Auctioneer Oliver Barker has overseen viral moments and milestone art sales, including record-setting Gustav Klimt and Frida ...
Gustav Klimt painted the Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer between 1914 and 1916 for some of his biggest patrons, August and ...
The exhibitions, performances, readings, and more are just a sliver of the more than 500 events in the nationwide Fall of Freedom series.
The surrealistic self-portrait was made in 1940, a turbulent year in the Mexican artist’s life as her health and marriage ...
The painting of Kahlo asleep in a bed — titled “El sueño (La cama)” or "The Dream (The Bed)” — sold for $54.7 million.
The Huntington acquires the Civil War-era Winslow Homer masterwork, "The Sutler's Tent"; Robert Therrien at the Broad; and ...
The Klimt results, part of a trove of works from the recently deceased cosmetics heir Leonard Lauder, garnered multiple round ...
A self-portrait by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo has become the most valuable work by a female artist sold at auction.
Kahlo’s haunting 1940 self-portrait, “El sueño (La cama),” had previously sold at Sotheby’s 45 years ago for $51,000.
What the heart-pumping evening, which saw many pieces attract multiple bidders and sell above their presale estimates, means ...
Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer is now the most expensive work of modern art ever sold at auction. How did Sotheby’s pull off ...
"Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer," which played a role in protecting the life of its Jewish subject during the Holocaust, sold ...