Matinée sur la Seine, temps net, (1897). Courtesy Christie’s One of Claude Monet’s iconic depictions of France’s Seine River is hitting the auction block next month. The 1897 Matinée sur …
The collection will be sold during Asia Week New York. Courtesy Bonhams The Metropolitan Museum of Art is deaccessioning works from its 35,000-piece collection of Asian art and sending them …
René Magritte, L’ami intime, (1958). Courtesy Christie’s This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Surrealist Manifesto, a 1924 text penned by writer André Breton that characterized the revolutionary cultural …
The revised fees take effect in May. Courtesy Sotheby’s Sotheby’s is overhauling its fee structure in what constitutes the first major revision to its terms since 1979. “It’s the most …
The royal painting will be sold in March. Courtesy Bruun Rasmussen Queen Margrethe II isn’t just Denmark’s longest-reigning monarch. The queen, who recently abdicated the throne to her son Frederik …
The simple paper napkin measures 16.5 x 16.5 cm. Courtesy Bonhams In December of 2000, history was made at a tennis club cafeteria when a group of soccer executives signed …
Monumental gilt-bronze figures of Panjarnata Mahakala and Kapaladhara Hevajra. Courtesy Sotheby’s Two of the largest bronze figures created during the early Ming dynasty will soon be offered up by Sotheby’s …
The simple drawing will be sold alongside a letter written by one of Michelangelo’s descendants. Courtesy Christie’s In 1986, a drawing attributed to an associate of Michelangelo was offered up …
Giovanni Bandini, ‘Mars and Vulcan’, bronzed terracotta, 30 in. (76.2 cm.) high. Christie’s Images Limited “Art is in my blood,” Argentine collector Claudia Quentin told Christie’s, which in just a …
David Hockney, California, (1965). Courtesy Christie’s When English painter David Hockney first flew into Los Angeles in the early 1960s, he was struck by the aerial view of bright blue …