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Unseen Van Gogh painting of Paris—owned by one French family for a century—could make $10m at Sotheby’s
The rare work shows a distinctive pastoral side to the city's Montmartre neighbourhood
Sotheby's to sell the $150m collection of Texan rancher and philanthropist Anne Marion
The group of predominantly post-war art, including works by Clyfford Still and Andy Warhol, will be sold over a series of sales this spring
Sotheby's brought to you by Bulgari—product placement at auction has arrived, with limitless potential
Yesterday's auction saw auctioneer plugging the brand while wearing one of its watches. What might we see next—Edvard Munch sponsored by Bollinger?
New normal for Old Masters: Botticelli's record online sale and new AI research on Leonardo's Salvator Mundi
Plus, Gerard Byrne on his work inspired by a Swedish diorama
Botticelli portrait sells for record $92.1m at Sotheby's in New York
A portrait of a Young man holding a roundel (around 1470-80) by the Renaissance master seemingly sold to a Russian buyer
Rare Rembrandt withdrawn from Sotheby's New York auction
The sale's other big ticket item, Young man holding a roundel (around 1470-80) by Sandro Botticelli, estimated to sell in excess of $80m, is still included
'Looking just gorgeous': Granddaughter of $80m Botticelli's former owner on living with the masterpiece
Suzy Lewis recalls the "absolute disaster" of the painting's 1982 sale
Why Sotheby's $80m Botticelli continues to mystify experts
Star lot of upcoming New York Master Week sales is set to smash previous auction record for the Early Renaissance painter
Illustrator Pierre Le Tan's enormous collection to be sold by Sotheby's
Auction includes 40 drawings by Le Tan and over 500 eclectic lots from his Parisian apartment
‘The well is drying up’—rare Rembrandt biblical work could fetch $30m at Sotheby's next month
‘Abraham and the Angels’ is one of only two Old Testament paintings to remain in private hands
Warhol, Oldenburg, Fontana: star works from Christo and Jeanne-Claude collection go on the block
Proceeds from the pieces sold at Sotheby’s Paris in February will go towards the artist duo's estate
Tech-savvy Sotheby's $5bn global sales beat Christie's $4.4bn in 2020
The two rivals have made record online and private sales as pandemic overturns traditional live auction format
Record for Barkley Hendricks and $18.2m Calder at otherwise unremarkable Sotheby’s sale
Almost half of the auction's total sales value was bought by Asian buyers, but 12 lots sold below their estimates
Christie’s and Sotheby’s ordered to disclose dealings with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
Sales of paintings by Cézanne and Picasso worth a combined $139m are also under scrutiny by the US Virgin Island attorney general
Poignant Van Gogh watercolour of a windmill coming up for sale
Sheltering from a rainstorm at the mill, Vincent and his brother Theo made a teenage pact
'The law has to fall on someone': Seller of allegedly fake Frans Hals must pay Sotheby's $5.4m for cancelled sale, judge insists
London Court of Appeal upholds the auction house's defence in forgery case, rejecting appeal by investment company Fairlight Art Ventures
Seller contests having to repay Sotheby’s for allegedly forged Frans Hals
In latest hearing of ongoing legal saga, Fairlight Art Ventures, co-vendor of painting sold in 2011 for $10.75m, is refusing to pay auction house more than $5.3m
New York state sues Sotheby's for allegedly helping collector evade tax on $27m of art
Auction house "vigorously refutes the unfounded allegations" made by the attorney general, who claims the auction house knowingly aided the offshore company Porsal Equities
What the presidential election means for the US art market—no matter who is in the Oval Office
A dwindling middle market faces a stingy Senate while rising inequality and public unrest could prompt even more private sales
The pull of Palm Beach proves irresistible for blue-chip galleries—but for how long?
Lehmann Maupin and Paula Cooper are the latest to join dealers like Acquavella and Pace in setting up seasonal spaces in the Sunshine State
Has coronavirus helped unmask the real prices of art?
Plus, JMW Turner at the Tate and John Stezaker on Bruegel
Giacometti, De Chirico and Alfa Romeo cars lead Sotheby's $283m New York sales after major museum works abruptly pulled
Following weeks of controversy, the Baltimore Museum of Art withdrew two paintings just hours before the auction while many other works sold near low estimates
Baltimore Museum of Art calls off sale of Warhol, Still and Marden after outcry
Last-gasp decision after talks with the US museum directors association comes just before a Sotheby’s auction
US Association of Art Museum Directors sends a warning note to its members on deaccessioning
As works head to market, organisation reminds members that its relaxed rules were not adopted to “incentivise” art sales
Sotheby's sale of Israeli museum artefacts delayed after government pressure
Criticism in Israel reached an apex when President Rivlin called for the state to prevent the London auctions
Assailing leadership, two former board chairmen say they are rescinding $50m in planned gifts to Baltimore Museum of Art
Two artists also step down as board trustees amid turmoil over plans to deaccession three paintings
Responding to outcry, Baltimore Museum of Art board chair defends deaccessioning decision
“The greatness of the BMA’s collection does not live within three individual paintings,” she says as the sale of a Warhol, Still and Marden approaches
Revealed: sellers of £7.6m Banksy were London collectors who provided venue for artist's 2005 Crude Oils exhibition
As part of the deal, Roland and Jane Cowan acquired the faux Impressionist canvas from the artist—it sold last night at Sotheby's
Sotheby's to offer monumental Giacometti bronze in rare 'sealed bid' sale with a minimum bid of $90m
Last sold at auction for $4.9m, offers on the work will be reviewed ahead of the auction house's contemporary and Impressionist and Modern art evening sales on 28 October in New York
Former trustees and donors ask state to block sale of three important works by the Baltimore Museum of Art
Letter asks Maryland attorney general and secretary of state to investigate planned deaccessioning of a Warhol, Still and Marden