Colin Gleadell

The Bourse de Commerce is a former commodities exchange in the heart of the city, and could not be more appropriate for the Christie’s owner

Artwork was a gift to Oxford-educated Cuban beer baron, who sent shipments of 1,500 cigars a year to the puffing prime minister

Women artists performed well, with records set for Grace Hartigan, Alice Neel, and Barbara Hepworth.

The inaugural 21st century art sale set records for 11 artists.

Unusually, half of the top 10-selling works in a recent Bonhams sale were by women artists - but it isn’t clear this uptick will last

Painter Joan Eardley would have become a superstar had she not died so young

Commentators suggest the star doodler suffers from OCD - and he’s taking the usually traditional art market by storm

In 1983 the master photographer William Eggleston captured Graceland in saturated colour images, and now they’re up for sale

The clean-cut modern look of one particular period is in demand, says expert Colin Gleadell - but why?

Lisa Reuben won the painting after Sotheby’s re-offered the work in a surprise ending to the Paris auction.

A Pollaiuolo painting with disputed attribution underperformed.

Ronald Moody, the great 20th century sculptor, is finally getting the attention he deserves at auction

Francesco Guardi’s The Return of the Bucintoro from S. Nicolòdi Lido went to an American institution for $1.2 million.

Important works from North Africa and the Middle East were scheduled to go on display to showcase the full range of the region’s talent

The work came from the collection of the late real estate developer Sheldon Solow.

Joan Mitchell’s market showed signs of flagging.

Records were set for Bernard Frize and Lucas Arruda.

An Amoako Boafo work broke the million-dollar boundary, setting a record.

“The greatest Botticelli still in private hands” will soon be sold at Sotheby’s - and it could make history for an Old Master work

Phoebe Saatchi Yates and Arthur Yates champion a longer-term approach to budding talent