A 'worthless' medicine package due to be signed by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge - and the Kings of Leon and David Cameron - went for an astonishing £120,000 at London's most glittering annual charity auction... more
At this year's festival, Oscar Humphries finds much to celebrate in the compelling mix of high and low culture - from the cerebral to the headily vacuous... more
Andy Warhol took his place in the procession of high-priced art through London salerooms when his six-feet square 1967 self-portrait sold for almost £11milliion at Christie's... more
The film of the novel by a former art dealer and friend of Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin and Jay Jopling is about to be released — and it’s not all fiction.... more
It was a book, then a controversial movie, and now Crash, a major new exhibition of art inspired by the dark dystopian writings of JG Ballard, will open at a London gallery ... more
Hong Kong used to be the place to go to seek your fortune when you'd failed in the City. But now only the most successful Londoners can afford to brave the high-risk, high-rise island... more
Damien Hirst has lost his touch and Nicholas Serota is a hero, says the famously secretive Charles Saatchi in a revealing new book in which he answers his critics... more
Two golden boys of the international jet set have descended on N1, bringing with them papier-mâché pigs, giant magnets and a comet's tail of luminaries... more
An Easter egg sculpture by Jeff Koons failed to make its low estimate of £4 million when it sold for £3.6 million at Sotheby’s in New York — demonstrating how prices for contemporary art are falling in the economic slump... more
London has recently underlined its status as the global capital of contemporary art. These are the key players in the world’s most exciting market. ... more
Damien Hirst talks about next week’s Sotheby’s £65m auction of his works that could revolutionise the art world or leave his reputation in tatters... more
The sale of the £50m skull is yet another triumph for the king of BritArt whose summer exhibition made a staggering £130m. But does he alone really deserve all the acclaim?... more
A Sotheby's sale of modern art in London has made a record-breaking £45.8 million with thirteen works sold for more than a million pounds each. ... more
A newly-published list makes Tate director Nicholas Serota the most powerful Brit in the art world, beating both Charles Saatchi and Damien Hirst.... more
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