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.
24 Dec, 2023, 05.20 PM IST
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.
17 Nov, 2023, 04.30 PM IST
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,...
09 Nov, 2023, 06.50 PM IST
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...
14 Sep, 2023, 12.57 PM IST
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...
28 Jul, 2023, 09.18 AM IST
In conversation with British visual artist Sacha JafriJafri’s collectors include Bill Gates, the UAE royal family, the British royal family & more.
29 Oct, 2022, 09.55 AM IST
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.
18 May, 2022, 05.32 PM IST
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.
20 Apr, 2022, 05.08 PM IST
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.
13 Sep, 2021, 02.45 PM IST
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.
02 Jan, 2019, 09.58 AM IST
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.
01 Jan, 2019, 08.16 AM IST
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.
15 Mar, 2016, 08.11 AM IST
- 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.
08 May, 2013, 10.50 PM IST
- 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.
23 Apr, 2007, 12.52 AM IST
- 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.
30 Mar, 2007, 03.48 AM IST
- 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.
06 Mar, 2007, 05.08 AM IST
- '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...
02 Jan, 2007, 02.25 AM IST