Sotheby’s Sued Over Modigliani Painting It Once Attributed And Sold
Behind the polished glass and discreet lighting, a significant legal dispute involving a Modigliani has emerged….
23 November 2025
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Sotheby’s Breuer Debut: $236.3m Klimt Record With Sale Totalling $706m
Sotheby’s eased into its new headquarters with its first evening sales at the former Whitney Museum, designed by Marcel Breuer…. Read More
19 November 2025
You Gotta Roll With It: Elizabeth Peyton’s Gallagher Portrait Squeaks By At Sotheby’s
Elizabeth Peyton’s Liam + Noel (Gallagher), one of her most significant portraits of the Oasis brothers, squeaked by at Sotheby’s recent June sale….
25 June 2025
Jenny Saville’s Charcoal Drawing Mirror Achieves £2.1 Million at Sotheby’s
A monumental charcoal drawing by Jenny Saville, Mirror (2011-12), has sold for £2,114,000, far exceeding its pre-sale estimate of £800,000–1,200,000…. Read More
25 June 2025
Tamara de Lempicka Nude Goes Under The Hammer At Sotheby’s
Update: The painting by Tamara de Lempicka, depicting her lover Rafaëla in the nude. La Belle Rafaëla (1927) sold after… Read More
17 June 2025
Giacometti’s $70m Bust Fails to Sell in Sotheby’s Uneven Modern Art Sale
On Tuesday, Sotheby’s New York Modern evening sale brought in 152m (152 million (186.4 million with fees), falling short of… Read More
14 May 2025
Banksy Homage To Jack Vettriano Sells For £4.3m At Sotheby’s
On Tuesday, a Banksy painting from the artist’s Crude Oil series sold for £4.3 million ($5.5 million) at Sotheby’s Modern and Contemporary… Read More
6 March 2025
Sotheby’s Out Performs Christie’s Despite A Turbulent Year
Sotheby’s released its 2024 earnings last week, revealing a year marked by resilience and challenges. CEO Charles Stewart announced consolidated… Read More
30 January 2025
World’s Oldest Ten Commandments Tablet Sells for $5.04m at Sotheby’s
The world’s oldest stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments has changed hands in a dramatic sale at Sotheby’s…
21 December 2024
Bananas? Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Comedian Fetches $6.2M at Sotheby’s
Comedian (2019)—Maurizio Cattelan’s infamous banana duct-taped to a wall—caper took the art world by storm, fetching $6.2 million
21 November 2024
$65.5m Monet Water lily Painting Leads Sotheby’s New York Autumn Sales
Sotheby’s November auctions in New York kicked off on November 18 with solid results across its Evening Sales. It amassed… Read More
20 November 2024
Best Of The Bloomsbury Group: Sotheby’s Unveils Radical Modernity Exhibition
Sotheby’s is hosting a selling exhibition focusing on the free-spirited Bloomsbury Group. Radical Modernity: From Bloomsbury to Charleston…
10 November 2024
Ai-Da Portrait of Alan Turing Sells At Sotheby’s for A Cool $1m
The ultra-realistic robot/doll artist Ai-Da has made history at Sotheby’s by selling an AI-generated portrait of Alan Turing…
10 November 2024
Keith Haring: Subway Drawings Head For Sotheby’s Auction Block
In the early 1980s, Keith Haring took his practice underground into the New York City subway system, at a time when the city was alive… Read More
30 October 2024
Maurizio Cattelan: Duck Taped Banana To Be Auctioned At Sotheby’s
Rarely has an artwork processed the transformative power of aesthetics and shaped cultural narratives like Maurizio Cattelan’s ‘Comedian’. Consisting of… Read More
27 October 2024
Stormzy: Bulletproof Vest By Banksy Auctioned At Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s London, 30 September 2024: Banksy’s poignant and provocative Vest will debut during Frieze Week when offered in Sotheby’s Contemporary… Read More
30 September 2024
Sydell Miller Collection To Headline Sotheby’s NY November Marquee Sales
The extraordinary collection of Sydell Miller, known to reflect her philosophy of life, will headline Sotheby’s marquee sales this November… Read More
20 September 2024
Abrams Family Collection Goes Under The Hammer At Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s has announced a significant auction featuring works from the esteemed Abrams Family Collection, set to take place in September… Read More
30 August 2024
J.M.W. Turner Watercolour Of Lulworth Cove Sells For £384k At Sotheby’s
A rare and exquisite watercolour by J.M.W. Turner, “Lulworth Cove,” dating back to circa 1811-12, has resurfaced, causing considerable excitement…. Read More
3 July 2024
Original Harry Potter Cover Art Sells for $1.9m at Sotheby’s
The original watercolour illustration for the cover of the first Harry Potter book has fetched $1.9 million, shattering the previous record by nearly fourfold.
28 June 2024
Sotheby’s To Sack Dozens Of UK Employees Amid Global Restructuring
Sotheby’s, one of the world’s largest and most prestigious auction houses, is preparing to lay off dozens of employees in… Read More
29 May 2024
Leonora Carrington: Surrealist Masterpiece Shatters Auction Records at Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s New York, Leonora Carrington’s 1945 tempera painting, Les Distractions de Dagobert, sold for a record-breaking $28.5 million (including fees),… Read More
16 May 2024
Inflated? Lucio Fontana Yellow Concetto Spaziale’s $20m-$30m Estimate At Sotheby’s
Lucio Fontana’s Concetto spaziale, La fine di Dio (1964), goes under the hammer at Sotheby’s 15th May. The work has… Read More
8 April 2024
Dmitry Rybolovlev: Oligarch Loses $160 Million Sotheby’s Art Fraud Case
The Russian billionaire/art collector Dmitry Rybolovlev has lost his legal battle with Sotheby’s. A U.S. jury sided with the auction house…
31 January 2024
Sotheby’s Out Sells Christie’s Recording A Bumper £7.9B 2023
Sotheby’s auction house revealed its 2023 sales figures today, nearly matching its record-breaking $8 billion reported in 2022. Despite facing… Read More
29 January 2024
Rybolovlev vs. Sotheby’s: A High-Stakes Legal Drama
In the off-grid sanctuary of the art world, where masterpieces change hands for astronomical sums and money is no object, a legal saga is unfolding
5 January 2024
Christie’s And Sotheby’s Release 2023 Sales Reports
Global auction giants Christie’s and Sotheby’s reported a combined decrease of over 13%, with total sales reaching $14.2 billion in… Read More
4 January 2024
Rediscovered Rembrandt Fetches Nearly $14 Million at Sotheby’s Auction
In a dramatic turn of events, a Rembrandt painting titled “The Adoration of The Kings” (ca. 1628), once thought lost,… Read More
13 December 2023
Julie Mehretu Breaks Auction Record for African-Born Artist at Sotheby’s
Julie Mehretu, the Ethiopian-born-American artist, has secured her place in history by setting a new auction record for an African-born… Read More
25 November 2023
Christie’s And Sotheby’s: Roundup For NY’s Autumn Art Auctions
Sotheby’s New York witnessed a commendable result at their ‘Now’ sale on November 15. The lots amassed a substantial and… Read More
9 November 2023
Mixed Fortunes at Sotheby’s Frieze Week Auctions Reflect Market Volatility
London’s Frieze Week auctions at Sotheby’s presented a tale of contrasts, revealing the unpredictable nature of the current art market…. Read More
13 October 2023
Rediscovered Rembrandt: The Adoration Of The Kings To Be Offered At Sotheby’s
A small nocturne portraying a Biblical scene has emerged from the shadows of history to be attributed as an authentic masterpiece by the Dutch master, Rembrandt.
5 October 2023