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Magritte Painting Becomes Most Expensive Surrealist Work Ever Sold
The Belgian artist's uncanny scene sold for a whopping $121.16 million at auction.
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Oldest Known Inscription of Ten Commandments Heads to Auction
The approximately 1,500-year-old tablet could fetch $2 million at Sotheby’s.
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Leonora Carrington’s Surrealist Cat Sculpture Could Fetch $7M
Who is this diva? Why, it's “La Grande Dame (The Cat Woman),” the star of Sotheby’s Modern Evening Sale in New York.
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Maurizio Cattelan Banana Artwork Could Fetch $1M at Auction
The infamous fruit taped to a wall divided viewers and critics when it debuted at Art Basel in Miami in 2019.
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Record-Breaking Sale of Dianne Feinstein Collection Fetches $1.85M
An auction of the late senator’s art and jewelry — including a drawing by Feinstein herself — achieved the most registrations for a US sale at Bonhams.
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Dürer Engraving Found by 11-Year-Old in Dumpster Sells for $44,000
Mat Winter scavenged for rarities in his early youth. It finally paid off.
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Rembrandt Painting Found in Attic Sells for Over $1M
It may be the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction in Maine.
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An Artwork Gifted to George Washington Could Fetch $800K This Fall
“The Destruction of the Bastille” (1789), an ink-washed relic of the French Revolution, is going under the hammer in Philadelphia.
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Flemish Renaissance Painting of Virgin and Child Kissing Heads to Auction
The restoration of Quinten Massys’s “Madonna of the Cherries” reveals exquisite details of an endearing (and maaaybe a little creepy) family moment.
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Leonora Carrington Masterpiece Sells for $28.5M, Shattering Records
The Surrealist work, acquired by Argentinian museum founder Eduardo F. Costantini, makes Carrington the most valuable UK-born woman artist on the public market.
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Sale of De la Cruz Collection Raises Concerns in Miami’s Art World
As major artworks head to auction, some question whether the city’s over-dependence on private collections is harmful to its arts ecosystem.
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Francis Bacon’s Portrait of a Tragic Lover Goes to Auction for the First Time
Thought to be among his strongest works, "Portrait of George Dyer Crouching" (1966) will leave private collection for the first time since its debut.