Francis Bacon's portrait of the artist Lucian Freud may set a new record for the painters work, when it goes under the hammer at Christie's auctioneers, in New York, in November. It is expected to sell in the region of $85m (£53m). Painted in 1969 the three...
A second abstract painting by the German artist Gerhard Richter, owned by the ageing rock star Eric Clapton will go under the hammer at Christie's auctioneers this autumn. Last year, 'Abstraktes Bild (809-4)' was sold to an anonymous buyer for £21,321,250,...
A Kate Moss specialist art auction at Christie's from the Collection of Gert Elfering which attracted worldwide attention and admiration has brought in a total of £1,665,500/ $2,663,135/ € 1,973,618 selling 48 lots out of 58 offered.From the announcement of...
A brass necklace by the iconic 20th century sculptor Alexander Calder, bought at a flea market for $15 eight years ago by a self-proclaimed “flea market junkie” may fetch up to $300,000 when it goes under the hammer at Christies. It was discovered at...
Charles Saatchi is selling a bed complete with embroidered panels by Tracey Emin along with 50 other works of sculpture and installation art. The sale will take place in October, at Christie's, in an auction titled, 'Thinking Big'. Proceeds from the sale will...
The daughter of artist/musician Ian Dury has opened a retrospective of her father's art work, at the Royal College of Art, an institution that he graduated from over four decades ago. in order to mount the first ever retrospective of his work, crowd funding...
An art dealer who allegedly sold counterfeit paintings by 'Blue Chip' Abstract Expressionist artists to several top New York dealers has been indicted for fraud, money laundering and tax evasion. Glafira Rosales, 56, will be arraigned in Manhattan today on...
Jemima Dury, the daughter of the late, great musician/songwriter and visual artist, has spent the last two years putting together a collection of her Dad's art work in order to hold the first ever Ian Dury retrospective. When Dury formed his band Kilburn and the High...
Francois-Henri Pinault, the owner of Christie's has returned two Qianlong (18th-century) bronze sculptures looted 150 years ago from a fountain located in the Old Summer Palace, in China . They were held in the private collection of the fashion designer Yves...