In Brief
"Christine," a portrait of an American hairstylist named Christine Elizabeth Davis, was painted in 1971 by Ben Enwonwu, one of Africa's most influential 20th-century artists.
In Brief
French-Israeli billionaire Patrick Drahi will soon own one of the world's largest auction houses after it spent 31 years on the stock exchange.
Art
In 1967, Geraldine Norman was tasked with leading an editorial collaboration between the London Times and Sotheby’s. The project galvanized the conceptualization of art as an investment asset.
Art
A recently discovered work by a long-overlooked Baroque painter didn't attract the interest that Christie’s prestigious Old Masters auction seemed to expect.
Opinion
Banksy II: Electric Boogaloo: "In rehearsals it worked every time."
Opinion
The auction house's upcoming October sale seems to have taken an aesthetic hint from President Donald Trump's interior decorator.
In Brief
The buyer, an anonymous European woman, will continue with the $1.3 million purchase after Banksy's highly publicized stunt, calling it her "own piece of art history.”
Opinion
Skeptics have offered their own theories about the controversy, some denying it was even shredded at all.
News
A canvas that sold for over a million dollars was shredded by its frame but no one is sure if it was destroyed or simply transformed.
In Brief
The rare 1896 graphic work advertised the world's first public screening of a film by the Lumière brothers.
Art
Former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham's London shop is hosting an art display of paintings from Sotheby's Old Master sale.
Opinion
Sales of the most prized works from the museum's collection netted over $40 million, but more will hit the auction block if the institution pursues its goal of making $55 million.