HISTORICAL FACTS: 7 - The Untold Story

Dame Barbara Hepworth sculpture worth £3.5 million at risk of leaving UK

The wooden painted sculpture, made in the 1940s, has been exhibited at the Tate galleries.

Evening Standard · Nov 27, 2024

Magritte painting sets surreal auction record selling for nearly €15m

A painting by Rene Magritte shattered an auction record for the surrealist artist on Tuesday, selling for more than $121 million (€114 million) at Christie's in New York.

Radio France Internationale · Nov 20, 2024

“These guitars were his great love. They need to be shared, played and loved again.” Jeff Beck's guitar collection to be auctioned next year

Christie's will be accepting bids for 90 guitars owned and played by late guitar legend Jeff Beck, plus his amps and ‘tools of the trade’

Louder · Nov 18, 2024

Aga Khan Emerald Fetches Record $9 Mn In Geneva Auction

A rare square 37-carat emerald owned by the Aga Khan fetched nearly nine million dollars at auction in Geneva on Tuesday, making it the world's most expensive green stone.

International Business Times · Nov 13, 2024

Going, going... how London's auction houses are taking a hammering

Post-Brexit regulations, the rise of Paris and global issues from wars to the US election have all taken their toll

Evening Standard · Oct 25, 2024

Can AI create art? A Sotheby's auction tests the question

The auction house will sell a painting created by a humanoid robot.

Fortune · Oct 24, 2024

Inside Frieze 2024 with Benedict Cumberbatch and Emma Raducanu: the style rules of the super-rich art set

Birkin bags! Cartier bangles! It must be Frieze

Evening Standard · Oct 10, 2024

Lucian Freud 'Masterpiece' Fetches GBP13.9 Million At London Sale

A nude by Lucian Freud that took 16 months to paint sold for GBP13.9 million ($18.2 million) at a London auction on Wednesday, the first time the work, hailed as a "masterpiece," has come to market.

International Business Times · Oct 10, 2024

Princess Eugenie’s sons don’t suffer her childhood terror of sea

Opening up about her family life, Princess Eugenie has said her two sons don’t suffer her childhood terror of the ocean.

BANG Premier · Oct 7, 2024

‘Amazing’ trial shows drug combination stops lung cancer advancing for longer

Exclusive: Global trial finds treatment with amivantamab and lazertinib halts progression for average of 23.7 months

The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2024