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Picasso, Monet, and Matisse Lead the Way to $646M Haul at Christie's Rockefeller Evening Sale

The blockbuster auction set new records for works by Matisse and Monet and notched Picasso's second-highest auction sum ever, $115 million for a Rose period painting.

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Christie's Employee and Former CIA Officer Is Accused of Betraying Informants in China [UPDATED]

Jerry Chun Shing Lee, who was arrested as he arrived at New York's JFK airport on January 15, had been working as the head of security at Christie's Hong Kong auction house.

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University Museum Plans to Sell Works by Ingres, Degas, and More at Christie’s

La Salle University in Philadelphia has deaccessioned works from its Art Museum collection in hopes of raising $5 million at auction.

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From Benefit to Blockbuster, a Kerry James Marshall Painting's Dramatic Flip

A Kerry James Marshall work originally donated to a museum's benefit auction sold at Christie's for a record-setting price.

Art

The Russian Billionaire Behind Christie’s Controversial $450M Leonardo

The painting's seller is part of the clique of billionaire oligarchs exerting an outsize influence in global affairs — and art.

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A Rare Deposition from the Salem Witch Trials Goes to Auction

Christie's is auctioning a rare 1692 deposition from the Salem witch trials that helped sentence an elderly widow to death.

News

From Dürer to Ensor, a Collection of Prints Gives Us Grim Reminders of Death

The 54 lots in this Christie's online auction span from the 15th to the 20th century and demonstrate an array of European attitudes towards death.

Art

Lessons from the Unfolding Old Masters Forgery Scandal

The authenticity of recently "discovered" works purported to be by Frans Hals, Lucas Cranach the Elder, and Orazio Gentileschi has been called into question, and they might only be the tip of the iceberg.

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Vietnam Museum Admits Exhibition Was Full of Forged Paintings

The Ho Chi Minh City Museum of Fine Arts has apologized for hosting an exhibition in which 17 paintings purportedly by four of Vietnam's most influential 20th-century painters proved inauthentic.

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Joan Miró Works Auctioned by His Grandson to Benefit Refugees

Today, 28 works by the Spanish surrealist Joan Miró were auctioned in London to benefit refugees fleeing conflict in the Middle East.

Art

Panama Papers Shed Light on the Shadowy Art Market

The leaked files pertaining to the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca have helped shed light on dealers and collectors' pervasive use of shell companies to buy, sell, and hold art.