Fine Art

As with last year’s equivalent sales, the winter Old Masters auctions in New York looked a little thin.

Exhibition follows hot on the heels of the Master Drawings event in the US but with prices at generally lower levels

The mid-1920s were tough times for architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959).

Less-than-pristine paints and brushes from the studio of Lucien Freud (1922-2011) were sold by University Archives (23% buyer’s premium) in Wilton, Connecticut.

An oil on board titled 'Portrait of a Donkey', painted and signed in 1881 by the noted French animalier Rosa Bonheur (1822-99), performed with gusto at Helmuth Stone Gallery (25% buyer’s premium).

A deceased estate in Dorset that yielded a notable collection of Old Masters provided a fillip to Lawrences (25% buyer’s premium) of Crewkerne’s latest mixed-category auction.

Collection of banker and financier with a bohemian streak included an eclectic mix of pictures

Once just the preserve of one or two London firms, now such consignments are there to be won for many others

One of the first galleries to sell on the preview day at London Art Fair (open to the public January 22-26), was Narborough Gallery – the Gillian Ayres work 'Whan That Aprille' (1984), a 10ft square oil on canvas.

Jill Newhouse founded her gallery in New York in 1980. She is the fourth generation of her family to be an art dealer.

Event in the Belgian capital manages to combine sense of luxury with a friendly and relaxed atmosphere early on

Plans are being drawn up for a marketing initiative designed to replace London Art Week (LAW), the yearly festival of traditional art that folded at the end of 2024.

Art dealer Dominic Sanchez-Cabello has sold a rare portrait by Emma Soyer (c.1810-42) to the Yale Center for British Art.