A cache of M.C. Escher drawings, created during his time in Italy, fetched a stunning total of $7.8 million at Christie’s today, quadrupling its low presale estimate.

The Hammer Simon de Pury on the Visionaries Who Changed the Art Market—And Who’s Poised to Change It Again The veteran auctioneer pays homage to Artnet founder Hans Neuendorf as the company ...

Collectibles Largest-Known Martian Meteorite Rockets to $5.3 Million at Auction The rock smashed its low presale estimate twice over.

The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa transforms a Spanish nun, mystic, and writer, into one of the most famous emblems of the Counter-Reformation.

The Art Detective Prominent Art Advisory Implodes After 37 Years, as Ex-Partners Fire Off Lawsuits Barbara Guggenheim and Abigail Asher operated at the highest reaches of the art world. Now they ...

Christie's executives emphasized stable growth for half year results at the auction house amid a far less frothy art market.

A painting by Édouard Vuillard soared to $2.7 million at a regional auction just 18 months after it sold for $254,000 at Sotheby’s.

An erotic mosaic looted by a German officer during World War II has gone on view at Pompeii, where it likely originated.

A preserved and newly restored pod from Japan's iconic Nagakin Capsule Tower is now on view at MoMA in New York.

Archaeologists from the University of Houston have discovered the first royal tomb at the sprawling Maya site of Caracol, in Belize.

Books The Best Art Books of All Time (According to Us) Our staff shared their favorite books on art of all time—from a gothic-tinged memoir by Sally Mann to a rollicking, research-rich portrait ...

Thirty-two historically and culturally significant sites have just joined the illustrious ranks of UNESCO World Heritage List.