Comment

Defend Mensch against sexism, attack her support of Murdoch

Opinion digest Fri 4 May, AT 11:26

Opinion digest: sexist abuse online, defending porn and booze, and the absurd art market

Art
The Scream

Munch's The Scream set to join world's priciest paintings

One-Minute Read Wed 2 May, AT 13:29

One of the world's best known paintings is expected to fetch $80 million at auction today

As MPs await James Murdoch, pressure builds in New York

First Post Thu 10 Nov, AT 07:12

Call for his removal from Sotheby's board on eve of second grilling by Commons culture committee

Christie's

Art sales up at Christie’s despite recession

News Fri 28 Jan, AT 15:11

Business Digest: Picasso record-breaker helps auction house achieve a great year

Lucian Freud self portrait black eye

Revealed: how Lucian Freud got hit by a cabbie

News Wed 20 Jan, AT 09:08

Self-Portrait with a Black Eye goes on sale 32 years after fight with London taxi driver

The art of the party

If anyone can draw big names to an art show, it's Damien Hirst. This weekend, he invited some of his most illustrious pals to a private view of his soon-to-be-auctioned works at Sotheby's, Bond Street, under the title 'Beautiful Inside my Head Forever'. Art-world newbie and Abramovich squeeze Dasha Zhukova showed up, as did A-lister and Old Vic director Kevin Spacey, U2 front man Bono and a few of London's bright young things; Lily and Alfie Allen, Jaime Winstone and Mark Ronson.