Art Auction

A painting by Frida Kahlo titled "El sueño (La cama)" or (The Dream (The Bed), is displayed at Sotheby's auction rooms in London, Sept. 19, 2025.
North America

Frida Kahlo painting could sell for up to $60 million, breaking records for most expensive work by any female or Latin American artist

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November 10, 2025
Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun buys $6 million banana—and plans to eat it unless Elon Musk wants to send it to space
Tech

Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun buys $6 million banana—and plans to eat it unless Elon Musk wants to send it to space

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November 21, 2024
Rene Magritte painting ‘Empire of Light’ nets auction record of $121 million at Christie’s in New York
Lifestyle

Rene Magritte painting ‘Empire of Light’ nets auction record of $121 million at Christie’s in New York

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November 20, 2024
Painting "AI God" which depicts Alan Turing.
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‘Can AI be an artist?’ A Sotheby’s auction tests the answer, while human artists protest AI training

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October 24, 2024
"Portrait of a girl" by Rembrandt
Success

A Rembrandt painting discovered in an attic in Maine just sold for $1.4 million

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September 4, 2024
Thieves stole Banksy street art in London. Where can they sell it?
Lifestyle

Thieves stole Banksy street art in London. Where can they sell it?

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August 14, 2024
Russian billionaire who sued Sotheby’s for helping dupe him out of over $160m for da Vinci’s ‘Lost Leonardo’ and other paintings loses art fraud case
Finance

Russian billionaire who sued Sotheby’s for helping dupe him out of over $160m for da Vinci’s ‘Lost Leonardo’ and other paintings loses art fraud case

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January 31, 2024
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Success

‘8 years ago, nobody was looking at watches on Instagram’: Sotheby’s sees generational shift in luxury sales up 40% since the pandemic

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January 29, 2024
New Hampshire woman learns on Facebook that her $4 thrift store purchase was a rare painting worth as much as $250,000
Finance

New Hampshire woman learns on Facebook that her $4 thrift store purchase was a rare painting worth as much as $250,000

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September 1, 2023
An auctioneer sells Georges Seurat’s Les Poseuses, Ensemble (Petite version) in front of a crowd full of bidders.
Lifestyle

Microsoft cofounder’s artwork collection including Monet and Seurat masterpieces raises a record $1.5 billion at auction—with the proceeds going to charity

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November 10, 2022
Dates of Wrath painting
NFTs and Culture

This week in the metaverse: Gender equality in NFT art, SEC targets Bored Apes, and Meta’s new VR headset

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October 14, 2022
Garry Trudeau
Tech

Garry Trudeau sells ‘Doonesbury’ strips as NFTs

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July 14, 2022
Andy Warhol crowned most expensive American artist as Monroe print sells for $195 million
Lifestyle

Andy Warhol crowned most expensive American artist as Monroe print sells for $195 million

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May 10, 2022
The NFT artist FEWOCiOUS at work
Tech

NFT artist FEWOCiOUS sold nearly $20 million of his digital work in 24 hours

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April 7, 2022
Lamborghini Huracan before it was destroyed
Tech

An artist blew up a Lamborghini to protest ‘greed’ in crypto culture. The charred remains are now being sold as NFTs

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February 22, 2022

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