Artists

Basquiat painting sells in New York for $93.1 mln

Jean-Michel Basquiat's painting "In this Case" sold for $93.1 million in an auction on May 11 at Christie's in New York, the second-highest price paid for a work by the late artist.

The 1983 painting, which depicts a skull on a red background, sold for $81 million, but with fees and commissions the final price came to $93.1 million, well above the estimate of $50 million.

World’s priciest painting not a full da Vinci, claims doc     

A French documentary has cast fresh doubts over the world's most expensive painting, the "Salvator Mundi" credited to Leonardo da Vinci, revealing a resulting diplomatic tussle between France and its Saudi owner. The painting of Jesus Christ, nicknamed the "male Mona Lisa", was sold at a 2017 Christies auction in New York for a record $450 million.

Illustrious Romanian Sculptor’s Heir Faces Challenge Over Copyright ‘Censorship’

Copyright over Brancusi's works belongs to Theodor Nicol, a Canadian citizen of Romanian origin and nephew of the couple Natalia Dumitresco and Alexandre Istrati - painter friends of Brancusi, who had no legitimate children and made them his heirs in his will.

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