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The legacy of a trader who turned art collectorAfter a long and successful innings on Wall Street, Robert E Mnuchin had a second career as a collector
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...
ET Explainer: How to buy genuine art and avoid fraudsFake art scams aren't new. Just earlier this year, a former Los Angeles auctioneer agreed to plead guilty to an art fraud scheme where he f...
Want to avoid frauds? A no-nonsense guide to ensuring the art you buy is the real dealArt forgeries and dubious provenances are a common scourge in the industry. Here are some factors to watch out for before making a purchase.
No furniture available, 'Twilight' actor Robert Pattinson reveals he slept on an inflatable boat for 6 months!The actor can now add furniture designer to his CV, as he recently designed his first sofa.
Picasso's iconic painting 'Woman with a Watch' fetches $139.3 mn at New York auctionOne of Pablo Picasso's masterpieces, 'Woman with a Watch', was sold at auction Wednesday night for $139.3 million by Sotheby's in New York,...
Pablo Picasso's 1932 masterpiece 'Femme a la montre' may fetch $120 mn at New York auction in NovemberThe November auction of a Pablo Picasso masterpiece, the late Spanish painter's "Femme a la montre" from 1932, is expected to fetch at leas...
Dog walker's miraculous discovery: A lost Chuck Close masterpiece and a priceless storyMark Herman, an upper Manhattan resident, found a painting he believed to be a lost work by Chuck Close, in a closet belonging to his forme...
In conversation with British visual artist Sacha JafriJafri’s collectors include Bill Gates, the UAE royal family, the British royal family & more.
In this NY power couple's divorce, art collection worth $922 mn is the ultimate winnerMacklowe and his ex-wife had been unable to agree on how much the collection was worth.
2022 Venice Biennale: There is more than meets the eye hereThe 59th International Art Exhibition will take place from 23 April to 27 November 2022.
The Macklowe art collection, worth over $600 mn, to go under the hammerThe trove was the subject of a bitter legal dispute following the high-profile divorce of Harry Macklowe and his ex-wife Linda.
Quiz time: 6 iconic paintings that fetched millions at art auctions in 2018A Modigliani painting sold for a record price at an auction in May 2018.
Harlequin Head, Landscape with Horses: Five notable art forgeries from around the worldIn June 2011, news of a massive art fraud by a German group of forgers came to light.
Here are nine things the ultra-rich are spending onIf we’re still tentatively recovering from a financial crash, the world’s wealthiest people didn’t get the memo.
- Sotheby's Paris to auction collection of Comtesse Viviane de Witt
Sotheby's Paris is coming up a sale of a selection of works from the Collection of Comtesse Viviane de Witt.
- Art porn for $12 mn: How Sotheby’s sets auction prices
Sotheby’s will offer a Gerhard Richter painting of naked prostitutes at more than twice the artist’s auction record next month in New York.
- Bacon’s painting may set record at NY sale
A work by Francis Bacon, a one-time interior designer from Dublin, could set a record at a Sotheby’s sale in New York on May 15.
- Art’s m-cap keeps soaring across the world
It’s not Indian art alone, the modern and contemporary art scene also appears to be booming worldwide.
- 'Mao' goes for the price of Madonna's estate
The year gone by was one when Hong Kong billionaire Joseph Lau bought Warhol’s ‘Mao’ for the price of Madonna’s Wiltshire estate, and a Qat...