Dubai's annual art fair hit new highs in both sales and volumes despite concerns in the Gulf's trading and tourism hub over a debt crisis.
Having disappeared from Lincoln Center for a season, New York City Opera is taking tiny steps toward recovery.
Having disappeared from Lincoln Center for a season, New York City Opera is taking tiny steps toward recovery.
Christie's has put a record price tag on an important Picasso painting from his celebrated Blue Period that will be offered for sale in London in June.
Around 450 works of art from emerging powers Brazil, Russia, India and China will be offered for sale in London next month and auctioneer Phillips de Pury expects them to raise around $15 million.
Egyptian archaeologists have discovered two red granite statues in Luxor, one of Tutankhamun's grandfather Amenhotep III who reigned about 3,350 years ago.
Auctioneers Christie's said its mid-season sale of 20th century decorative art and design generated strong interest from U.S. and foreign bidders in New York Tuesday in a sign the struggling art market is coming back to life.
The leading lights of U.S. musical theater will sing "Happy Birthday" to the great Broadway composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim on his 80th birthday in two New York Philharmonic concerts next week.
Six possible descendants of Baroque artist Michelangelo Merisi, known as Caravaggio, have been DNA-tested in the hopes they can help unveil the mystery surrounding the painter's death.
Christie's will offer a private art collection valued at more than $150 million in May, the auctioneer said on Wednesday, including a Picasso estimated to be worth $70-90 million.
Britain's Royal Opera will stage the world premiere next year of "Anna Nicole," a work about the life of former Playboy model, actress and tabloid favorite Anna Nicole Smith who died in 2007.
Will the magic of the Phantom strike twice for Andrew Lloyd Webber?