Sotheby’s to sell around £2m of art to support the Royal Academy in London – The Art Newspaper
Auction houses have provided commercial sponsorship for museum shows for many years now, but Sotheby’s is ramping up…
Art market 2025 review: all eyes on the Gulf as Trump destabilises global order – The Art Newspaper
The contraction of the global art market stretched well into 2025, with the challenging macro environment cited as…
Frida Kahlo’s record-breaking painting was a gift for a US photographer who was her lover for 10 years | Culture
Frida Kahlo’s 1940 painting “The Dream (The Bed)” is no ordinary work of art. And the recent auction…
Okada Museum’s Founder Sells 125 Works at Sotheby’s
A total of 125 major works from Japan’s Okada Museum of Art hit the auction block at Sotheby’s…
Collector Sues Sotheby’s Over Modigliani Work with Authenticity Issue
While Sotheby’s was busy preparing to bring record-setting work by Frida Kahlo and Gustav Klimt to the block…
Frida Kahlo painting sets new auction record for female artists
A self-portrait by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo has sold for $US54 million ($85 million), setting a new record…
Klimt portrait sets record while gold toilet fetches millions at New York auction
A portrait by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt has fetched a record for a modern art piece, at an…
Klimt’s Elisabeth Lederer Portrait Sells for $236.4 M. at Sotheby’s
A watershed moment for the November auctions arrived tonight at Sotheby’s, where Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer (1914–16) sold…
The Phillips Collections moves forward with controversial deaccession plan.
The Phillips Collection will proceed with plans to sell major works by Georgia O’Keeffe, Arthur Dove, and Georges…
Herzog & de Meuron transforms Breuer Building into Sotheby’s gallery
Architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron and local studio PBDW Architects have completed a “quasi-invisible” renovation of Marcel Breuer‘s…
Thomas S. Kaplan is Selling a $20 Million Rembrandt Drawing of Lion
Sotheby’s hosted a lunch for American-Franco precious metals mogul, philanthropist, and conservationist Thomas S. Kaplan at its Paris…
Morning Links for October 31, 2025.
The Headlines ROYAL FLUSH. During the marquee New York sales next month, Maurizio Cattelan, whose duct-taped banana sold for $6.2 million…