At first glance, the revelation that Timur Mindich, a close associate and former business partner of Volodymyr Zelensky, has ...

A portrait by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt became the most expensive work of modern art ever sold at auction, fetching $236 million at Sotheby's on November 18. The painting, made at some point ...

A court is to close for about six months so it can undergo "vital improvement works", including a roof replacement. HM Courts ...

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 ...

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

It’s also a joke at the people who unironically would spend that kind of money on a golden toilet. The art market is a speculation-driven hellscape that is a Ponzi scheme in all but name. It’s a way ...

New York Mets owner Steve Cohen is not afraid to spend money, like he did when he paid Juan Soto or as he has acquired his ...

Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! has said it is “flush with excitement” after buying a solid gold toilet for 12.1 million US ...

Ripley's Believe It or Not bought Maurizio Cattelan’s solid gold toilet “America” for $12.1M, the only surviving edition ...

A gold toilet that fetched $12.1m (£9.3m) at auction was bought by Ripley's Believe It or Not!, after its first casting was ...