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It’s a small painting on masonite board fewer than three feet by two feet but a Jackson Pollock from 1949 packs a market wallop. Christie’s announced Number 31 will be sold in May with a whisper number of $45 million. The work has been included in several prominent Pollock shows, most notably the retrospectives held at

A cityscape by Wayne Thiebaud that was commissioned for the bio-medical research organization the Gladstone Institute’s building in San Francisco will be sold at Christie’s on May 12th to fund dedicated programs in scientific training and mentoring. The triptych, City Views is estimated at $10 million, is one of the la

Claude Monet’s most prized works in the market these days are the ones that come from a series that depicts a landmark or view with different effects from the changing light and weather. Grainstacks, Venetian views, Britain’s House of Parliament, or poplar trees lining a road.

Christie's has announced the sale of a 1928 cast of Auguste Rodin’s “The Thinker” which is the centerpiece of a sale of works from a Parisian apartment designed by Alberto Pinto.

On May 9th, 36 works will be sold including Warhol's $200 million Marilyn, a $15 Flowers painting, a $15m Ryman and a rare auction appearance by a Francesco Clemente work

You don’t get a “new” Michelangelo every day in the art market. So it is astonishing news to hear Christie’s announce the sale of a previously unknown drawing by Michelangelo, A nude young man (after Masaccio) surrounded by two figures, executed early in his career.

Amid a 1977 de Kooning boomlet, the auction house offers a sought-after work with a $20m whisper number

This morning Christie’s announced that it will be holding a single-owner sale of 12 works from the estate of Anne H. Bass. The works were featured in her Manhattan apartment, including a pair of Mark Rothko paintings that were displayed as “sentinels” in her living room.

Anthea Peers moves from private sales to Head of EMEA at Christie’s; Dirk Boll takes strategic role.

Thomas and Doris Amman's Shot Sage Blue Marilyn offered to fund foundation. The Warhol market has been quiet at the very top for several years with the most significant works selling privately but few high-value Warhol paintings coming to auction.

Five years ago, a lost bust by Antonio Canova was rediscovered. The work had been made when the noted Old Master sculptor visited Caroline Bonaparte and her husband Joachim Murat. The portrait bust of Murat had been held in the aristocrat's family for generations.

Demand for Drexler, Bontecou, Schnable, Ismail, Omofemi and Hughes drive the mid-season market. Christie’s mid-season Post-War and Contemporary art sale in New York totaled $26,117,178, which reflects a strong hammer ration of nearly 1.4 with a sell-through rate of 82% on the 184 lots offered.