Auctioneer Oliver Barker has overseen viral moments and milestone art sales, including record-setting Gustav Klimt and Frida ...

Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer is now the most expensive work of modern art ever sold at auction. How did Sotheby’s pull off ...

The work shot far beyond Kahlo's previous record, evincing a wider interest in women tied to the Surrealist movement.

At $236.4 million, a portrait by Gustav Klimt is the second most expensive painting sold at auction, while Maurizio ...

Each part brought in about a third of the affair’s $304.6 million total. Eight-figure blockbusters in the first two acts, by ...

The surrealistic self-portrait was made in 1940, a turbulent year in the Mexican artist’s life as her health and marriage ...

A total of $304.6 million of art traded hands at Sotheby's new headquarters at the Breuer Building in New York on Thursday.

The auction house’s debut at the Breuer was defined by Gustav Klimt’s late portrait soaring to $236.4 million, anchoring the ...

According to Hyperallergic, the bidding led by auctioneer Phyllis Kao started at $10 million—roughly the value of the gold ...

Visitors thankfully weren’t permitted to actually use the toilet while it was on display, though users have been invited to ...

The auction house makes itself at home in the landmark Breuer building.

Sotheby’s auctioned Georgia O’Keeffe’s “Large Dark Red Leaves on White” for $7.8 million alongside other works. The ...