Tag: Auction

  • Mexico Demands a Halt to an Auction of Mexican Artifacts in Colorado

    The Mexican Ministry of Culture has demanded the suspension of an auction in Colorado, reports the Latin American news channel TeleSUR. Organized by Artemis Fine Arts in Louisville, Colorado, and scheduled for today, the sale, titled “Fine/Visual Art, Ancient, Ethnographic Art,” includes 80 artifacts of Mexican origin. The works were flagged by Mexico’s federal agency, read more

    Mexico Demands a Halt to an Auction of Mexican Artifacts in Colorado
  • Heir of Margarethe Lieser Sues for Restitution of Gustav Klimt Portrait That Fetched $37.5 M. at Auction in Austria Before the Sale Fell Through

    A woman claiming to be the sole heir to the Austrian subject of a long-lost Gustav Klimt painting has sued for restitution of the portrait, which came to auction at the small Austrian auction house Im Kinsky in 2024. The painting sold on a single bid for $37.5 million, setting a record for any artwork read more

    Heir of Margarethe Lieser Sues for Restitution of Gustav Klimt Portrait That Fetched .5 M. at Auction in Austria Before the Sale Fell Through
  • The Most Expensive Jean-Michel Basquiat Works Ever Sold at Auction

    The years 1981 to 1984 were a brief period of intense artistic output that cemented Jean-Michel Basquiat’s place within the canon of art history. Initially working under the moniker SAMO, Basquiat, a friend of artist Keith Haring and actress Patti Astor, became an integral member of the social circle around the Mudd Club, the night read more

    The Most Expensive Jean-Michel Basquiat Works Ever Sold at Auction
  • Loïc Gouzer’s Auction Platform Fair Warning to Sell Major Banksy at Tiffany’s Flagship Store

    Loïc Gouzer doesn’t think the art world understands Banksy. In fact, he thinks it’s scared of him. On May 20, Gouzer’s auction platform Fair Warning will sellGirl and Balloon on Found Landscape, a painting from Banksy’s“Crude Oils”series, in an invitation-only live auction staged inside Tiffany & Co.’s Fifth Avenue flagship. The work, which modifies a read more

    Loïc Gouzer’s Auction Platform Fair Warning to Sell Major Banksy at Tiffany’s Flagship Store
  • Legal Dispute Threatens Auction of Titanic Artifacts, Vaillancourt Fountain Catches Fire During Demolition, and More: Morning Links for May 7, 2026

    The Headlines I’ll NEVER LET GO?Jack, from the 1997 filmTitanic,famously heard those words from his beloved Rose before he sank into the icy ocean. But now, the company that owns salvage rights to theTitanicshipwreck wants to let go of—or, rather, auction—nearly 100 artifacts recovered in 1987. The sale has now sparked new legal controversy, reports read more

    Legal Dispute Threatens Auction of Titanic Artifacts, Vaillancourt Fountain Catches Fire During Demolition, and More: Morning Links for May 7, 2026
  • Auction of Diane Keaton’s Collection Includes Art, Fashion, and Personal Treasures from Decades on Film

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  • Sotheby’s Tries Again to Sell $40 M. Picasso Painting That Didn’t Make It to Auction in 2008

    A $40 million Pablo Picasso painting from the artist’s Cubist period will hit the block at Sotheby’s this May during the marquee New York auctions. Part of a cache of works from the collection of late Surrealist artist Enrico Donati and his wife Adele, who died last year, Arlequin (Buste), from 1909, is likely to read more

    Sotheby’s Tries Again to Sell  M. Picasso Painting That Didn’t Make It to Auction in 2008
  • Artist Ali Cherri Files Complaint After Israeli Army Kills His Parents, Indian Painting Sets Auction Record: Morning Links for April 2, 2026

    To receiveMorning Linksin your inbox every weekday,signupfor ourBreakfast with ARTnewsnewsletter. The Headlines BEARING WITNESS. Today, the acclaimed French-Lebanese artist Ali Cherri, together with the International Federation for Human Rights, filed a complaint with the French War Crimes Unit against “unknown perpetrators,” and denouncing the Israeli army’s bombing of civilian homes in Lebanon, according to a read more

    Artist Ali Cherri Files Complaint After Israeli Army Kills His Parents, Indian Painting Sets Auction Record: Morning Links for April 2, 2026
  • $45 M. Basquiat Painting, ‘A Storied Masterpiece,’ Heads to Auction at Sotheby’s

    A painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat will head to auction at Sotheby’s this May with an estimate “in excess of $45 million,” the house announced on Monday, poising it to become one of the most expensive works by the artist ever to hit the block. The painting, titled Museum Security (Broadway Meltdown) and dated to 1983, read more

     M. Basquiat Painting, ‘A Storied Masterpiece,’ Heads to Auction at Sotheby’s
  • Art by Famed Prisoner Charles Bronson Will Head to Auction

    Five hundred artworks by Charles Bronson, one of England’s most infamous outsider artists, are set to be auctioned by UK auction house David Duggleby Auctioneers in Murton, according to the BBC. The works, which belong to a single owner, will be offered as one lot on March 11. Now 73, Bronson was born Michael Peterson read more

