□ Tuesday, 2 Feb 2010

Christie's London Sale Hits Target as Unseen Picasso Sells for $13 Million
LONDON (REUTERS) - Pablo Picasso once again proved his appeal to wealthy collectors when the artist's portrait of his second wife Jacqueline was the top lot at Christie's impressionist and modern art sale in London on Tuesday. More...

□ Monday, 1 Feb 2010

Chinese Loom as Art-Sale Players
Markets around the world are looking to China to buoy their financial prospects. So are art auction houses. More...

□ Saturday, 23 Jan 2010

Picasso and Renoir, Unseen for Over 40 Years, Go on Public Display at Christie's
From 20 January 2010, Christie’s will host a public exhibition showing masterpieces by Pablo Picasso, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Natalia Gonchorova that have been unseen in public for nearly 40 years... More...

□ Sunday, 17 Jan 2010

Photograph taken by Russian president raises $1.7 million at charity auction
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — President Dmitry Medvedev has outdone his powerful predecessor - as an artist. More...

□ Thursday, 14 Jan 2010

Poland's stolen Monet found, suspect arrested
WARSAW — Polish police said Wednesday they had recovered a painting by French Impressionist master Claude Monet stolen over nine years ago and had arrested the suspected thief. More...

Exceptional Works by Klimt, Giacometti, Cézanne, Matisse and Magritte at Sotheby's
Sotheby’s Evening Sale of Impressionist & Modern Art on Wednesday, February 3, 2010 will be the first ever London sale of its kind to include three works individually estimated to realise more than £10 million. More...

□ Saturday, 9 Jan 2010

Sotheby's to Offer a Monumental Sculpture by Alberto Giacometti, L'Homme qui Marche I
On Wednesday, February 3, 2010, Sotheby’s will offer for sale one of the most important sculptures by Alberto Giacometti ever to have come to the auction market: "L’Homme qui marche I", a life-size work that ranks among the most arresting and iconic of the artist’s bronzes. More...

□ Friday, 8 Jan 2010

Picasso, Rousseau paintings stolen in France
Around 30 paintings, including works by Picasso and Rousseau, valued at around a million euros (1.4 million dollars), have been stolen from a private villa in the south of France, police said Saturday. More...

Man arrested over missing Degas
Police have arrested a man over the theft of an artwork by the Impressionist artist Edgar Degas from a museum in Marseilles. More...

□ Friday, 1 Jan 2010

Edgar Degas Impressionist Painting "Les Choristes" Stolen from Marseille Museum
Police say a painting by Impressionist Edgar Degas worth euro800,000 ($1.15 million) has been stolen from an exhibit in Marseille. More...

□ Wednesday, 30 Dec 2009

Police Recover Picasso's 'Little Guitar' Toy Sculpture Made for Paloma Picasso
ROME (AP).- Police say they have recovered from a Roman businessman Picasso's "Little Guitar" toy sculpture made for the artist's daughter Paloma. More...

□ Sunday, 20 Dec 2009

Sotheby's, Christie's Sales of Contemporary Art Drop 75 Percent
Annual sales of contemporary art slumped 75 percent at the two largest auction houses' evening sales in 2009 after they abandoned price guarantees to sellers. More...

□ Monday, 14 Dec 2009

Van Dyck Portrait Sets Record to Boost $24.6 Million Auction
The last self-portrait by Anthony van Dyck doubled its estimate to set an artist auction record at Sotheby’s in London as buyers fought for the best work and rejected other paintings. More...

□ Sunday, 13 Dec 2009

Long-Missing Caravaggio Was Likely Burned
A lost painting by Caravaggio which art lovers have long hoped might still be found was burnt and destroyed by the Mafia, according to a former hitman turned pentito (informer). More...

Sotheby's Sale of Victorian and Edwardian Art Includes 100 Works by Leading Artists
Sotheby's sale of Victorian and Edwardian Art on Thursday, December 17, 2009 will bring together some 100 works by leading artists of the era and is expected to raise in excess of £4.2 million. More...