Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen conferred with Spain's top award in social sciencesIn his best-known work, 'Poverty and Famines. In an Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation (1981)', Sen demonstrated that hunger is not a con...
Samsung's founding family donating rare artworks including Picassos and Dalis to pay inheritance taxThe Lee family expects to pay more than $10.8 bn in taxes related to inheritance.
Artworks by Picasso, Miro and Banksy are up for auction in LondonPicasso's painting has a price estimate of 9 million pounds - 15 million pounds.
Rembrandt's 1632 self-portrait fetches $18.7 mn at Sotheby's online auctionThe artist's last self-portrait was sold for nearly $9 mn in 2003 at an auction.
This hippo-shaped bathtub minted $4.3 mn at Christie's, earned 2,500% profit for its ownerChristie’s Monday evening sale of Impressionist and modern art totaled $191.9 million.
Contemporary artist Nalini Malani becomes first Indian to win $78K Joan Miro PrizeMalani's work gave a voice to 'the silenced and dispossessed all over the world, most particularly women'.
Bend it in Barca: From football to beaches to good food, the Catalan capital is the epitome of Mediterranean cultureBarcelona is like an onion; each layer a different universe. To football fanatics, Spain’s second largest city is home to the hallowed Camp...
Sotheby's spring Evening Sale of Impressionist & Modern Art to be held in New YorkA significant selection of highlights from the sale are currently on view in Sotheby's London galleries until 15 April, before returning to...
Christie's to go going with sale titled 'Miro - Seven Decades of His Art'Christie's is going with a sale titled, Miro - Seven Decades of His Art, an outstanding collection of 85 works showcasing seven decades of ...
- Joan Miro sets record price of £23,561,250 at Sotheby's London auction
The hammer fell after a tense stand-off among four bidders, with offers jumping in large increments before the work was finally won by a te...
- Surreal ending: El Bulli's euthanisation may signal next haute thing in cuisine
It is rare that the closing of a restaurant inspires more nostalgic obituaries than the passing of a Bollywood playback singer.
- Bewitched by Barcelona
I can't forget Barcelona, that Mediterranean jewel of the Iberian peninsula located on the northeastern tip of Spain, close to the French b...