Leonard Lauder, the billionaire businessman who helped turn his family’s cosmetics company into a global beauty empire, has died. The 92-year-old Lauder's death came on Saturday, June 14, at his home ...

A storied Gustav Klimt painting sold for $236.4 million at Sotheby’s in New York on Tuesday night, setting a new auction record for the turn-of-the-20th-century Viennese artist. It is the most ...

For one top Sotheby’s executive, this year's auction season feels like destiny. “This is the season I’ve waited for my whole life,” Lisa Dennison told NBC News, standing near the radiant Gustav Klimt ...

Update: During a Sotheby’s evening auction on November 18 at the Breuer, Klimt’s “Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer” sold for a $236.36 million, the highest price ever paid for a work of Modern Art at ...

On Tuesday night in New York, a three-plus-hour marathon resulted in $706 million in sales, the highest total for an evening lineup in Sotheby’s history. The biggest fireworks came as 24 lots were ...

With the passing of Leonard A. Lauder and Agnes Gund amid financial headwinds, arts organizations worry that the cultural megadonor may be a thing of the past. By Robin Pogrebin When the economy ...

A Gustav Klimt portrait from Leonard Lauder's estate sold for $236.4 million at auction. The Lauder estate art sale brought in a total of $706 million, far exceeding its $400 million estimate. Country ...

Update: During a Sotheby’s evening auction on November 18 at the Breuer, Klimt’s “Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer” sold for $236.36 million, the highest price ever paid for a work of Modern Art at ...

Gustav Klimt's "Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer" sold for an astonishing $236.4 million Tuesday, making it the most expensive auction sale of a work of modern art. The price also means it is the ...

When Leonard A. Lauder, the visionary beauty-industry executive, philanthropist, and art collector passed away in June, questions arose about the fate of his extraordinary art collection. The answer ...