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The story behind the record-price Van Gogh up for auction in November
“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
$450m Impressionist collection—including a potentially record-breaking Van Gogh painting—to be sold at Sotheby's New York
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
Turner painting estimated to make £50m auction record goes on view in Rome
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
Was this Pissarro painting—sold at Sotheby's in 2024—looted by Nazis? A Paris court deliberates
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
Independent 20th Century brings blue-chip deep cuts to the Breuer
The fair’s autumnal edition, devoted to overlooked or under-recognised bodies of work from the previous century, is taking over Sotheby’s headquarters
Christie’s and Sotheby’s 2026 half year results: trophy lots and luxury goods fuel rebound
Private sales and flexible financing arrangements are also helping the businesses shore up their bottom lines
Gus the T-Rex sells for a record $50.1m at Sotheby’s
One of the most complete fossilised skeletons of its kind beat the previous record, held by Ken Griffin’s Apex, by more than $5m
Auction houses made significant recoveries in 2026, ArtTactic report finds
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
Sotheby’s partners with the Virgil Abloh Estate to sell a set of rare prints to fund university scholarships
The pieces come from a beloved 2015 collaboration between Abloh and his alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Man jailed as Sotheby’s due diligence foils antiquities fraud
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
Sotheby's auction of Joe Lewis collection breaks record for most expensive sold in UK
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
Mexican authorities urge Sotheby’s to stop sale of two pre-Columbian artefacts
The objects, a stone mask and an intricate ceramic figure, are scheduled to be auctioned Thursday morning in New York
Independent 20th Century adds 75% more exhibitors as it moves to the Breuer Building
The fair's first edition at Sotheby’s landmark Madison Avenue home will feature an expanded roster of international galleries
New York auctions, James McNeill Whistler at Tate Britain, Edvard Munch—podcast
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.
Bidding battle for Matisse leads Sotheby’s $303.3m Modern art evening sale in New York
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
Robert Mnuchin's $85.7m Rothko leads Sotheby's $407.5m auction in New York
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
‘I am very decisive’: designer Jennifer Gilbert on what she collects and why
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
This month’s blockbuster auctions in New York could bring upwards of $2.5bn
The sales at Bonhams, Christie’s, Phillips and Sotheby’s, spanning two weeks, will test the trade’s recent buoyancy
One of Van Gogh’s greatest watercolours could achieve a record price
“The Harvest in Provence”, once owned by a British collector, is estimated to sell for up to $35m
British billionaire's £200m art collection most expensive ever offered in UK
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
Claude Lalanne’s set of bronze mirrors shatters artist's auction record at Sotheby's
The $33.5m price fetched by set, which once belonged to Yves Saint Laurent, reflects Claude and Francois-Xavier Lalanne's still-growing market
Comment | All hail the rise of the art internship
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
London art market springs back to life in Sotheby's Modern and contemporary evening sale
The packed auction totalled £131m and made a record for Leon Kossoff
Sotheby’s hikes buyer’s premiums as auction houses test new fee structures
In a recalibrating market, auction houses are carefully balancing much needed fee revenue with compelling deals for both buyers and sellers
Sotheby’s to sell around £2m of art to support the Royal Academy in London
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
Artemisia Gentileschi, Michelangelo and Rembrandt bring new energy and records to New York’s Old Masters sales
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
American poet Stanley Moss's passion for Old Masters comes to the fore at Sotheby's
The acclaimed poet, who died in 2024, was “a unique figure" who combined collecting and selling art with writing and publishing literature
Saudi painter Safeya Binzagr outshines Picasso at Sotheby’s second sale in Diriyah
Having refined its strategy for the nascent market, the sale landed a $2.1m record for Binzagr but found less success for major Western names
Pablo Picasso and Safeya Binzagr headline Sotheby’s second sale in Saudi Arabia
Auction house powers ahead with blue-chip lots in the Middle East but luxury items fall out of favour
Art market 2025 review: all eyes on the Gulf as Trump destabilises global order
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





























