Article date: Friday, October 17, 2025
Bacon, Basquiat and Warhol shine at Sotheby’s London

The works reached record numbers in the auction of modern and contemporary art, with results that exceeded the estimates.

Article date: Friday, October 17, 2025
The Gene Hackman Collection offered at Bonhams New York this November

Bonhams presents The Gene Hackman Collection: A Life in Art, a deeply personal survey of Modern and American art assembled by the legendary actor, to be offered in a dedicated Single-Owner sale on November 19 in New York.

Article date: Friday, October 17, 2025
What the Spirit of Creative Defiance may Look Like in Contemporary Art

In the ever-evolving landscape of contemporary and modern art, we come across certain works that stand as more then aesthetic objects. The four works we are discussing can be a great addition to your collection.

Article date: Friday, October 17, 2025
UK's National Trust to take over Industrial Revolution Museums

UK Government announces £9 million grant, enabling National Trust to secure future of museums within UNESCO World Heritage Site that attract 330,000 visitors annually. 

Article date: Thursday, October 16, 2025
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Article date: Thursday, October 16, 2025
Christie's London Evening Sale achieves €122,750,359

€16.429.303 for Peter Doig’s Ski Jacket led the auction, which realised a sell-through rate of 92 per cent by lot and 90 per cent by value. Strong results for works by Lucian Freud, Gerhard Richter and Paul Cezanne, as well as four new artist records

Article date: Thursday, October 16, 2025
Tate acquires New Works at Frieze London and Frieze Masters

Since Frieze London first launched in 2003, Tate has acquired over 170 works by more than 100 artists at the fair.

Article date: Thursday, October 16, 2025
Moscow Exhibition accuses Poland of ‘Ten Centuries of Russophobia’

An outdoor exhibition in central Moscow portrays Poland as historically hostile to Russia, alleging “ten centuries of Polish Russophobia” and promoting wartime narratives challenged by Warsaw and independent media. 

Article date: Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Qatar revealed as Owner of famed Courbet Self-Portrait

Qatar has revealed that it owns Gustave Courbet’s famed self-portrait The Desperate Man and will loan the painting to Paris’s Musée d’Orsay for five years.

Article date: Wednesday, October 15, 2025
The British Museum launched a Campaign to save the 'Tudor Heart', a  Gold Pendant linked to Henry VIII

Discovered in 2019 by a metal detectorist, the Museum has the opportunity to purchase the Heart to stop it entering a private collection.

Article date: Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Between Blue and Gold: Jehan Legac on Beauty, Spirit and the Silent Power of Art

Jehan Legac explores the woman as a vessel of presence, sensuality, and mystery. His work navigates the tension between intimacy and strength, delicacy and power, tradition and experimentation.

Article date: Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Taylor Swift Video sparks Visitor Boom at German Museum

A pop song, a Shakespearean heroine and an Art Nouveau painting: Taylor Swift's music video for her number-one hit "The Fate of Ophelia" has caused a rush of visitors to the Hessian State Museum in Wiesbaden.