We reveal the inspiration behind Les Grandes Décorations, the most radical works of the great Impressionist’s career
The Peaceable Kingdom paintings by Edward Hicks are among the most widely celebrated icons of American folk art today — and this one has an intriguing detail
A guide to the rebellious co-founder of avant-garde artists’ group Les Nabis
Alastair Smart traces the extraordinary life and work of perhaps the finest printmaker in the history of art
An introduction to the Outsider artist taking the art world by storm
The story behind a double portrait from the Barney A. Ebsworth Collection that’s being offered in London in March
As marriage portraits by Frans Hals and Anthony van Dyck are offered in London, the recently wed Andrew Graham-Dixon selects favourite images of couples
Kept under wraps for almost a century, this superb collection came into the light with its sale at Christie’s in Paris on 30 October
The story behind Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures), which realised $90.3 million on 15 November to set a new world record for a living artist
Acquired directly from Brancusi, this unique portrait of Nancy Cunard comes to auction for the very first time on 15 May
The Pretenders star discusses her paintings, Van Gogh, rock star artists, the market and her new book Adding the Blue
The Art Deco jewellery designer was celebrated for her avant-garde brilliance, yet her success was tarnished by tragedy
Old Masters specialist Jonquil O’Reilly illuminates the story behind Anthony van Dyck’s sumptuous Portrait of Princess Mary, Daughter of King Charles I of England
Art critic Alastair Sooke and Christie’s specialist Sophia Zhou discuss the life and times of this giant of Chinese culture
Ahead of the sale of The Knight of the Lord's Passion, Alastair Smart profiles the Pre-Raphaelite artist described by Burne-Jones as ‘the best of us all’
Our dedicated online sale of prints by the Chinese-born French artist reveals how his styles and themes evolved across five decades
As works by Pieter Brueghel the Younger, Jan Breughel the Elder and Jan Breughel the Younger comes to auction, we unpick art history’s most tangled family tree
Expert insights on an artist who arrived in the second wave of Pre-Raphaelites, and who sought to re-enchant a wearied world
From industrial landscapes to desert vistas via Paris and abstraction, illustrated with works from The Barney A. Ebsworth Collection and our American Art sale
If the Grandes Décorations represent the peak of Monet’s career, Le bassin aux nymphéas is a vital stage in their evolution
An expert guide to the British artist best known for his depiction of horses, but also a skilled portraitist. Illustrated with works offered in November and December
Three object-filled boxes and one collage invite the viewer to step into the artist’s magical, slightly mysterious universe
A guide to the Chinese artist who was a peer of Wu Guanzhong and Zao Wou-Ki, and celebrated for his elegiac paintings that reconfigured Western abstraction
In the latter years of her life Georgia O’Keeffe and Barney A. Ebsworth became friends. Two O'Keeffe works from Ebsworth’s collection are offered in November
The story of a pivotal work from 1962 that links the artist and different members of the de Menil family. On 15 November it achieved $35,712,500 in New York
The pioneering sculptor’s biggest contribution to art was arguably the empty space. Illustrated with works offered in London and New York in November 2018
Study of Henrietta Moraes Laughing, Francis Bacon’s final named portrait of the muse he painted between 1959 and 1969, realises $21,687,500
Ocean Park #137 — a monumental late work from the series inspired by the light and landscape of southern California — realises $21,687,500 in New York
The competitive but loving bond between the two artists is explored in Alberto and Diego Giacometti: Masters of Design
A guide to arguably South America’s most famous artist, whose work addresses everything from domestic life to bullfighting