As the auction commenced on the evening of November 11, 2009, the elbows of Tobias Meyer, the auctioneer and Worldwide Head of Contemporary Art at Sotheby’s, ascended to a position in line with his ...

Can you think of a work of art that truly thrilled you? Maybe you can—and if you can, maybe it even literally made you shiver, or sent a chill up your spine. This is the phenomena that is called ...

This film looks at how stolen art disappears in a complicated practise designed to obscure facts and create wealth for the art market. How the true owners of these artworks, the descendants of ...

The realm of art is so vast that it’s impossible to know everything about it. There is always another artist, another obscure work, another point of biography or history or some other tidbit waiting ...

Following the incredible success of the YouTube channel Great Art Explained in 15 minutes, arts writer James Payne has launched a brilliant new series offering a fresh look at world literature. copies ...

In 1982 at the age of just 22 years old, Jean-Michel Basquiat would produce this painting. A powerful and dazzling image that mixes text, colour, symbolism and mark-making in a raw and uncensored ...