Acquired by the arms dealer Emil Bührle, both have been on loan to a Zurich museum

What’s behind the troubles facing auction houses and galleries? Plus, Sasha Skochilenko recounts her experience of being arrested—and incarcerated—in Russia, and the story behind a 1937 Surrealist painting by Ernst

“Moored Boats”, the “gem in the crown of the Bourbon collection”, will be auctioned in Hong Kong

Increasingly unsettled elites are making a struggling market even less predictable

The portrait of the Duke of Saxony, attributed to Lucas Cranach the Elder and his workshop, will be auctioned by Christie’s in New York in January 2025

The work will headline the inaugural sale at Christie's new Zaha Hadid-designed headquarters in the Henderson building

The 1918 drawing had been in the possession of another Austrian Jewish family, which recently became suspicious of the work's provenance and contacted Grünbaum’s heirs directly in order to “do the right thing”

The work on paper, purchased at Christie’s New York in 2014, was allegedly paid for with money embezzled from Malaysia’s 1MDB sovereign investment fund

But consistent strength in its sell-through rate and Asia Pacific buyer base show the auction house's ‘resilience’ amid obstacles

Slim auctions at Christie's and Sotheby's saw a rediscovered Quentin Metsys and a modestly priced Botticelli come to the block

The painting previously sold at Christie’s for £254,500

The Venetian master's exquisite early depiction of the Holy Family, once recovered in a bag at a bus-stop seven years after being stolen from Longleat House, is estimated to fetch £15m-£25m in London sale

A hack that caused huge disruption to the auction house is a wake-up call to galleries and art advisories of all sizes

Christie’s was hit by ransomware hackers—and now by a class action suit

Rival Sotheby’s recently entered a consultation period ahead of redundancies

The complaint, filed on 3 June by a Dallas-based customer, is the latest problem for the auction house following a major cyberattack

Works by the painter, owned by the controversial "playboy" socialite, were offered at Christie's New York this month

The group RansomHub say they are behind the attack that took down the auction house's website earlier this month

The show by the aspiring artist is supported by the auction house and the charity Art of Wishes

The reassuring result was a marked increase from last year's equivalent auction—despite a cyberattack that has taken down the auction house's website

Major results for Félix González-Torres and Jean-Michel Basquiat lifted the De la Cruz collection and 21st-century double-header

The auction giant’s web address currently redirects to a placeholder page where telephone numbers for its various offices are listed

Fluttering butterflies enliven the greenery, but also remind us of the transience of life

More than 200 items spanning 40 years will be sold with part of the sale proceeds going to charity

“The Italian Version of Popeye has no Pork in his Diet”, last publicly displayed in 2007, will be offered by Christie’s during its May sales

Bidders will be able to pay for art over ten months instead of all at once

The museum's share of proceeds—estimated at up to $25m by Christie's—will go toward establishing an endowment fund for new acquisitions

Two books take a look at the past and future of the non-fungible token. Once seen as the creature of market hype, the NFT now promises the first shared technical standard for the digital art world

Auction house sees maturing of market since the heady days of 2021 as works by the digital art pioneer are sold in combination with launch of their catalogue raisonné-like historical survey "On NFTs"

A selling exhibition of 27 established and emerging artists opens at Christie’s auction house ahead of a planned launch of the fair in the city next year