107-yr-old painting by Gustav Klimt could fetch $53 mn at auctionThe unfinished portrait of a dark-haired woman was likely last seen at a Viennese exhibition in 1925. It reemerged this year when auction h...
25 Apr, 2024, 11.51 PM IST
Russian billionaire sues Sotheby's, claims art auction giant made him lose a fortuneShudofsky said the fertilizer magnate, a savvy businessman who has run highly successful businesses, had "good reason to be angry with hims...
09 Jan, 2024, 11.45 PM IST
Austrian artist Gustav Klimt's painting fetches $108mn at London auctionThis makes the painting the most expensive artwork ever auctioned in Europe.
01 Jul, 2023, 03.43 PM IST
Gustav Klimt's last portrait - 'Lady with a Fan' - may fetch $80 mn at London auctionSotheby'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...
14 Jun, 2023, 06.47 PM IST
Vienna museum tilts Gustav Klimt's well-known Attersee lake painting to illustrate climate change threatThe initiative comes after climate activists attacked a Klimt piece at the museum.
23 Mar, 2023, 07.30 AM IST
Gustav Klimt's rare painting 'Water Serpents II' gets an exhibition in Austria after 60 years'Water Serpents II' depicts nymphs grappling with a red serpent,
06 Feb, 2023, 06.14 PM IST
Climate activists vandalise glass safeguarding Gustav Klimt's painting in ViennaActivists glued their hands to a glass screen protecting a Gustav Klimt’s painting. They were protesting against oil drilling on a day when...
15 Nov, 2022, 09.17 PM IST
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's art collection breaks record, fetches $1 billion at auctionAllen's collection at Christie's NY is the biggest sale in auction history.
10 Nov, 2022, 09.07 AM IST
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's art collection goes up for sale; Gustav Klimt, Seurat works among 150 piecesWhat united Allen's eclectic trove, those who know him say, was his passion for each artwork.
23 Oct, 2022, 09.54 AM IST
Louvre gets its first-ever woman boss in Laurence des Cars, more than 2 centuries after openingDes Cars, who comes from a family of writers and journalists, will in September succeed Jean-Luc Martinez, the current Louvre chief.
26 May, 2021, 05.40 PM IST
Tintin’s adventures with testosterone: Does an artist have to imagine a fictitious character’s sex life?Hergé slapped a lawsuit on Marabout for is risqué artworks featuring the ever-young reporter.
20 Mar, 2021, 08.50 AM IST
Sandro Botticelli's 14th-century 'masterpiece' may fetch more than $80 mn at New York auctionThis painting is considered as one of Botticelli's finest portraits.
28 Jan, 2021, 05.29 PM IST
How auction houses and art galleries are trying to beat the Covid blues with a digital pushArt has always grappled with disease and death and pandemic. How contemporary artists portray Covid-19 has yet to be seen, but there is a s...
05 Sep, 2020, 11.00 PM IST
Have a chic vacation in mind? Head to Milan in Italy or Seoul in South Korea for a fashionable experienceGo ahead and spot ways of vanity right on the streets and here’s your cue to up your travel fashion quotient.
24 Aug, 2017, 10.32 AM 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
- Few takers for Picasso in New York art sales
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...
21 Nov, 2006, 03.07 AM IST
- German arts dealer plans to launch funds for paintings
Fancy investing in a painting by US artist Andy Warhol instead of bonds or shares?
26 Sep, 2006, 01.19 AM IST