    Art by Famed Prisoner Charles Bronson Will Head to Auction
  • Sotheby’s to Auction $130 M. Robert Mnuchin Collection Led by $70–100 M. Rothko Painting

    Sotheby’s is preparing to bring works from the collection of the late dealer and financierRobert Mnuchinto auction this May in New York, adding a fresh trove of blue-chip material to a season the house hopes will build on its blockbuster November and a strong start to the spring sales. The consignment is made up of read more

    Sotheby’s to Auction 0 M. Robert Mnuchin Collection Led by –100 M. Rothko Painting
  • Salvador Dalí’s Largest Ever Painting Heads to Auction

    This month, Salvador Dalí’s largest ever painting, a monumental stage set measuring 65 by 100 feet, will head to auction in Paris. The work, which comes from a private collection, will lead Bonhams’s fourth annual sale dedicated to Surrealism on Thursday, March 26 and is estimated to bring $236,000–$350,000. Dalí conceived the 13-panel set for read more

    Salvador Dalí’s Largest Ever Painting Heads to Auction
  • Artists Rally for Jamaica and L.A. With a Hollywood Auction During Art Week

    The art world loves a party. This time it’s putting that energy to work. On February 26, during L.A. Art Week, CORE (Community Organized Relief Effort) and TBA21 Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary will launch“Get Up Stand Up: Artists for Jamaica and Los Angeles,” a benefit auction aimed at long-term recovery efforts after Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica read more

    Artists Rally for Jamaica and L.A. With a Hollywood Auction During Art Week
  • Sotheby’s to Auction Jean and Terry de Gunzburg Collection, Led by Claude Lalanne Mirrors and $15 M. Rothko

    Sotheby’s is about to turn a pair of very polished lives into a two-part auction season. In April and May, the house will present roughly 135 works from the collection of Jean and Terry de Gunzburg, carrying a combined estimate of $67 million to $99 million. The first chapter arrives on April 22 with a read more

    Sotheby’s to Auction Jean and Terry de Gunzburg Collection, Led by Claude Lalanne Mirrors and  M. Rothko
  • What Would Happen to Auction Houses If Luxury Sales Outstrip Art Sales?

    Editor’s Note:This story originally appeared inOn Balance,the ARTnewsnewsletter about the art market and beyond.Sign up hereto receive it every Wednesday. This story is also part of a new series on the convergence of art andluxury. See all ofour reporting on the topic here. Since I started reporting on the convergence of the art and luxury read more

    What Would Happen to Auction Houses If Luxury Sales Outstrip Art Sales?
  • Four Major Works by Bacon, Freud, and Kossoff from Lewis Collection to Hit Auction Block at Sotheby’s London in March

    Sotheby’s will offer four major works from the Lewis Collection next month, spearheaded by a 1972 self-portrait by Francis Bacon, in what the auction house described as a markedly stronger market than a year ago. The group, which includes two portraits by Lucian Freud and a rare swimming pool scene by Leon Kossoff, will be read more

    Four Major Works by Bacon, Freud, and Kossoff from Lewis Collection to Hit Auction Block at Sotheby’s London in March
  • Gagosian Plans Lichtenstein ‘Brushstroke’ Show, Following Last Year’s $150 M. Auction Run and Ahead of Whitney Retrospective

    This spring, Gagosian will open its 14th exhibition dedicated to Roy Lichtenstein. Titled “Painting with Scattered Brushstrokes,” the exhibition draws exclusively from the Lichtenstein family collection and will feature paintings, sculpture, watercolors, and works on paper from the 1970s and ’80s. Opening March 19 at the gallery’s 541 West 24th Street space, the show lands read more

    Gagosian Plans Lichtenstein ‘Brushstroke’ Show, Following Last Year’s 0 M. Auction Run and Ahead of Whitney Retrospective
  • Empress Eugénie’s Crown to be Restored After Louvre Heist, Rembrandt Drawing Breaks Auction Record: Morning Links for February 5, 2026

    To receiveMorning Linksin your inbox every weekday,signupfor ourBreakfast with ARTnewsnewsletter. THE HEADLINES FALLEN CROWN. For the first time since the brazen theft of French crown jewels, the Louvre has publicly shared images of Empress Eugénie’s crown, which was badly crushed by thieves who tried but failed to make off with it. Investigators determined that the read more

    Empress Eugénie’s Crown to be Restored After Louvre Heist, Rembrandt Drawing Breaks Auction Record: Morning Links for February 5, 2026
  • Bottle of Dom Perignon from King Charles III and Princess Diana’s Wedding Comes to Auction

    A once-in-a-lifetime bottle of champagne from the 1981 marriage of King Charles III (at the time the Prince of Wales) to Lady Diana Spencer will hit the auction block at Bruun Rasmussen on December 11. The pair wed on July 29, 1981, in a ceremony at St Paul’s Cathedral in London, which was followed by read more

    Bottle of Dom Perignon from King Charles III and Princess Diana’s Wedding Comes to Auction