The long-unseen painting is now the most expensive work by the Impressionist artist sold in France

“Blossoming Chestnut Trees” was bought in 1908 by Gustave Fayet, now the focus of a major exhibition at the Louis Vuitton foundation in Paris

Lyn Harris creates bespoke scents inspired by earth, emotions and paintings

Works by Yayoi Kusama and Gerhard Richter were also among those that failed to hit their presale estimates

Plus a marble torso of a Roman emperor and an Augustan marble portrait head of a girl

“Blossoming Chestnut Trees”, which has been hidden away for over 60 years, is being sold by Sotheby's for the Blaquier-Arrieta family of Argentina

Five of the works from the Blaquier-Arrieta collection go on show in London today as part of an international tour ahead of the sale in November

The 19th century work ‘Rome, from Mount Aventine’, which holds the British painter's auction record from 2014, is on display at the Palazzo Rondinini before going under the hammer at Sotheby's London in December

Heirs to Jewish banker Salomon Flavian claim they were not consulted before the sale, meanwhile Sotheby's argues the work may have not been forcibly taken at all

The fair’s autumnal edition, devoted to overlooked or under-recognised bodies of work from the previous century, is taking over Sotheby’s headquarters

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

One of the most complete fossilised skeletons of its kind beat the previous record, held by Ken Griffin’s Apex, by more than $5m

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

The pieces come from a beloved 2015 collaboration between Abloh and his alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Andrew Crowley, based in Bristol in the UK, has been sentenced for trying to sell statues with forged provenance documents through the auction house in London

Led by a once-scandalous Modigliani painting, the £296.3m London evening sale provided a bright spot for a market struggling with concerns of Brexit and overseas competition

The objects, a stone mask and an intricate ceramic figure, are scheduled to be auctioned Thursday morning in New York

The fair's first edition at Sotheby’s landmark Madison Avenue home will feature an expanded roster of international galleries

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.

Henri Matisse’s "La Chaise lorraine" sold for $48.4m with fees as strong results for Picasso, Van Gogh and Giacometti lifted the evening auction's total

Last night's season opening sale of post-war and contemporary art, which started with 11 lots from the late art dealer, set new records for young artists Ding Shilun and Yu Nishimura

This champion of Detroit’s art scene is set to open her own culture space, funded by the sale of key works from her collection at Sotheby’s New York

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

“The Harvest in Provence”, once owned by a British collector, is estimated to sell for up to $35m

Financier Joe Lewis's trove of market titans, including Klimt, Schiele and Bacon, will "inject trust into the London market" when it is sold at Sotheby's this June

The $33.5m price fetched by set, which once belonged to Yves Saint Laurent, reflects Claude and Francois-Xavier Lalanne's still-growing market

Against a backdrop of a contracting job market for graduates, initiatives such as the Sotheby’s Institute’s fellowship programme are supporting the next generation of art industry experts

The packed auction totalled £131m and made a record for Leon Kossoff

In a recalibrating market, auction houses are carefully balancing much needed fee revenue with compelling deals for both buyers and sellers

The auction will provide crucial financial support for the institution, which last year was looking at axing 60 members of staff as part of a cost-cutting drive