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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 ArtMay 29, 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 ArtMay 15, 2026

Still Lifes and Art Nouveau at Lempertz’s May Auctions

Front: Kazimir Severinovich Malevich (1879-1935), Self-portrait, 1933, oil on canvas, 73 x 66 cm, Russian Museum, St. Petersburg. Photo in the public domain (detail). Back: The 0.10 Exhibition with the Black Square in Petrograd, 1915. Photo in the public domain (detail)
Works of ArtFebruary 19, 2026

Kazimir Malevich: 5 Things to Know

On December 2, auctioneer Yü-Ge Wang auctioned Fabergé's Winter Egg at Christie's in London. Photo © Christie's (detail)
Works of ArtDecember 3, 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 ArtNovember 21, 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 ArtOctober 7, 2025

An Imperial Fabergé Egg Comes to Christie’s

Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Il Canaletto (1697 Venice 1768), Venice, the Return of the Bucintoro on Ascension Day, ca. 1732, oil on canvas, 86 x 138.1 cm. Photo © Christie's (detail)
Works of ArtJuly 2, 2025

Canaletto Painting Sets New Auction Record at Christie’s

Art Leven's 'First Nation Fine Art Auction' will take place on Tuesday 17th June 2025, featuring 82 works by First Nations artists of outstanding cultural and historical significance. Photo © Art LevenSponsored
Works of ArtJune 2, 2025

Beyond the Sale: Art Leven on Stewardship, Legacy, and First Nations Art

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 ArtMay 9, 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 ArtMay 8, 2025

The New York Marquee Sales: The Highlights

From left to right: Pas d'Art (detail). Photos by James McDonald. T-Centralen Station (detail). Photo by Milton Correa / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Wisdome Stockholm Tekniska museet (detail). Photo by Anna Gerdén.
Works of ArtJanuary 21, 2025

The Art Lover’s Guide to Stockholm

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 ArtNovember 18, 2024

Max Beckmann’s Iconic Portrait of Quappi Heads to Auction

Photo by StockSnap with addition (Leonardo da Vinci (attr.), Salvator Mundi, c. 1500, oil on wood, 66 x 46 cm, private property. Photo in the public domain
Works of ArtJune 25, 2024

Salvator Mundi Goes to Hollywood

Francis Newton Souza, Portrait of a Man, panel 99 x 61 cm, 1956. Photo © Bukowskis (detail)
Works of ArtJune 18, 2024

Souza Painting Achieves Swedish Season's Auction Peak

Miss Jack, Nonnetje, 2024, numbered, fine art pigment print, 75 x 50 cm. Photo © Catawiki (detail)Sponsored
Works of ArtJune 4, 2024

No Reserve Day: Bid From $1

Photo © Bukowskis
Works of ArtMay 23, 2024

Sweden's 51 Most Influential Art Professionals

Auction view of Sotheby's Contemporary Evening Auction on 13 May. Photo © Sotheby's
Works of ArtMay 20, 2024

New York’s Spring Auctions Find Stability with Strategic Sales

Sotheby's auctioneer Oliver Barker takes bids for Andy Warhol's "The Shadow" during Sotheby's auction of Emily Fisher Landau collection, including Picasso's "Femme à la montre" in New York City on November 8, 2023. Pablo Picasso's 'Femme a la montre' from 1932 is expected to fetch at least 120 million USD. Other works up for sale include pieces by Jasper Johns, Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko and Andy Warhol. The sale consists of around 120 pieces from Landau's prestigious collection which is overall expected to realise well over 400 million USD. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images) (detail)
Works of ArtMay 13, 2024

Art Market Trivia: 6 Highlights from the UBS and Art Basel Report

Background: Heinz Mack (*1931 Lollar, Hesse), Red Painting, 2005 (detail). Foreground: Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), Seated Front View (study for "Judith II"), circa 1908 (detail). Photos © Dorotheum (collage)Sponsored
Works of ArtMay 9, 2024

From Klimt to Haring: Contemporary Week in Vienna

Painter and printmaker Frank Stella with his work in his New York studio in 1987. Photo by Jack Mitchell/Getty Images (detail)
Works of ArtMay 6, 2024

Farewell to Frank Stella: America's Minimalist Pioneer

Jeffrey Gibson, 2019. Image © John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (detail)
Works of ArtMarch 22, 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 ArtJuly 12, 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 ArtJune 23, 2023

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

On 26 April Bukowskis will hold the auctions 'Important Art & Design' and 'Important Timepieces' in Stockholm. Photo © Bukowskis Sponsored
Works of ArtApril 17, 2023

Must-Have Collector's Items this Spring

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