The world, in perspective.

The Impressionist painted "Iris" a year or two before his death, at a time when his work was becoming increasingly abstract and falling out of favor with critics. Now, it’s considered a masterpiece ahead of its time

Works by Claude Monet and Andy Warhol will go under the hammer alongside paintings by pioneering Emirati artists when Sotheby’s holds its first fine art auction in Abu Dhabi this December. Titled Breaking Ground, the December 10 sale will include Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, Hassan Sharif and Najat Makki. It is the main addition to the second edition of Collectors

Claude Monet's "Iris" was sold late on Thursday for €50 million ($56.05 million), becoming the most expensive work of art sold at auction in France, Sotheby's said.

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They say lightning never strikes twice, but a UK auction house is preparing to sell a second rare thylacine head — and this time, there's not a googly eye in sight.

The seizure of almost 1,000 packs of undeclared matcha green tea powder from Japan, worth more than 500,000 baht, has eager Thai matcha lovers asking whether and when the goods will be put up for auction.