Helena Newman, Global Co-Head of Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Art Department, said: “We are delighted to launch the first London sale season of 2016 with auctions of Impressionist, Modern and ...

To have your portrait painted is to become immortalized. Think of the farm couple in The American Gothic, or Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. It’s a symbolic practice that has spanned centuries, yet its purpose ...

May 18 (UPI) --An abstract painting of a nude woman by Pablo Picasso has sold for $67.5 million, leading Sotheby's auction of Modern art that netted $408.5 million total. With Tuesday night's sale, ...

Thought of the day: Pablo Picasso’s words challenge readers to reconsider how they perceive themselves and others. Perhaps the greater insight is that every face contains multiple truths, and every ...

Jean-Michel Basquiat is one of the most popular and well-known fine artists in the world today, and his artwork auction results solidify that claim: in 2022 alone, his work fetched just over $222M USD ...

WHY YOU KNOW HIM: A portrait of Richmond in 2011 would have to be an abstract one, thanks to Picasso. The intriguing, perplexing and often stunning paintings and sculptures by the renowned Spanish ...