As the trial between the Russian billionaire and the auction house is thrashed out, it may be time to consider incorporating blockchain into the art scholarship process

The category’s extraordinary works sell well, but the middle and lower ends of the market are in need of new ideas

Plus, Singapore's art scene and a photograph by Zanele Muholi

Portrait of Isabel de Borbón was due to go on sale on 1 February

Evening sales at Sotheby's and Christie's drew in £19.4m and £21.3m, respectively

The Russian oligarch had accused the Swiss businessman of swindling him out of €1.1bn by overcharging him on art

The painting could more than double the Spanish Old Master's auction record when it hits the block at Sotheby's

Sotheby’s is selling an alabaster piece while Bonhams’ early carving is made from ironstone

Plus, experimental art from the Eastern Bloc and a sculptural installation by Terry Adkins

Both sales persevered through a lukewarm atmosphere to break into the lower reaches of their estimate ranges

The auction, spanning Monet to Miró, made $190.3m—just above its low estimate—and was preceded by the record-breaking sale of a Ferrari car

The evening's total take of $406.4m was a sign of a stability—albeit one under-girded by guarantees and third-party backing—in a jittery market

Results from London’s premier autumn auctions suggest price now matters as much as prestige

Traditionally reserved for an artist’s greatest works, the term “masterpiece” now appears routinely in auction catalogues, and may just mean a work is good, novel—or expensive

"Self Portrait as a Heel (Part Two)" (1982) hasn’t been displayed in public since its last appearance at auction, in 1999

Ai Weiwei’s taxi window crank sculptures will also go on the block at the Sotheby's live sale

There was a certain degree of sleight of hand at play by the auction house to achieve 100% of lots sold

The auction house’s The Now sale of ultra-contemporary art was a success, but its marquee contemporary art sale came up well short of expectations

Despite a slew of records set for Western art in Asia, including new highest prices for Modigliani and Mark Bradford, the Hong Kong sale made below its low estimate

"La Patience" (1948), which was one of two Balthus paintings in the museum’s collection, will go up for auction at Sotheby’s New York in November

The Biblical scene was recently offered at auction for just €10,000

In sales spanning this year and next, hundreds of works that once belonged to the SFMoMA trustee will be offered, including a box in a suitcase by Duchamp

The auctions will include a 1932 Picasso painting with a $120m estimate

Major auction houses have posted steep falls in turnover for the year so far—but some categories, such as luxury goods, are booming

Objects ranging from Japanese art to a plush red crown and cape drove bidders into a frenzy on New Bond Street

Bonhams is offering a Robert Colescott work in a single-lot sale, while Sotheby’s online fashion series includes Princess Diana’s famous black-sheep sweater

The British patron’s annual meetings on the Greek Island were a “who’s who of the contemporary art world”

Spoiler alert: lots of mounting takes place at Mount's

Paintings by Modigliani and Kusama among the 50 works to be offered in Hong Kong—with more potentially coming to the block in New York

The masses are being drawn in by the chance to see objects both fine and personal