Jean-Michel Basquiat breaks US art record with £85m sale
Painting by Basquiat, who died aged 27, is most expensive at auction of any US artist, also breaking record for a black artist
Pablo Picasso
Christie’s opens its new Los Angeles flagship in Beverly Hills with stellar exhibition
This is Christie’s moment to shine in LA. Christie’s, the world’s leading art business, announces a major exhibition to celebrate the opening of its new Los Angeles flagship in Beverly Hills. The goal is to welcome in both new and established collectors to acquaint themselves with all that Christie’s has to offer the LA community … Read more
Sotheby’s Introduced Virtual Reality to the Art World
Art as it’s never been seen before. Sotheby’s launched its unique art-viewing experience using Virtual Reality. The original paintings presented in the “Highest Value Impressionist, Modern & Surrealist Art Sale Series” were transformed into a lived experience through Occulus Rift headsets. Highlights of the artwork sale included Gustav Klimt’s luminous Bauerngarten and four outstanding works by Pablo … Read more
Tate Modern to host ‘once in a lifetime’ Picasso exhibition
Landmark show will focus on ‘year of wonders’ 1932, at height of painter’s affair with young lover Marie-Thérèse Walter
Revealed: the unseen flip-sides of the world’s most famous paintings
From the Mona Lisa to Van Gogh’s Starry Night, Brazilian artist Vik Muniz has exposed – literally – the nuts and bolts of centuries-old masterpieces
Dalí in a diving helmet: how the Spaniard almost suffocated bringing surrealism to Britain
Eighty years ago, as Dylan Thomas served boiled string, Salvador Dalí put on a diving suit, grabbed a billiard cue – and changed British art for ever. Can new exhibition Surreal Encounters recapture that spirit?