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12 days ago

This art is rubbish: why artists meticulously recreate our trash – so well they even confuse cleaners

Resin fruit peel, bronze bin bags and marble loo rolls are among the items of detritus being immortalised by artists – and fetching a high price

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14 days ago

Barbra Streisand reveals multimillion dollar mistake that saw her SELL iconic artwork she bought for paltry sum

A different painting by Klimt - the Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer  - was sold by Sotheby's this Tuesday for $236 million, becoming the second most expensive painting ever bought at auction.

15 days ago

Frida Kahlo self-portrait sells for $54.7m to set new auction record for a female artist

The 1940 painting of Kahlo asleep in bed has surpassed the record set by the $44.4m sale of Georgia O’Keeffe’s Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 in 2014

A 1940 self-portrait by famed Mexican artist Frid…

16 days ago

The Frida Kahlo scandal: Fridamania could reach new heights today – but where are her ‘missing’ masterpieces? ⊕⊕

An auction in New York today is almost certain to make the celebrated artist a record-breaker. But, overshadowing what could be a $60m sale, are questions about works that have allegedly disappeared

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17 days ago

Gustav Klimt portrait sells for $236.4m, making it the second most expensive artwork ever sold at auction

Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer, which was looted by the Nazis and nearly destroyed in a fire during the second world war, sells at Sotheby’s auction

A painting by Gustav Klimt has sold for a record-bre…

22 days ago

Rich New Yorkers consider fleeing to London to escape mayor Zohran Mamdani's wealth tax - despite fears over Rachel Reeves' budget plans

Becky Fatemi, an executive partner at Sotheby's International Realty in London, said she had seen enquiries for London properties rise by 28 per cent over the past month.

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