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

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

A Klimt once stolen by Nazis has become the most valuable work of modern art ever sold at auction in a $236.4-million sale in ...

Either way, it was big week at Sotheby’s at the auction house’s new Breuer Building location. The inaugural evening of Breuer ...

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

"Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer," which played a role in protecting the life of its Jewish subject during the Holocaust, sold ...

A Klimt portrait with a turbulent history sold for $236.4m in New York, becoming the second-most expensive artwork ever sold ...

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

Sotheby's sold an astonishing $706 million worth of art in New York on Tuesday night. Katya Kazakina crunched the numbers.

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

A Gustav Klimt portrait painting that helped save the life of its Jewish subject during the Holocaust sold Tuesday for $236.4 ...