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Sotheby’s withdraws painting that Pierre Bergé ‘maintained was by Manet’
The work was one of 18 to have been placed under a court order following a financial dispute unrelated to the auction
Banksy video reveals shredding mechanism failed at Sotheby’s
Girl With Balloon was meant to shred completely
Banksy seller's stringent instructions for Sotheby's revealed
Sotheby's directors speak out for the first time since Girl With Balloon was half shredded at auction
Trio of deaccessioned Georgia O’Keeffe paintings could make over $30m at Sotheby's
Modernist works from the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum will be offered in New York in November
In the Sotheby’s saleroom with the self-destructing Banksy, plus Bauhaus pioneer Anni Albers
We go behind the scenes of one of the most publicised stunts in auction history with our correspondent Anny Shaw who was there that evening. Then we get a tour of Tate Modern's Anni Albers retrospective with its curator Briony Fer, speak to the artist's biographer Charles Darwent and the head of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Nicholas Fox Weber. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.
Banksy renames shredded painting Love Is In the Bin as work sells to winning bidder after a week of negotiation
Girl With Balloon canvas ‘self-destructed’ live at Sotheby’s last week in one of the most publicised stunts in auction history
Plucky Brits: Banksy self-destructs and Jenny Saville makes £9.5m record for a living female artist
Just when we thought Frieze week was all over, twists and turns provide high drama at Sotheby’s contemporary evening sale on Friday night
Sotheby’s 'Banksy-ed' as painting 'self-destructs' live at auction
Girl with a Balloon (2006) had just hammered at £860,000
Sotheby’s introduces mysterious new symbol in auction catalogues
The curvaceous M indicates a work that is "subject to right of first refusal"
Russian billionaire Rybolovlev sues Sotheby’s for $380m in fraud damages
The mega-collector’s latest lawsuit, filed in New York, escalates his three-year legal feud with Swiss dealer Yves Bouvier
Object lessons: from a Qianlong-era Chinese vase to a painting by the master of Nigerian Modernism
Our pick from this week's fairs and auctions
Auction transfer season: Cécile Verdier of Sotheby's replaces Christie's France president, François de Ricqlès
Move follows a record-breaking breaking year for Paris auctions in 2017
Sotheby's cancels Viel Castel sale after entire collection is bought by a US buyer
The auction of art, antiques and works of art was cancelled an hour after its supposed start time following private deal
Sotheby’s to offer landmark paintings by Marsden Hartley and Ludwig Meidner in November
The auction house hopes the works will surpass previous records by several million
Object Lessons: from a Venetian glass bowl to an ancient Chinese ritual vessel
Our pick from this week's auctions and exhibitions
Rolling with the punches: how the art market bounced back
In September 2008, Damien Hirst sold £111m of art as Lehman Brothers collapsed, triggering a financial crisis. A decade on, what has changed?
Sale of $100m collection will make David Teiger’s contemporary art foundation one of the world's largest
American collector's works, from Doig to decoy ducks, are to be offered across ten sales at Sotheby’s over the next eight months
Sotheby’s in deal to sell estate of hip-hop pioneer and graffiti artist Rammellzee
Auction house is enlisting dealers and curators to promote the legacy of the polymath who is believed to have cursed his collection
Sotheby’s earnings take a hit as demanding consignors and guarantors squeeze its commission margin
Just two paintings significantly damaged the auction house's bottom line in the second quarter
Guarantees, the Beckham effect and warts-and-all portraits: Sotheby's pulls off a consistent Old Master sale
No big hitters, but overall quality and new buyers from Asia and Latin America buoyed £42.6m auction, with £5.3m record for Canova set in day sale
Otto Naumann comes out of 'retirement' to join Sotheby's
Veteran Old Master dealer will join the auction house in New York at the end of the summer, months after selling his inventory there
Glut of sculpture in London auctions, despite Giambologna withdrawal
Bronze and marble take centre stage during Old Masters sales week, although Dresden Mars returns home without going on the block at Sotheby's
Old Master saga: expert hired by vendor to prove Saint Jerome's authenticity says it is a fake
Maurizio Seracini concurs that the painting sold by Sotheby’s in 2012 is a modern forgery
London’s contemporary art summer season in flux as middle market comes out on top
Christie’s introduces day sale format and established names give way to new talent
Lucian Freud’s late reclining nude makes London record at £22.5m
Artist was 80 years old when he began the painting of a former Tate cataloguer
Supply wrung out? End of term feel to London Impressionist and Modern art auctions
Sotheby's sale fell below estimate while Christie’s provided some cheer, showing there is still money in Monet – but only the right one
Damien Hirst’s former manager Frank Dunphy to sell art collection
Sotheby’s auction includes personal works by Hirst gifted to Dunphy, or sketched on the back of restaurant menus
Russian tycoon accuses Yves Bouvier of 'campaign of disinformation' as US calls off investigation into Swiss entrepreneur
Dmitry Rybolovlev's $450m windfall from Salvator Mundi sale undermined fraud allegation, report says, but criminal cases against Bouvier in Europe are ongoing
Baltimore museum sells blue-chip art to buy works by minority artists
Five works made around $18m (with fees) at auctions at Sotheby’s New York on 19 May, and two were bought for undisclosed sums in private sales
Kerry James Marshall sets $21m record for a living African American artist at Sotheby's sale
Rapper P. Diddy identified as buyer of the Chicago-based painter's Past Times