An analysis of the auction market’s resurgent interest in the Old Masters and in young artists reinventing the classics. Sellers of fine artworks by European Old Masters have spent the past several ...

Catharina van Hemessen’s self-portrait will be presented at the National Gallery, as interest in early women painters grows ...

A recently discovered painting by the 16th-century artist Lavinia Fontana being offered at a Sotheby’s Old Master sale on Thursday is thought to be a self-portrait of the artist painted while she was ...

The European fine art event is working to engage the under-45 crowd, with more modern and contemporary work and a “secret map” for select attendees. By Ted Loos In the art world, getting younger ...

We know that the Old Masters like Botticelli, da Vinci or Rembrandt used to add animal proteins, such as egg yolk, to their paints, to modify their properties and allow more sophisticated paint ...

Paintings from before 1850, once a bedrock of the market, now account for just a tiny percentage of auction sales. Instead, buyers want works by living artists with a strong Instagram presence. By ...

Francesco Guardi’s Venice, a View of the Punta della Dogana and the Church of Santa Maria della Salute, one of a pair of works estimated to sell together for $10-15 million. Sotheby's In May, ...