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an auctioneer with a gavel stands in front of three large computer screens
Sotheby's Sets Records with New Auction Format
Sotheby’s new approach to live auctions in the age of coronavirus was a success last week, offering hope to investors across the art market.
Paul Gauguin painting of Vincent van Gogh at his easel with a vase of sunflowers
Revealing Van Gogh and Gauguin Letter Sells for $236,000
A rare personal correspondence written by Post-Impressionist greats Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin is shedding light on their friendship and lives.
Rembrandt Van Rijn Self portrait wearing a ruff and black hat
Rare Rembrandt Self-Portrait could bring $15m at Auction
Rembrandt van Rijn is one of history's most prolific painters of self-portraits, and as a result, we have an uncommonly intimate window into his life.
close up view of sunflower painting
David Hockney's Old Masters-Inspired "30 Sunflowers"
Painted in 1996, David Hockney's "30 Sunflowers" is a bold and luscious still life of contemporary times. In this episode of Sotheby's Expert Voices, discover how Hockney was inspired to paint "…
a silhouetted figure walks between two large abstract paintings
Sotheby’s Partners with Galleries for New Online Platform
In a move to adapt to the changing art market, auction powerhouse Sotheby’s has announced a new platform for online art sales.
Robert Indiana, Hope, Polished stainless steel, 36 x 36 x 18 in, Executed in 2009, Edition 2 of 8.
Gary Nader Presents To Serve Mankind Online Benefit Auction
Curated from the art collection of Gary Nader, this Sale is now live for bidding.
George Condo painting of two figures in stripped bathing suits
Sotheby’s Contemporary Curated Auction Sets Record for Online Sale
While art sales have been taking place online for years, for auction houses, closing in-person sales and viewings is still a leap into the unknown. Sotheby’s London tested the waters this week with…
Sotheby's auctioneer Adrian Biddell gesticulates as he takes bids
How COVID-19 Has Affected the Global Art Market
Within the last month, the world has dramatically shifted due to COVID-19, greatly affecting businesses across the world, including the art market.
Georgia O’Keeffe’s small, square oil on canvas titled Seaweed, organic forms in purple and green with white streak up the middle
Georgia O’Keeffe’s 'Seaweed' takes a Tangled Path to Auction
In New York on March 5, Sotheby’s will offer Georgia O'Keeffe's diminutive painting, estimated at $300,000-500,000, alongside more than one hundred works of art and personal effects from the…
A photographic archive pertaining to the 1962 Broadway play, No Strings, a spiral notebook opened, each page has a photo of actress Diahann Carroll
Estate of Groundbreaking Actress Diahann Carroll heads to auction
Ms. Carroll’s personal collection will be featured in a dedicated exhibition and sale at Bonhams Los Angeles that will celebrate her iconic lifestyle and elegance.
Rene Magritte painting of a man in a bowler hat silhouetted against trees at night with a full moon above
8 Big Sales from Christie's Modern Art and Impressionism Sale

Setting a new world record for the artist, one of Art Deco’s most prominent artists, Tamara de Lempicka, lead Christie’s recent Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on February 5.…

Artists Tadaaki Kuwayama and Rakuko Naito at work in their studio
Tadaaki Kuwayama and Rakuko Naito on Sharing a Studio

 

The division between the personal and professional lives of New York-based artists Rakuko Naito and Tadaaki Kuwayama has long been blurred. For decades, the Japanese-born couple —…

drawing of a black dog with a red tongue and a man in a brown hat
Bill Traylor Folk Art Masterpiece Sets New Record at Auction
A work from a titan of American self-taught art could set a new auction record for the artist.
George Grosz, Gefährliche Straße, 1918.
A Frightening Vision of Germany at the end of World War I
"Gefährliche Straße (Dangerous Street)" is a picture of the First World War as it was played out on the streets of Berlin, painted during the last months of the War in July 1918.
Cimabue, Christ Mocked (detail), c.1280.
$26 Million Cimabue Masterpiece Barred from Export
An elderly Frenchwoman had the surprise of her life when she recently found out that a humble religious icon hanging in her kitchen was worth millions of dollars.