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Adrien Meyer sells the Mark Rothko from the collection of Agnes Gund for $98.4 million. Photo © Christie's (detail)
Works of Art29 May 2026

Marquee Week in New York: A Billion-Dollar May

Jan Davidsz. de Heem (1606-1684), Sumptuous Still Life with Silver Pieces, a Wanli Bowl with Fruit, Oysters on a Silver Plate and a Lute in the Foreground, oil on canvas (relined), 118.7 x 96 cm. Photo © Lempertz (detail)Sponsored
Works of Art15 May 2026

Still Lifes and Art Nouveau at Lempertz’s May Auctions

On December 2, auctioneer Yü-Ge Wang auctioned Fabergé's Winter Egg at Christie's in London. Photo © Christie's (detail)
Works of Art3 December 2025

Fabergé Winter Egg Sets New Record at Christie's

Frida Kahlo's painting "El sueño (la cama)" from 1940 set a new auction record when it sold at Sotheby's on November 20. Photo © Sotheby's (detail)
Works of Art21 November 2025

Frida Kahlo Becomes the World’s Most Expensive Female Artist

A magnificent and extremely important imperial winter egg by Fabergé, designed by Alma Theresia Pihl, workmaster Albert Holmström, St Petersburg, 1913 | The egg with base 5.5/8in. (14.2 cm.) high; the 'surprise' 3.1/4 in. (8.2 cm.) high | Estimate on request; in excess of £20 million. Photo © Christie's (detail)
Works of Art7 October 2025

An Imperial Fabergé Egg Comes to Christie’s

Christo (Javacheff Christo) (1935 Gabrovo, Bulgaria - 2020 New York), Surrounded Islands (Project for Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida), 1982, two-part, signed, dated and titled, wax crayon, pastel, enamel paint, charcoal, pencil, construction drawing and aerial photograph on paper mounted on wood, 244 x 106.6 cm and 244 x 38 cm, in plexiglass frame. Photo © Dorotheum (detail)Sponsored
Works of Art9 May 2025

Poetry and Perspectives: Contemporary Week at Dorotheum

Left: Madeleine Dumas (*1953), Miss January, 1997, signed, titled and dated, oil on canvas, 280 x 100 cm. Photo © Christie's (detail). Center: Piet Mondrian (1872-1944), Composition with Large Red Plane, Bluish Gray, Yellow, Black and Blue, 1922, monogrammed and dated, oil on canvas, 54 x 53.3 cm. Photo © Christie's. Right: Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966), Grande tête mince, 1954, executed 1955, engraved signature, painted bronze, h. 65.4 cm. Photo © Sotheby's (detail)
Works of Art8 May 2025

The New York Marquee Sales: The Highlights

Max Beckmann (1884 Leipzig - 1950 New York), Quappi with Green Parasol, 1938, signed and dated: Beckmann A. 38, oil on canvas, 110 x 65 cm, 17th century Spanish frame. Photo © Grisebach (detail)Sponsored
Works of Art18 November 2024

Max Beckmann’s Iconic Portrait of Quappi Heads to Auction

Painter and printmaker Frank Stella with his work in his New York studio in 1987. Photo by Jack Mitchell/Getty Images (detail)
Works of Art6 May 2024

Farewell to Frank Stella: America's Minimalist Pioneer

Jeffrey Gibson, 2019. Image © John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (detail)
Works of Art26 March 2024

Jeffrey Gibson: Unveiling Contemporary Indigenous Artistry in Venice

Marc Chagall, Grand profil et nu rose, stamp Marc Chagall (lower right), gouache, pastel and chalk on paper, 64.5 x 48.6cm, 1977. Photo © Sotheby's (details)
Works of Art12 July 2023

A Summer with Chagall

Willem Claesz. Heda, Still life with nautilus cup, salt cellar, roemer, façon de Venise glass and table carpet. Circa 1663, oil on panel. Public domain image (detail)
Works of Art3 July 2023

The Nature of the Nautilus: How the Seashell Has Inspired Artists

Frans Francken the Younger, A collector's cabinet filled with paintings, shells, coins, fossils and flowers, 1619. Public domain image (detail)
Works of Art16 January 2023

Wunderkammer: The Cabinet of Curiosities

Jean Baptiste Gustave Le Gray, Portrait of Madame GL, signed and dated lower right '1853 Gustave Le Gray', oil on Canvas 125 x 95 cm. Photo © Marc Labarbe Auction House (detail)
Works of Art29 November 2022

The Musée D’Orsay Wins Madame Le Gray's Portrait After Bidding War

Snapshot of the sale of the Dorothé Lalanne collection at Sotheby's. Photo © Sotheby's
Works of Art14 November 2022

Stratospheric Results for the Dorothé Lalanne Collection

Henri Matisse (1869-1954), 'Portrait de Monique Bourgeois', ink on Arches paper, signed and dated Henri Matisse 12/42, 52.7 x 40.5 cm. Image © Hallands Auktionsverk (detail) Sponsored
Works of Art20 October 2022

Matisse's Rediscovered Portrait of His Muse at Auction

Andy Warhol (1928-1987), 'Shot Sage Blue Marilyn', 1964, acrylic and screenprint on ink on linen, 101.6 x 101.6 cm. Thomas and Doris Ammann Foundation. Photo © Christie's (detail)
Works of Art11 October 2022

Key Art Market Findings From the First Half of 2022

Photos in the public domain
Works of Art15 September 2022

10 Record-Breaking Artworks and Who Bought Them

POTSDAM, GERMANY - JANUARY 19: Hasso Plattner, co-founder of German software maker SAP and financier of the Barberini Museum, poses in front of French impressionist Monet's painting titled Water Lilies during a press preview on January 19, 2017 in Potsdam, Germany. The art museum will house a permanent collection from Plattner's foundation, focusing on 20th-century German art, from both West and East Germany. The museum opens to the public on January 23 with an exhibition on Impressionist landscapes. (Photo by Michele Tantussi/Getty Images) (detail)
Works of Art6 September 2022

Software Billionaire Hasso Plattner Opens Another Museum

Cattelan's 'Comedian', Art Basel Miami Beach, 2019. Photo © Kira Reinke, US Editor Barnebys (detail)
Works of Art15 July 2022

Maurizio Cattelan Suspected of Plagiarism

Lamar Dodd, In Venice. Image © Brunk Auctions (detail)Sponsored
Works of Art4 July 2022

Premier Summer Collecting at Auction

Titian (c. 1489 Pieve di Cadore - 1576 Venice) attr., Portrait of a gentleman with a black beret, c. 1512. Photo public domain
Works of Art6 June 2022

A Stolen Titian Painting Recovered in Italy

Rufino Tamayo (1899-1991), 'Camino al infinito', 1977, oil on canvas, signed and dated, 130 x 195 cm. Photo © Tajan (detail)Sponsored
Works of Art18 May 2022

Art History Revealed at Auction

George Lance (British, 1802-1864), 'Now Reigns Here a Very Very Peacock'. Image © New Orleans Auction Galleries (detail)Sponsored
Works of Art18 May 2022

A Summer of Splendour

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