An extremely rare painting by Albrecht Altdorfer ( Regensburg, 1480–1538) is about to come up for sale. This is an exceptional event, as there are very few known paintings by this German artist, who is considered one of the first in…
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Three early paintings by Paul Cézanne ( Aix-en-Provence, 1839–1906), painted between 1862 and 1864 to decorate the family home, the Jas de Bouffan, in Aix-en-Provence, have been withdrawn from tonight’s auction at…
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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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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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Two paintings by Claude Monet that have been hidden from public view for decades, a collection of works by some of the leading figures in modern art, and a story of women in art collecting. On October 22, 2026, during Art Basel Paris…
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A new world record for neoclassical sculpture was set in London. Last night at Sotheby’s, the monumental *Laocoon Hamilton*, a life-size bronze by Auguste-Jean-Marie Carbonneaux (Paris, 1790–1843), was sold for 13.6 million pounds…
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A painting by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (Leiden, 1606 – Amsterdam, 1669) that has remained in the shadows for nearly four centuries is about to make its triumphant debut on the international art market. On July 1, Sotheby’s will…
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Two masterpieces by Claude Monet, created almost 40 years apart, will be among the highlights of theevening auction of modern and contemporary art organized by Sotheby's in London on June 24. The two works symbolically represent the…
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