Last week’s marquee auctions in New York—long viewed as a bellwether for the global art market—offered a revealing snapshot of current conditions. Despite the presence of more “masterpiece” lots ...

Marcel Duchamp once paid his dentist, the art collector Daniel Tzanck, with an forged check—now worth more than its face ...

Tikal developed from a small “watering hole” into one of the biggest and most powerful Maya cities of Mesoamerica.

Bid on major works by Warhol, Carr, Ferron, and more at Cowley Abbott’s Spring Auction 2025 in Toronto on May 28.

Basquiat, Lichtenstein, and Arte Povera stars fueled Sotheby’s $186.1 million contemporary art sales across three auctions.

Researchers speculate the ancient Greek Dragon Houses may have been used as temples, astronomical observatories, or storage ...

Art and memorabilia from the collection of TV icon Mary Tyler Moore are hitting the auction block at Doyle in June.

The authorship of the Napalm Girl photo is in doubt after World Press Photo could not disprove claims Nguyen Thành Nghe took ...

Speculation had been swirling around Miss January (1997) by the 71-year-old South African painter Marlene Dumas in the weeks ...

How did Christie's do at its 21st-century evening sale in New York, where a Marlene Dumas set a new (nominal) record? Read on ...

With each new discovery and study, archeologists a better understanding of how Egypt's Great Pyramids were originally made.

Thomas J Price's 12-foot sculpture of a Black woman in Times Square is inspiring online debates about race and representation ...