This week’s London auctions will be closely scrutinized. First, to see whether the British capital can retain its status as the second largest art market center in the world in spite of the ...

Auction houses Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Bonhams have canceled sales of Russian art in London in June, part of the art market’s response to Western sanctions on Russia as punishment for its invasion ...

London’s Frieze week auctions at Sotheby’s, Christie’s, and Phillips this week are estimated to fetch £124.2 million to £177 million ($169 million to $240.6 million), a roughly 30 percent decrease ...

Christie’s London sale of 20th- and 21st-century art was 100% sold Thursday evening, signaling buyers remain ready and willing to pay up for top-notch contemporary art despite bleak economic ...

Items for sale include handwritten "Bohemian Rhapsody" lyrics and more. On stage with the rock band Queen, Freddie Mercury held the world in the palm of his hand. Now, a London exhibition shines a ...

Hundreds of items — from a signed script to a sports car — featured in the award-winning show went under the hammer in a two-day auction. Members of staff take ...

The biggest evening sales of modern and contemporary artwork in London this week delivered solid if unspectacular results with the exception of Sotheby’s sale of Gustav Klimt’s Dame mit Fächer (Lady ...

In the midst of London’s Frieze Week, 17 works from Hockney’s The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate series flew past estimates, ...

Major auction houses are investing in digital and shaking up their sales categories and timings, in part to draw a global audience. By Scott Reyburn What was an evening event is now an afternoon one.

The prices — $36.9 million for Monet paintings, and $52.8 million for a Francis Bacon — show that even as Britain’s share of the global art market has decreased, it’s an important player. By Scott ...