With a subtle but unmissable flourish, Jussi Pylkkänen flicks his wrist fractionally upwards to signal that, unless someone offers him 24 million quid, he is going to bring the entertainment to an end. “Selling in the doorway at 23 million 500,” he announces, gesturing at the mysterious figure standing at the threshold who has made [...]

“I want to take some quite incredible photographs that have never been taken before… pictures which are simple and complex at the same time, which will amaze and overwhelm people,” wrote Alexander Rodchenko in his diary on March 14, 1934. “I must achieve this so that photography can begin to be considered a form of [...]

London — Reassurance. That’s what motivated so many dealers and collectors from around the world to flock here this week for the big February art auctions. Reassurance that, despite the shaky state of world financial markets, there are still plenty of people willing to spend millions of dollars to put Impressionist, Modern or contemporary art [...]

A mysterious three-part painting that is viewed as a Francis Bacon masterpiece sold for $46.1 million Wednesday night at a Christie’s auction here, countering expectations of a record price for his work.