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

A Gustav Klimt masterpiece has become the most expensive piece of modern art to be sold at an auction after a whopping $236.4 ...

The top lot of the week was a Klimt portrait from the collection of Leonard Lauder at Sotheby's. It set a new auction record ...

The only higher public sale remains Salvator Mundi by Leonardo da Vinci, which sold in 2017 for $450.3m (£342.66m) at ...

The piece was owned by beauty tycoon Leonard Lauder who died in June and was son and heir to Estee Lauder.

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

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

A remarkable Gustav Klimt painting that was once owned by beauty tycoon Leonard Lauder will be auctioned off on November 18 ...

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

Sold by Sotheby’s for a staggering $236.4 million, ‘Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer’ survived Nazi looting and became the key ...