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The giant Basquiat self-portrait, unseen since 1999, will finally hit the auction block at Sotheby’s during the fall. The painting, titled ‘Self-Portrait as a Hell (Part Two)’ is an 8-feet-tall work created by Jean Basquiat in 1982. The…

A painting by Hungarian-Indian artist Amrita Sher-Gill was sold for $7.44 million in New Delhi – the highest for any Indian artist. The painting in question is The Story Teller, completed by Amrita Sher-Gill in 1937. The auction was held…

A red sweater worn by Princess Diana in 1981 has sold for $1.14 million at Sotheby’s, setting a new record for the late princess. The sweater was designed by British designers Sally Muir and Joanna Osborne, under their newly-formed label…

On Wednesday, an NFT collection by Vera Molnár sold out within an hour at Sotheby’s, generating 631 ETH (Ethereum coins) or $1.2 million. Vera Molnár is a Hungarian artist who is well known for pioneering digital art. Active since the…

Thanks to a painting by Gustav Klimt, two consecutive sales at Sotheby’s London fetched a total of  £199 million ($252.9 million). On Tuesday, Sotheby’s London organized two sales: “Now”, focusing on works and artists in the last few…

Louvre Museum invoked a rare legal provision to acquire a 17th-century terracotta sculpture, even after it was sold in an auction. The sculpture in question is a funerary monument created by artist François Anguier. It was commissioned…

A recently found painting by Flemish Master Peter Reubens is heading to Sotheby’s London, where it could fetch up to $7.7 million. The painting, titled ‘Saint Sebastian Tended By Two Angels’, last went on the auction block in 2008. It…

The bankruptcy NFT of Three Arrows Capital at Sotheby’s made $11 million in sales – a decent number in an otherwise dying market. Last year, Kyle Davies and Su Zhu – the two founders of Three Arrows Capital – filed for bankruptcy. 3AC…

Two consecutive contemporary sales on Thursday brought Sotheby’s an impressive $204.7 million in total revenues. Titled “Now”, the evening was dedicated to contemporary artists. The first event of the night was also the smaller one – a…

The Philips evening sale in New York, dedicated to modern artists, managed to only collect $69.5 million. The sale included all modern artists – from the 20th century till date. A total of 37 works went on the auction block, but only 33…