The result came as Christie's Old Masters and 19th Century Paintings sale brought in nearly $7 million while the similarly titled sale at Sotheby's sale totaled $6.4 million.

For years, experts were reluctant to publicly contradict one of Britain's most famous painters about his own work. The painting gained new attention in 2016 when it appeared on the BBC program Fake or Fortune?, where art historian Philip Mould concluded that it was probably genuine.

Dinosaurs are no longer occasional curiosities tucked into natural history sales. They are becoming luxury objects in their own right.

Online bettors have raked in cash on the war in Iran and the abduction of the Venezuelan president. Can they gamify Basquiat and Picasso auction results?

The lot is estimated to sell for £1.5 million–£2 million (around $2 million–$2.6 million).

The collectors have in recent years faced controversy over their alleged investments in Israel.

The late 13th century illuminated manuscript is estimated to sell for £1.5m-£2m this summer

India's Kiran Nadar Museum of Art is taking its collection to Christie's London this summer, though don't expect any of its artworks to be for sale.

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.

A month-long non-selling exhibition from the collection of the New Delhi patron will feature 60 Indian, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi artists working from the 1950s to the present day

The sale featured a trove of Gerhard Richter works that had belonged to the late dealer Marian Goodman, and canonic Minimalist sculptures from the estate of collector Henry S. McNeil Jr

The top ten included five Richter canvases along with works by Judd, Doig, Basquiat, Cecily Brown, and Keith Haring.

There were hopes the painting would break Richter's auction record.

Plus, Dubai will open a museum dedicated to digital art and Venice Architecture Biennale 2027 establishes "Do Architecture" as the curatorial theme Jackson Pollock, Number 7A, 1948. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd. Christie's amassed $1.1 billion from back-to-back sales, as a Pollock sold for triple record price. Christie's generated a record-breaking $1.1 billion in sales in […]

New auction records were set for Pollock, Rothko, Brancusi, Rothko, Miro and Neel

The sale re-set several records, including one for Pollock, whose benchmark now stands at $181.2 million.

The previous record for a Pollock work was $61 million, achieved in 2021 at Sotheby's New York.

The previous record was $71.2 million set in 2021.

The diamond, known as Ocean Dream, had an estimate of about $9-12 million.

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

From a Christie's exhibition to a posthumous display Mel Ramos, this year numerous explicitly commercial shows signal a shift in attitude

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A Christie's sale of S.I. Newhouse's collection accounts for the bulk of them.

The Conde Nast head gave up a seat to acquire the work, in what some called insider dealing at the time.

If _Anxious Girl_ achieves its high estimate, it will be the artist’s second-priciest work at auction.

Over the past few years, major Tiffany windows have begun to circulate more frequently often moving from religious settings into private collections and museums.

The painting was owned by a niece of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, the founder of the Whitney Museum.

These were sketches for paintings which were never completed - or are lost

The auction, scheduled for 11 June, will bring together 93 works including rare Bengali pieces

While gallerists said that sales at Art Basel Hong Kong had been measured, the auction market showed robust demand for trophy works from collectors across Asia.