A monumental painting by Claude Monet fetched 50 million euros, setting the record for the highest price ever paid at auction for a work of art in France. The painting is *Iris* ( 1924–1925), a masterpiece from the artist’s late…
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A monumental Roman-era torso, depicting an emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, was sold by Sotheby’s in New York for $34.3 million (€30.57 million), a figure that set a new world record for a Roman antiquity. The sculpture, dating…
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A wooden bridge spans a body of water, connecting the banks of an imaginary landscape dominated by a ruined Renaissance arch and a pavilion. Not far away, a circular tower can be seen, while a boat carries a man wrapped in a cloak and a…
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People under 30 —or, to use a term that’s currently in vogue, Gen Z—are the generation that spent the most on art in the first half of 2026. Not only that: among collectors under 30 surveyed by Art Basel and UBS, one in eight spent…
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On November 18, 2026, in New York,Sotheby’s will present the Blaquier-Arrieta Collection, a collection of works that traces some of the key milestones in the emergenceof modern art,from Impressionism in the 1870s to the innovations…
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Anyone who happened to be on Madison Avenue in New York in early February of this year certainly couldn’t have failed to notice the gleaming Breuer Building, which had just been restored and recently reopened to house the new global…
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Christie’s is bringing Antonio Homem Sonnabend’s collection to the market—a vast collection of postwar and contemporary art, photography, multiples, prints, and design—which will be offered in a series of auctions held in…
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In Judgment No. 27479 of July 21, 2026, the Third Criminal Section of the Court of Cassation ruled on the delicate distinction between a private collector’s mere enjoyment of artistic heritage and the conduct of a commercial…
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