Jean-Michel Basquiat's market has exploded over the past decade, and he was briefly the most expensive American artist of all ...

Imagine finding a super-valuable painting in your attic or at a flea market. While the most expensive paintings ever sold tend to be famous pieces everyone watches, some of them were rediscovered ...

Helen Frankenthaler has a few global shows this next year. To prepare, let's look at the five most expensive work's she sold ...

An art handler views Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer by Gustav Klimt during a press preview at Sotheby’s in New York City on Nov. 7. (Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images) A painting by Gustav Klimt just became ...

A portrait by the Austrian artist Gustav Klimt was sold for $236.4m (£179m) in New York on Tuesday, making it the second most expensive piece ever sold at auction. Six people took part in a 20-minute ...

The third-most-expensive auction item, “No. 31 Yellow Stripe,” painted by Mark Rothko, was sold at Christie’s. The ...

A Gustav Klimt portrait painting has sold for a record $236 million at a Sotheby’s auction. That sale set a record for a modern art piece, and is the second most expensive painting sold in history.

Serious art collection is not for the faint of heart — or the faint of wallet. It can be an expensive game, especially if you’re interested in the masters. But if you’re a passionate art aficionado ...

(CNN) — What does a notorious gold toilet and a nearly destroyed Klimt painting have in common? They christened Sotheby’s first sale out of its new US headquarters in New York on Tuesday evening in a ...

From the Mona Lisa to the American Gothic, these famous paintings don’t just grace museum walls; they offer a glimpse into the past and define entire generations. Although most of these masterpieces ...