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In the world of fine art, auction houses are arenas where breathtaking masterpieces showcase artistic brilliance and shatter records, often leaving the...

Nearly a year after he was fired from Orlando Museum of Art, ex-director Aaron De Groft has broken his silence on the Basquiat scandal.

Christie’s wants the fashion designer to take top Basquiat honors this week, but Sotheby’s and collector Peter Brant are selling another work

New York City, May 15 (EFE).- A large triptych by late painter Jean-Michel Basquiat, titled “El Gran Espectaculo (The Nile),” sold at auction at Christie’s in New York on Monday for $67.1 million, far eclipsing its $45 million estimate. The conjoined painting, also known as “Untitled (The History of Black People),” is now on its …

While a handful of lots—including new records for Diane Arbus and Simone Leigh—created a buzz in saleroom, bids felt reined in amid economic uncertainty

Contemporary art brought in nearly $99 million. Low estimates for younger artists propelled prices, while Simone Leigh, a star of the Biennale, reached a benchmark $2.7 million.

A large triptych by late painter Jean-Michel Basquiat, titled El Gran Espectaculo (The Nile), has sold at auction...

Sotheby’s and Christie’s are both hoping to capitalise on the artist’s luxury status next week

New York, May 8 (EFE).- A painting by Basquiat on the history of black civilization, the world’s oldest complete Hebrew Bible and one of the huge spiders fashioned by sculptor Louise Bourgeois will all headline New York’s May auction season, which begins on Thursday. Representatives of Christie’s and Sotheby’s auction houses accompanied EFE on a …

The neo-expressionist artist’s works for a canceled Italian exhibition will be shown together at the Fondation Beyeler in Basel.