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"During the Golden Age of national cinema, Diego Rivera looked to Matilde Palou for inspiration. Rivera’s portrait of the Mexican actress, part of Sotheby’s Latin America: Modern Art Evening Sale…

"The next episode in new Design series features a fantastic and unique collection from a Venetian palace redesigned by Pucci de Rossi. Sotheby’s specialist Elie Massaoutis describes it as…

"Get a unique glimpse inside the studio of visionary artist and designer Ross Lovegrove in the latest episode of our new Design series. Join Sotheby’s specialist Adam Trunoske as he finds out what…

"In one of the most riveting auction battles in history, a painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat brought $110.5 million – the record for an American artist. Watch as auctioneer Oliver Barker fields…

"A vision of exquisite beauty and devastating allure, Roy Lichtenstein’s ‘Nude Sunbathing’ embodies the essence of confident female sensuality. The work is one of Lichtenstein’s greatest…

"Uptown and downtown merge as Sotheby’s brings highlights from the June 8 Master Paintings sale in New York to Fat Free Art, a street-art gallery on the Lower East Side. Sotheby’s has invited an…

"Featuring exceptionally rare blue and white porcelain vases, bowls and more, the fourteen lots being offered on 14 March in Ming: The Intervention of Imperial Taste illustrate the power and…

"Sotheby’s Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on 16 May features two paintings by pioneering artist Claude Monet. Marking two distinct moments within Monet’s trajectory, the works ‘Vétheuil…

"With its bright, primary colors and varied textures this example of Picasso's ‘Tête d’homme’ lives up to its regal history. Created for the artist’s groundbreaking exhibition at the Palais des…

"Watch highlights of the bidding battles that broke the auction record for Wassily Kandinsky, not once, but twice, in Sotheby’s June 2017 Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale in London. The…

"When this painting by Jan Sanders Van Hemessen arrived at Sotheby’s, specialists had trouble identifying the strangely dressed sitter. In this episode of The Costumist, Jonquil O’Reilly…

"A friend of Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline, and other great contemporary artists, Roy Newell is firmly rooted in the New York School of Abstract Expressionism, but his name is largely unknown…

"Experience J.M.W. Turner’s celebrated masterpiece, Ehrenbreitstein, in a stunning new way. CGI animation takes you on a journey through the magisterial landscape as legendary English actor Steven…

"Discover how Joan Miró was inspired by the landscape of a French coastal town to create one of the most ground breaking contributions to modern art. Miró’s fabled Constellations series has been…

"Wassily Kandinsky painted BILD MIT WEISSEN LINIEN in 1913—a year that is widely recognized as one of the most important in the development of modern art. During this year, Kandinsky created the…