Most Expensive Art
Art & Design
Warhol self-portrait sells for 32.5 million dollars
A late self-portrait by "pope of pop" Andy Warhol sold for a record 32.5 million dollars at Sotheby's in New York on Wednesday.
The stark 1986 image of Warhol's famous face and unkempt hair was...
Auctions
Picasso piece sets record for art sold at auction
A 1932 Pablo Picasso painting of his mistress has sold for $106.5 million, a world record price for any work of art at auction.
"Nude, Green Leaves and Bust," which had a pre-sale estimate of...
Art & Design
Giacometti Sculpture Fetches Record $104M
Alberto Giacometti's "L'Homme Qui Marche" set a record for the most expensive piece of art ever sold by auction when it was sold on February 3.
The Swiss artist's characteristic sculpture of an elongated figure...
Art & Design
World’s Most Expensive Female Artist
South African born artist Marlene Dumas set a new record this month for the most expensive living female artist, when her painting The Visitor, fetched £3.1 million ($6.2million) at a Sotheby's auction.
Dumas's painting was...
Art & Design
Lucian Freud’s Most Expensive Painting by a Living Artist
A classic Lucian Freud portrait of a rather plump lady, is predicted to break the world auction record for most expensive painting by a living artist.
The elegantly constructed masterpiece is titled “Benefits Supervisor Sleepingâ€...
