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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.
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Met Museum Hires Sotheby’s Staffer to Lead Provenance Research
After a string of high-profile seizures and controversies, the museum has tapped Lucian Simmons for the new role.
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Agnes Martin Gold-Leaf Painting Fetches $19M, Setting Record
Sotheby’s sale of Emily Fisher Landau’s collection also achieved the second-highest prize for a Picasso, but there weren’t too many surprises.
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Previously Misattributed Rembrandt Painting Could Sell for $18M
"The Adoration of the Kings" (c. 1628) was once thought to have been made by a student of the Rembrandt School rather than the artist himself.
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Sotheby’s Buys Whitney’s Breuer Building for Reported $100M
The auction house will relocate its galleries and sales room to the Marcel Breuer-designed Brutalist building in 2025.
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Portrait of Marie Antoinette's Dog Skyrockets at Auction
Jacques Barthélémy Delamarre’s 18th-century canine portrait, said to depict the French queen’s beloved “Pompon,” sold for a whopping $280K.
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Rare Klimt Landscape Heads to Auction in New York
The artist’s plein-air painting of Austria's Lake Attersee could fetch up to $45M.
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Burn Down the Patriarchy With this Eggplant Emoji Candle
The artwork by Pussy Riot creator Nadya Tolokonnikova is one of several in an auction benefiting reproductive health organizations.
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Princess Diana’s Silk Velvet Gown Could Be Yours
Photographed for her iconic 1997 Vanity Fair spread, the dress is now up for auction at Sotheby’s.
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Finally, a Dinosaur That Can Fit in Your Home
Sotheby’s will be auctioning an almost complete Tyrannosaurus Rex skull that it boasts is just the right size for collectors.
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Rubens Painting, Lost for Centuries, Heads to the Auction Block
The work, whose whereabouts were unknown until a French family discovered it in their collection, could sell for up to $35 million.
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Art Trove Worth $70M Will Be Sold to Support MoMA’s “Digital Initiatives”
But so far, the museum has remained vague on the subject of what, exactly, these "initiatives" will be.