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Friends Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud on top of world art market
They made their lives in London and were friends for half a century: Francis Bacon, the carousing painter of a nightmare world, and Lucian Freud, a more reserved portraitist. More...

Important European Furniture, Ceramics, and Carpets at Christie's New York
Christie’s New York will present an exceptional sale of Important European Furniture, Ceramics, and Carpets on May 20, which will include approximately 390 lots from the 15th through the 19th centuries. More...

Annual Irish Sale at Christie's London Realised GBP 2,591,588
The annual Irish Sale at Christie’s Lonfon realised Ј2,591,588 and was 73% sold by value. More...

Freud's Heavyweight Nude Gets $35 Million Price: Martin Gayford
The art world may be about to welcome a new heavyweight champion. If the estimate is correct, "Benefits Supervisor Sleeping" by Lucian Freud is about to become the most expensive work by a living artist to change hands at auction. More...

Sotheby's Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art Sets Record for Fernand Leger
Sotheby's Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale set a world record for a work of art by Fernand Leger when his painting Etude Pour La Feme en Bleu sold for 39,241,000 USD. More...

Russia approves $177M to renovate Pushkin museum
The Russian government will allocate more than $177 million US to restore the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow's largest museum of European art. More...

La Batalla de Treviсo will be offered for sale at Sotheby's London in The Spanish Sale
From May 24 through 29, the most important painting to be offered at auction by Puerto Rico’s preeminent 19th-century painter, Francisco Oller y Cestero (1833-1917), will be on view at Sotheby’s New York... More...

Revealed: $72.8m Rockefeller Rothko has gone to Qatar
Qatar’s ruling Al-Thani family is the mystery buyer of Mark Rothko’s White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose), 1950, which sold at Sotheby’s New York on 15 May 2007 for $72.8m—setting a record for the highest price ever paid for a work of post-war art at auction. More...

Sotheby's Annual Sale of Indian Art in London Realises GBP 4.2 Million
Sotheby’s sale of Indian Art in London realised Ј4,289,775, a figure handsomely in excess of pre-sale expectations (estimate was Ј2.4-3.4 million). More...

Sotheby's to Offer Important Old Master Paintings from Rau Collection
Sotheby’s announced that its forthcoming sale of Old Master Paintings, to be held in London on Wednesday, July 9, 2008, will be highlighted by a select group of works from the collection of the late Dr Gustav Rau, the great 20th century philanthropist and collector. More...