Fine art to topple fine wine in 2017 luxury investment league
Rich investors burned in the financial crisis are back in the market for modern masterpieces, according to Knight Frank luxury investment index
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Artistic license? Experts doubt Leonardo da Vinci painted $450m Salvator Mundi
It broke the record for the most expensive painting ever sold, but the image of Jesus has come under fire with many doubting its authenticity
A Qatari sheikh, Picasso’s censored breasts and the west’s confusion over Islam
The media were horrified that Picasso’s nudes might be locked away by a conservative Middle Eastern collector – but the unfounded story only serves to highlight our hypocrisy
Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow – the most expensive contemporary artwork
World’s most expensive contemporary artwork Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow 1961 oil painting was sold for $86,882,500, setting a world auction record for any Contemporary work of art and a world auction record for the artist, at New York, Rockefeller Plaza on 8 May 2012 in the Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale. “Orange, Red, … Read more