For one top Sotheby’s executive, this year's auction season feels like destiny. “This is the season I’ve waited for my whole life,” Lisa Dennison told NBC News, standing near the radiant Gustav Klimt ...

A storied Gustav Klimt painting sold for $236.4 million at Sotheby’s in New York on Tuesday night, setting a new auction record for the turn-of-the-20th-century Viennese artist. It is the most ...

Update: During a Sotheby’s evening auction on November 18 at the Breuer, Klimt’s “Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer” sold for a $236.36 million, the highest price ever paid for a work of Modern Art at ...

Tuesday night’s sale at Christie’s of art from the estate of Leonard Lauder yielded $706 million. Keith Urban performed at Mar-a-Lago, and more.

With the passing of Leonard A. Lauder and Agnes Gund amid financial headwinds, arts organizations worry that the cultural megadonor may be a thing of the past. By Robin Pogrebin When the economy ...

Gustav Klimt's "Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer" sold for an astonishing $236.4 million Tuesday, making it the most expensive auction sale of a work of modern art. The price also means it is the ...

When Leonard A. Lauder, the visionary beauty-industry executive, philanthropist, and art collector passed away in June, questions arose about the fate of his extraordinary art collection. The answer ...

On Tuesday night in New York, a three-plus-hour marathon resulted in $706 million in sales, the highest total for an evening lineup in Sotheby’s history. The biggest fireworks came as 24 lots were ...

Sugar Ray Leonard, Boxing Great and Olympic Gold Medalist, has signed with Paradigm for agency representation.