Robert Manley News Today

Baritone Ziggy Harris, fresh from Europe and Canada, offers a one-off concert in Armidale showcasing his gratitude and talent.

A Picasso portrait that was estimated to sell for between $12 million to $18 million was pulled from the auction just ahead of the sale.

Jean-Michel Basquiat’s three paintings -- created in the transition from street artist to gallery success -- will be put up for auctions in May at Philips in Hong Kong and New York, and are worth as much as $87 million in total. The paintings have been unprecedentedly shown at auction events. Formerly collected by Francesco Pellizzi and the Pellizzi Family, the paintings will be shown at the auctioneer’s ...

Phillips will sell a trio of paintings by Jean-Michel Basquiat this May.

Phillips will sell three early Basquiat paintings this spring, including one at its New York marquee sale for $60 million.

The late artist painted the collector as Scheherazade, the death-defying heroine of 'One Thousand and One Nights.'

This week marks the 77th anniversary of the murder of Elizabeth Short and the resulting “Black Dahlia” case. Although the case remains open, the FBI reports it will likely never be solved given the amount of time that has passed. What happened to the Black Dahlia?

The past couple weeks sent clear signals about shifting tides between the blue-chip artists that dominate the market and heretofore overlooked ones.

The house’s two-part auction fell short of the low estimate but still became its second-best showing ever by dollar value

Hammer prices for works by artists such as Alexander Calder, Degas, Joan Mitchell, Gauguin and Picasso failed to reach low-estimates.