Inside Brian Walshe’s dark past: The art fraud, estate fights and mental illness before Ana Walshe's death
Before Brian Walshe became the man accused of killing and dismembering his wife, Ana Walshe, his life was already entangled ...
Why art is a prime target for organised crime
Art serves two key roles in criminal schemes. First, it acts as a direct source of illicit income through the production of ...
Rare Klimt painting becomes most expensive work of modern art ever sold at auction
What does a notorious gold toilet and a nearly destroyed Klimt painting have in common? They christened Sotheby’s first sale out of its new US headquarters in New York on Tuesday evening in a buzzy, ...
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12 Most Expensive Paintings Ever Sold & What They're Worth
Once stolen along with seven other paintings by Cézanne and recovered for a ransom, The Card Players set the record for the most expensive painting ever sold in 2011 when the royal family of Qatar ...
Gustav Klimt portrait that spared its subject from Nazis breaks modern art record with $236M sale
The pieces were up for auction Tuesday evening at Sotheby’s in New York. The painting “Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer” helped ...
Klimt painting breaks modern art record with $366m sale, but gold toilet ‘America’ gets flushed
After a 20-minute bidding war, the 180-centimetre tall work by the Austrian master became the second most expensive painting ever sold at auction, but a 101kg useable loo made of gold failed to live ...
Gustav Klimt’s masterpiece fetches jaw-dropping $236 million: The biggest modern art sale yet
A Gustav Klimt portrait painting that helped save the life of its Jewish subject during the Holocaust sold Tuesday for $236.4 ...