Auctions

SummaryBonhams has announced that it will offer Salvador Dalí's Bacchanale at its annual Surrealist sale in ParisThe artwork is a 13-panel stage set measuring more than 20 by 30 meters, making it the largest painting ever created by the iconic Spanish surrealistThe masterpiece, which features Dalí's signature dreamlike and paranoiac-critical motifs, is estimated to fetch between €200,000 and €300,000 EURA staggering piece of surrealist history is officially heading to the auction block. Bonhams has announced that Bacchanale, the largest painting ever created by legendary Spanish artist Salvador Dalí, will headline its annual spring Surrealist sale in Paris later this month.Coming from an important private collection, Bacchanale was meticulously executed in 1939 as a stage set for the epony...

SummaryChristie's officially introduced its new online auction titled "Anime Starts Here: Japanese Subculture Reimagines Tradition"The curated sale bridges classical Japanese craftsmanship with the global influence of modern subcultural movementsFeatured lots include original manga drawings by Osamu Tezuka alongside anime cels and traditional artworksChristie's has unveiled the "Anime Starts Here: Japanese Subculture Reimagines Tradition" sale, a curated online auction timed alongside Asian Art Week in New York. The comprehensive exhibition explores the rich visual dialogue between Japan's classical artistic heritage and the vibrant subcultural movements that continue to shape contemporary global aesthetics.The auction serves as a dynamic bridge across generations, framing modern subcultur...

Summary Hypeart and Bonhams are partnering to present the "Under the Same Sky" exhibition at Frieze LA 2026 The curated collection highlights Postwar West Coast art that blends internal emotions with the outside worldAs the global art world gathers on the West Coast for Frieze Los Angeles next week, Hypeart is proud to announce the next chapter of our ongoing curatorial partnership with Bonhams. Co-curated by Hypeart’s Erin Ikeuchi and Keith Estiler, a special presentation titled Under the Same Sky will be featured within Bonhams' Made in California and Beyond exhibition and auction.The curation explores the rich legacy and energy of Postwar West Coast art. It captures a unique era when artists were responding to shifting social realities and experimenting with unconventional materials. Ra...

SummaryA previously unknown Michelangelo sketch has sold for $27.2 million USD at Christie's New York, setting a new auction record for the artistThe drawing, a study of a foot for the Libyan Sibyl on the Sistine Chapel ceiling, was estimated to sell for just $1.5–$2 millionThe work was discovered after the owner submitted a photo to Christie's online valuation portal, unaware of its true origin, becoming the only known study for the Sistine Chapel to remain in private handsIn a stunning upset for the art world, a palm-sized sketch of a foot by Renaissance master Michelangelo has obliterated auction expectations. The drawing, titled Study of a right foot, sold for a staggering $27.2 million USD at Christie's New York earlier this month on February 5. Originally estimated to fetch between $...

SummaryThe "1 Picasso for 100 Euros" charity raffle returns, offering up the painter's 1941 portrait "Tête de femme"With a €100 EUR (about $117 USD) buy-in, the winner will be selected on April 14 at Christie's ParisFunds from ticket sales will benefit Fondation Recherche Alzheimer, a French organization supporting Alzheimer’s researchThe international charity raffle "1 Picasso for 100 Euros" is back, offering art lovers a chance to bring home a masterpiece for an easy, €100 EUR (about $117). Now in its third edition, the upcoming initiative centers around a 1941 work by the great Spanish painter, with proceeds pledged to Fondation Recherche Alzheimer, a French organization supporting Alzheimer’s research. The winner, who will walk away with the €1 million (roughly $1.1 million) work, will...

SummarySotheby's Hong Kong achieved a record-breaking, "white-glove result" at its Masterpieces of Asian Art from the Okada Museum of Art AuctionTotal sales for the auction reached an astonishing $88 million USD, setting a new benchmark for Asian art.The star lot was Katsushika Hokusai’s iconic woodblock print, ‘The Great Wave: Under the Wave off Kanagawa’, which sold for a record price of $2.8 million USDThe global art market continues its momentum, following last week’s successes in New York with a record-shattering result in Asia. Sotheby’s Hong Kong, operating under its prestigious Maison banner, recently hosted the Masterpieces of Asian Art from the Okada Museum of Art Auction, an event that achieved a remarkable "white-glove result" (100% sold). This particular piece of highly recogn...

