A sign is pictured outside Christie’s auction house in Geneva, Switzerland, December 15, 2016. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse As auction powerhouses Christie’s and Sotheby’s gear up for their New York spring sales, hopes are high that a host of major works the likes ... More »
Spanish police arrested three people on Tuesday in connection with the theft of five paintings by the Irish-born artist Francis Bacon that were worth 25 million euros ($26.88 million), the Interior Ministry said. More »
LONDON Works by Francis Bacon and Andy Warhol will form part of what auctioneers Sotheby’s said on Tuesday is poised to be the most valuable sale of contemporary art in London, with a pre-sale estimate of up to 204.6 million pounds ($328.9 million). The July 1... More »
NEW YORK A Picasso oil painting from 1955 smashed the record for the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction when it soared to $179.4 million at Christie’s on Monday. The auction house had estimated “Les femmes d’Alger (Version ‘O’)” would sell for about $... More »
