Fine Art

In a lively evening sale of Old Masters at Sotheby’s, one of the few large-scale oil paintings by JMW Turner (1775-1851) left in private hands was knocked down at £17m.

Militaria archive material such as documents, letters and log books has been delivering strong results at auction recently, aided by cross-over appeal to photography enthusiasts.

One of the leading lots at this week’s Old Master auctions in London is a JMW Turner (1775-1851) that Sotheby’s predicts could make a record for a British-born artist.

The department of culture, media and sport has issued an export bar on an 18th century drawing of Schmadribach Waterfall by Austrian Romantic artist Joseph Anton Koch (1768-1839) and launched a search for a UK buyer to match the asking price of £68,750.

The eighth edition of Masterpiece London launched this week to large crowds and sales across the board.

A select offering of 44 lots of silver, sculpture, objets d’art and furniture that have been chosen for their quality and provenance go under the hammer at Sotheby’s Bond Street on the evening of July 5 as part of its 'Treasures' sale series.

One of pop artist Andy Warhol’s first self-portraits was hammered down at £5.2m in a London sale.

The Vauxhall Art Car Boot has its next run at a new location: The Workshop in London’s Lambeth High Street on July 9, where it will also host a selection of vintage and antiques.

Max Beckmann’s terrifying image of hell, representing the horror of the Nazi regime in Germany, has sold at Christie’s for a record-breaking £32m hammer price to dealer Larry Gagosian.

The 45th annual Art & Antiques Fair Olympia opened last night to bustling crowds and some early sales.

A bronze family group by Henry Moore (1898-1986) led Christie’s evening sale of Modern British & Irish art in London last night, selling at £3.3m to an Asian collector.

It may seem a blindingly obvious thing to say, but being a war artist can be a dangerous business. Eric Ravilious, now one of the most sought-after Modern British artists, was never seen again after joining a Second World War rescue flight which itself ended up as missing in action.