SummaryGustav Klimt’s “Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer” (1914–16) sold for $236.4 million USD at Sotheby’s inaugural Breuer Buildin sale, making history as the second most expensive artwork and the most expensive modern artwork ever sold at auction.Bringing a total of $706 million USD, the two-part auction saw the highest single-evening sale in the house’s history.Sotheby’s christened its new New York Breuer Building headquarters last night with a record-breaking debut, delivering the highest single-evening total in the company’s history. Tallying an astonishing $706 million USD — more than twice the sum achieved at its comparable sales last year — the sale signaled signaled momentum in a previously shrinking art market.Headlining the sale was Gustav Klimt’s six-foot-tall “Portrait of Elisab...

SummaryAround 30 Bob Ross paintings head to the auction block in support of public television stations facing funding cutsThe auction series kicks off with a three-piece sale at Bonhams Los Angeles on November 11Dozens of original artworks by Bob Ross, the soft-spoken legend of at-home art, will go under the hammer in a series of auctions to benefit public TV stations scrambling for new financial lifelines after recent federal funding cuts. The collection includes around 30 paintings, many of which were created on-air during Ross's hit PBS series, The Joy of Painting.The first auction of three works is slated for November 11 at Bonhams in Los Angeles, with subsequent sales planned for London, New York, Boston and online. All proceeds will go toward stations nationwide that run content from...

SummaryMarking the first time the Oscar-winning filmmaker has offered works from his personal archiveH.R. Giger’s painting for the unrealized project “The Tourist" set an auction recordHeritage Auctions has sold the first part of Guillermo del Toro’s famed “Bleak House” collection, raising $1.65 million USD. It is the first time the Oscar-winning filmmaker has offered works from his personal archive, which spans decades of collecting art, props and rare objects tied to his fascination with the macabre.Artworks topped the results. Bernie Wrightson’s album cover painting for Meat Loaf’s ‘Dead Ringer’ earned $167,000 USD, while his original plate for Marvel’s adaptation of ‘Frankenstein’ brought $250,000 USD. Mike Mignola’s illustration for 'Hellboy: Seed of Destruction' (1994) sold for $51,2...

SummaryPhillips marks its 10th anniversary in Asia with the Modern & Contemporary Art Fall Auctions this wekendThe sales are led by works from Yoshitomo Nara, Tom Wesselmann, Yayoi Kusama, Takashi Murakami and morePhillips is celebrating its 10th anniversary in Asia with the upcoming Modern & Contemporary Art Fall Auctions this weekend in Hong Kong.The Evening Sale on September 27 will showcase works by in-demand young talents alongside masterpieces from post-war masters, with nearly two-thirds of the pieces making their auction debut. A significant highlight of Yoshitomo Nara's seminal work "Pinky," which is being offered to the public for the first time, with estimated value of $7,690,000 - $10,260,000 USD. Painted in 2000 - a watershed year for the artist - “Pinky" is one of onl...

SummaryPablo Picasso’s Buste de femme, a portrait of Dora Maar, will be a highlight of Christie’s Hong Kong salePainted in 1944, the artwork captures the emotional and psychological depth of their complex relationshipWith an estimated value of over $11 million USD, the piece is one of the largest portraits of Maar to come to auction in recent yearsA rare and significant masterpiece from the hand of Pablo Picasso is set to be a leading highlight of Christie’s Hong Kong 20th/21st Century Evening Sale on September 26. The painting, Buste de femme, a captivating portrait of his muse and lover Dora Maar, is estimated to sell for $11 million to $14 million USD. After residing in private collections for more than 25 years, this artwork represents one of the largest and most compelling depictions ...

SummaryThe Nigel Sylvester Foundation is partnering with JOOPITER on a "Pedal Forward" artist bike auctionThe auction features one-of-a-kind bikes from artists like Futura and Sue Tsai to support the foundation’s "Switching Gears" programProceeds will fund the program’s mission of empowering youth through cycling to address the mental health crisisIn a powerful union of creativity and philanthropy, the Nigel Sylvester Foundation has partnered with the digital auction platform JOOPITER for the “Pedal Forward” Artist Bike Auction. The initiative, which features four exclusive, artist-painted bicycles, is designed to support the foundation's mission of empowering young people through cycling. All proceeds will directly benefit the “Switching Gears” program, which aims to address the growing y...