LONDON.- A portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence that has never been on public display since it was painted over two hundred years ago is now available for visitors to enjoy at the National Gallery in Room 34.

NEW YORK, NY.- This morning’s auction of American Art at Sotheby’s New York totaled a strong $34,787,625, exceeding its high estimate of $28.4 million* and selling an exceptional 88.1% by lot.

Witty it may be, but Bansky's art is nothing to aspire to. The Australian plumbers who destroyed his work have created something infinitely more useful to humanity

London art gallery Tate Britain has reached a £45m fundraising target it set to help finance major improvements, including a British art display featuring William Blake and David Hockney.

LONDON.- The world record for inro (traditional Japanese case consisting of nested boxes) sold at auction has been broken yet again by Bonhams

NEW YORK, NY.- An exhibition of sculpture by Alexander Archipenko, Chaim Gross, Gaston Lachaise, Jacques Lipchitz, Elie Nadelman and John Storrs is being presented

Modern British sale hits £7.7 million estimated target, with Lucian Freud's former friend John Craxton selling well.

A network of worthy institutions and people sustains our exciting arts scene - but every one of them is being squeezed by austerity.

A stunning new show at the Wallace Collection, The Noble Art of the Sword explores the history of the sword in all its lethal beauty, says Richard Dorment .

WASHINGTON, DC.- Wood from dismantled temples finds its next incarnation as part of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei’s massive “Fragments,”

NEW YORK, NY.- Roberto Matta was an influential figure in the New York art world of the early 1940s. Energetic and charismatic,

PARIS.- Sotheby’s announced a highly selective auction of Impressionist & Modern Art to take place in Paris on 30 May 2012.