Articles in Painting

Over the past weekend, the Cologne auction house Lempertz set a new record price for Wilhelm Leibl, a significant figure in Realism.

A Rembrandt painting that was estimated at just €15,000 two years ago at auction is now offered at Sotheby's upcoming sale with a €15 million price tag.

A recent Modern & Contemporary Art auction in Sweden achieved several records and high hammer prices, with particular interest shown to women artists.

A dreamy 1904 composition depicts Aurora, the goddess of dawn, chasing away the night.

Dorotheum's Contemporary Week in Vienna will showcase the masters of modern and contemporary art at the peak of their creative prowess.

The auction house achieved new artist records for Richard Diebenkorn, Joan Mitchell and Arshile Gorky in a single evening.

Christie's 21st Century Evening Sale broke new records for emerging artists, while blue-chip artists were met with waning interest.

After the Cimabue joined the Louvre collection last week, the French museum is now just €1.3 million away from also purchasing Jean Siméon Chardin's famed still life and has called for public funding.

Sotheby's November auction of Emily Fisher Landau's estate just recorded the most expensive sale of the year with a $139.4 million Picasso portrait, as well as a new record for Agnes Martin.

At the highest stratosphere of the auction market there are a handful of paintings that have each sold for over $100 million. From works by Van Gogh to Da Vinci, here are the 12 most expensive paintings ever sold at auction.

At London's National Gallery, Diego Velázquez's famous nude masterpiece was smashed with hammers this morning by "Just Stop Oil" activists.

One of Sweden's most prominent artists invites you to dance in this masterful composition from 1924. Next week, 'Peasant Wedding' will make its auction debut with an impressive estimate.

Cimabue's "Christ Mocked", which was rediscovered in a French kitchen and sold at auction for $26 million in 2019, has now been acquired by the Louvre and will remain in France.

The model for Manet's famous Olympia was also a painter herself. Now one of her works goes to auction in France.

Six artworks that had been taken from a Dutch town hall in September were returned to famed art detective Arthur Brand.

The discovery reveals new insights into the famous Renaissance painter's working methods and his willingness to experiment.

This was the single painting Kahlo made of her sister, Cristina, who went on to have a devastating affair with Kahlo's husband, Diego Rivera. It heads to auction next month as part of the collection of music executive Jerry Moss.

In November, a never-exhibited masterpiece by Claude Monet will go under the hammer in New York for the first time.

One of the two artworks is a study of one of the most ambitious artistic projects of the 16th century.

It is the second time that the renowned auction house has auctioned the painting, which was inspired by the Mona Lisa.

The avant-garde German artist found his greatest inspiration in the prehistoric period: the cave paintings of the Ice Age.

Discover the art and legacy of three women who revolutionized painting in the 18th century.

The work of art in the Royal Collection had spent the past 160 years in Henry VIII's favorite castle with incorrect attribution.

With the advent of autumn, the magnificent landscapes of the Hudson River School beckon, combining the sublime strivings of the Romantic movement and a celebration of America's natural beauty.