Salvator Mundi, the long-lost Leonardo da Vinci painting of Jesus Christ, has set a new record selling at Christie’s in New York for $450.3m, shattering the world record for any work of art sold at auction. Here are the other nine most expensive works to go under the hammer
Sotheby's May contemporary art sale set 14 artist records, including a massive new high for Kerry James Marshall.
Did Roman Abramovich Buy The Raphael Drawing For £29.7 Million?
Il 2 aprile 2017 Sotheby's, a Hong Kong, batterà all'asta un noto ritratto di Mao realizzato dal Andy Warhol nel 1973. E le quotazioni continuano a crescere.
Valuable paintings have recently been declared fakes, spreading fear through the world art market. But if they are fakes, I may be on the side of the forgers
After Delahaye merged with Delage in 1935, both Louis Delage and his own technical office remained largely autonomous. Using the Delahaye bank of parts, they modified and precisely prepared the forthcoming new model, the D6-70. Louis Delage used the Delahaye 135 engine and modified it by decreasing it to 2,729 cubic centimeters. In doing so, the engine gained a shorter stroke, which, combined with a modified head, gave the new Delage’s engine a lot more vivacity, in comparison to its sister Delahaye 135.
James Tissot’s paintings of high society made him wildly popular, but a forthcoming exhibition in San Francisco proposes a more complex view of the artist, finds Alexander Morrison
This large case-on-case shelving unit is adapted from similar pieces I’ve seen in private libraries and in stately homes. I also dug up a few pictures from the Sotheby’s and Christie’s auction sites…
We've got your walls covered, from antique maps to contemporary artists and galleries, all of which can be purchased from the comfort of home.
When it comes to motorcycles on the silver screen, there are very few bikes more famous than the Tron Light Cycle. It first made
