What does a notorious gold toilet and a nearly destroyed Gustav Klimt work have in common? They christened Sotheby’s first ...

A painting by Gustav Klimt just became the most expensive piece of modern art to be sold at auction.

At Sotheby’s first sale in its new headquarters, it became the priciest work of modern art ever sold at auction.

Gustav Klimt's “Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer,” which helped save the life of its Jewish subject during the Holocaust, was ...

Gustav Klimt's Bildnis Elisabeth Lederer painting sold for more than $236 million, becoming the second-most-expensive work of ...

While many argue that "modern art" began in the 1800s, could it actually have started with Joseph Wright of Derby's An ...

After a 20-minute bidding war, the 180-centimetre tall work by the Austrian master became the second most expensive painting ...

THE French nation has led the world in many movements tending to establish exalted ideals and to uplift mankind ; but at no time in its history have its aims and efforts been more noble or more ...

You have probably never heard of the young painter Eleanor Ray, but she is a virtuoso, no question about it. She also has a bad case of what I would call the teensies. Frankly, I worry that it may be ...

Having trained under the guidance of Shen Shijia, a legend in the field, Yu has dedicated his life to perfecting the art of Chinese landscape painting. Opinions expressed by Digital Journal ...