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Lucian Freud’s Sleeping by the Lion Carpet Heads to Sotheby’s Lewis Collection Sale

A London showing in June before a late‑June auction will measure demand for what Sotheby’s calls a defining Freud portrait.

Rothko From Robert Mnuchin Collection Sells for $85.8 Million at Sotheby’s

Christie’s to Auction Newly Attributed Michelangelo Sistine Study in February 2026

Frida Kahlo Self-Portrait Sells for $54.7 Million, Setting Auction Record for a Woman Artist

Klimt Portrait Sells for $236.4 Million, Setting Modern Art Auction Record

Ripley’s Buys Cattelan’s Gold Toilet for $12.1 Million at Sotheby’s

Steve Cohen Identified as Seller of Cattelan’s Gold Toilet at Sotheby’s Nov. 18 Auction

Sotheby’s to Auction Cattelan’s 18-Karat Gold Toilet on Nov. 18

Bonitzer’s Auction Opens in U.S., Reframing a Real Schiele Restitution Saga

Basquiat’s 1981 ‘Crowns (Peso Neto)’ to Lead Sotheby’s November Contemporary Sale

Frida Kahlo’s ‘El Sueño (La Cama)’ To Auction at Sotheby’s With $40–$60 Million Estimate

Frida Kahlo Self-Portrait Heads to Sotheby’s With $40–$60 Million Estimate for Nov. 8 Sale

Long-Hidden Picasso Portrait of Dora Maar Unveiled in Paris Ahead of October Auction