Gustav Klimt's rare portrait of Elisabeth Lederer fetched a record $236.4 million at auction. This sale marks a historic moment for the art...

The unfinished portrait of a dark-haired woman was likely last seen at a Viennese exhibition in 1925. It reemerged this year when auction h...

This makes the painting the most expensive artwork ever auctioned in Europe.

Sotheby's expects Gustav Klimt's last portrait, "Dame mit Facher" ("Lady with a Fan"), to set a European record when it is auctioned in Lon...

The initiative comes after climate activists attacked a Klimt piece at the museum.

'Water Serpents II' depicts nymphs grappling with a red serpent,

Activists glued their hands to a glass screen protecting a Gustav Klimt’s painting. They were protesting against oil drilling on a day when...

Allen's collection at Christie's NY is the biggest sale in auction history.

What united Allen's eclectic trove, those who know him say, was his passion for each artwork.

Des Cars, who comes from a family of writers and journalists, will in September succeed Jean-Luc Martinez, the current Louvre chief.

Hergé slapped a lawsuit on Marabout for is risqué artworks featuring the ever-young reporter.

Go ahead and spot ways of vanity right on the streets and here’s your cue to up your travel fashion quotient.

History was made in the global art world at Sotheby’s London auction on February 3, 2010.

Sotheby’s fastest-growing market last year was the US, where pricey Picassos and Cezannes helped swell auction totals by more than 50%.

Pablo Picasso, the auction world’s top-priced artist, was a loser in this season’s New York sales as buyers opted for Gustav Klimt, who was...

Fancy investing in a painting by US artist Andy Warhol instead of bonds or shares?

Dawnay Day, $3-bn financial services company plans to make a total investment of $1.2bn to set up a chain of 30 four-star hotels in India.