Fine Art

A portrait of Mahatma Gandhi – believed to be the only oil painting for which the leader of the Indian independence movement sat – has sold for £120,000.

A group of prints tucked away in the basement of Kent County Council’s County Hall in Maidstone has sold at a Sworders auction.

Sotheby’s has launched a new series of podcasts titled ‘The Specialist’ in which the auction house’s experts give a behind-the-scenes look at the auction world.

Yorkshire museum needs the final £600,000 by August 27 to save a Barbara Hepworth sculpture

Billed as ‘the last opportunity to own something very personal from the family’s own collection’, a group of drawings, paintings, letters and memorabilia relating to Sir Stanley Spencer (1891-1959) came to auction from one of the artist’s descendants at Dreweatts.

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of JMW Turner’s first exhibited oil painting coming to Sotheby’s after being spotted at a regional sale last year.

Discovered buried in the back of a closet in the US, a rare surviving copy of Peter Henry Emerson’s 1886 work ‘Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads’ sold for £40,000 at Roseberys today.

A new exhibition of works from King Charles’ private collection allows a comparison of His Majesty's handiwork and a professional artist.

The newly redeveloped Olympia, set to be unveiled later this year after a £1.3bn makeover, will host 'Photo London' in May 2026.

The record-setting £27.5m Canaletto at Christie’s last week represented the sixth highest sum ever recorded at auction for an Old Master. But what others feature in the top 10?

The late US dealer Richard L Feigen (1930-2021) handled works by numerous artists over his long career.