A portrait by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt became the most expensive work of modern art ever sold at auction, fetching $236 ...

Ben Luke speaks to The Art Newspaper’s senior art market editor in the Americas, Carlie Porterfield, about this week’s ...

Vivian Warby A Gustav Klimt portrait made history this week when it sold for an astonishing $236.4 million (around R4 billion) at an auction in New York, becoming the most expensive modern artwork ...

A self-portrait by legendary Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold for $54.66 million in New York on Thursday, setting a new record ...

The painting of Kahlo asleep in bed surpassed the record held by Georgia O’Keeffe’s Jimson Weed/White Flower No 1 which sold ...

A mysterious Gustav Klimt painting has just made history by being the second-most expensive artwork ever at auction, and the ...

Later in the evening, an 18-karat-gold toilet by Maurizio Cattelan — the provocative Italian artist known for taping a banana ...

Frida Kahlo's self-portrait went on the auction block at Sotheby's with an estimated price ranging from $40 million to $60 million.

The Klimt results, part of a trove of works from the recently deceased cosmetics heir Leonard Lauder, garnered multiple round ...

What the heart-pumping evening, which saw many pieces attract multiple bidders and sell above their presale estimates, means ...