wintery landscape
Censorship and Australia’s Venice Biennale pavilion, a controversial AI auction, and Elizabeth Catlett in Washington—podcast
What might the fallout be after Creative Australia’s unpopular decision to cancel Khaled Sabsabi’s project? Plus, AI art beyond this week’s open letter and a chat about Catlett’s terracotta sculpture ‘Tired’
US taste for Surrealism boosts marathon £130m Christie’s auction
Double-header sale in London last night was led by René Magritte with strong prices for Paul Delvaux and Tamara de Lempicka
Christie's AI art auction outpaces expectations, bringing in more than $728,000
In all, 28 of the Augmented Intelligence sale's 34 lots found buyers, including pieces by Refik Anadol, Charles Csuri and Harold Cohen