Quote of the Day by Wassily Kandinsky: ‘The artist is not born to a life of pleasure; he has a hard work to perform, and one which often…’Renowned artist Wassily Kandinsky believed true art stems from inner conflict and commitment, not ease. He saw artists as burdened workers,...
23 Feb, 2026, 12.58 PM IST
Don't fall for the not-so-fine art of fakingArt forgery remains a significant issue, with nearly half of the global art market affected. Proving an artwork's provenance is crucial, pa...
18 Jan, 2025, 10.59 PM IST
Van Gogh's early masterpiece may steal the show at Dutch art fairAlso known as 'Head of an Old Peasant Woman with a White Cap', Van Gogh's early work, painted around 1884 has been put up for sale by M.S. ...
07 Mar, 2024, 11.50 PM IST
German commission urges government to return 1907 painting to Jewish ownersThe large tempera painting shows a group of colourfully clad people on a lawn, some eating or playing music, while others seem to be dancin...
14 Jun, 2023, 04.07 PM IST
Kandinsky painting stolen by Nazis, fetches a whopping $44.9 mn at London auctionDated 1910, the painting is a brightly coloured landscape of a Bavarian village.
10 Mar, 2023, 05.35 PM IST
Wassily Kandinsky's masterpiece 'Murnau Mit Kirche II' fetches $45 mn at London auctionThe painting was recovered by the descendants of its owner, a German-Jew killed by the Nazis.
02 Mar, 2023, 06.27 PM IST
Wassily Kandinsky's 'Murnau Mit Kirche II' to be auctioned in London alongside Munch and Kupka'Murnau Mit Kirche II' was only identified a decade ago in a museum in Eindhoven, where it had been since 1951.
27 Feb, 2023, 07.03 PM IST
German auction house delays sale of Kandinsky painting after Poland claims artwork was stolen in 1984The painting created in 1928 was said to have been stolen in 1984.
03 Dec, 2022, 10.49 PM IST
Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky's painting sold to Amsterdam museum during WWII returned to Jewish heirsThe artwork was claimed by the descendants of Jewish art collector and modern art aficionado Emmanuel Lewenstein.
01 Mar, 2022, 05.22 PM IST
2017's expensive works of art: Leonardo da Vinci's $450 mn 'Salvator Mundi', Basquiat's $110.5 mn pieceThe precious artworks that have created a stir this year.
01 Dec, 2017, 02.00 PM IST
- Sotheby's New York will present the selling exhibition Rudolf Bauer: Tomorrow Today
The retrospective coincides with the 75th anniversary of Art of Tomorrow, the landmark opening exhibition at Solomon Guggenheim's Museum of...
18 Aug, 2014, 05.19 PM IST
- Sotheby's 2014 Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale mesmerising
Sotheby's first Impressionist & Modern Art auction of 2014, in February, achieved the highest sale total for any sale series in any categor...
19 Jun, 2014, 05.01 PM IST
Christie's to present A Dialogue Through Art: Works from The Jan Krugier CollectionChristie's will present A Dialogue Through Art: Works from The Jan Krugier Collection, a two-part auction, composed of works from the deale...
12 Sep, 2013, 06.55 PM IST
- Rare masterpieces lead Evening Sale of Impressionist & Modern Art at Christie's
A diverse audience of clients from around the world participated in the sale, which achieved sell-through rates of 70% by lot and 80% by va...
08 Nov, 2012, 07.45 PM IST