Last night, history was made in the Sotheby’s auction room at the Breuer Building. More than 25,000 visitors attended the preview exhibitions to see Gustav Klimt’s masterpiece Bildnis Elisabeth Lederer (Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer) from the Leonard A. Lauder Collection. In the end, it came down to just two bidders battling it out, with @ob1london dropping the hammer for a record-breaking total of $236.4 million. Watch the full bidding war for the most valuable work of modern art – and the seco

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Highlights from Sotheby's upcoming Contemporary Art auction in Paris include a dazzling array of works by the most important French and international post-war artists, including the seminal M.C.5 (Mariale) by Simon Hantaï, a vivid composition by Basquiat and a 1953 black standing mobile by Calder. The sale will take place on 2 and 3 June in the Gallerie Charpentier. | Sotheby's

282 reactions · 64 shares | Spanning 4,000 years of history, over 1,200 works of art and paintings will be offered across seven sales this September at Sotheby’s New York. | Sotheby's | Facebook

443K views · 1.4K reactions | Discover six centuries of artistry in our December auction of Old Master & 19th Century Paintings. Explore works from Flemish masters to elegant British portraits. | Sotheby's | Facebook

Beyond their discerning collection of Modern and Impressionist art, Cindy and Jay Pritzker’s civic commitment to philanthropy has had an indelible impact. The Pritzker name is inseparable from the city’s cultural vitality, visible in institutions such as the Harold Washington Library Center and the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park, both of which are now landmarks of civic pride and engagement. Among their most significant contributions was the establishment of the Pritzker Architecture P