Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer is now the most expensive work of modern art ever sold at auction. How did Sotheby’s pull off ...

The work shot far beyond Kahlo's previous record, evincing a wider interest in women tied to the Surrealist movement.

A total of $304.6 million of art traded hands at Sotheby's new headquarters at the Breuer Building in New York on Thursday.

On Thursday night, Christie's finished off a week of evening sales with a mostly energetic three-part auction of modern art ...

At $236.4 million, a portrait by Gustav Klimt is the second most expensive painting sold at auction, while Maurizio ...

The auction house’s debut at the Breuer was defined by Gustav Klimt’s late portrait soaring to $236.4 million, anchoring the ...

According to Hyperallergic, the bidding led by auctioneer Phyllis Kao started at $10 million—roughly the value of the gold ...

Visitors thankfully weren’t permitted to actually use the toilet while it was on display, though users have been invited to ...

The final evening auction of New York’s marquee autumn sales featured a bevvy of bidding on Surrealist works and a $62.7m Van Gogh ...

The sale of “Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer” topped a previous record for 20th-century art set by an Andy Warhol portrait of ...

A collector in the room at Sotheby’s New York headquarters for the sale tells us they spotted producer Murphy placing the ...

Landmark event, held in collaboration with the Abu Dhabi Investment Office, marks the first time Sotheby’s has staged its ...