Investors with a taste for fine painting will be able to buy a slice of a triptych by Francis Bacon when the piece goes on sale via an initial public offering in July. “Three Studies for a Portrait of ...

Tracks the change in total value of sales, as well as the total number of lots offered and sold annually in the art market. This chart shows whether Francis Bacon’s total sales are going up, and if so ...

A new initial public offering (IPO) is dropping this summer, but it’s not for a tech company or retailer. A 1963 three-panel oil painting by Francis Bacon is set to become the first artwork ever taken ...

When casino billionaire Elaine Wynn died in April, the art market was aflutter over what would become of the 82-year-old’s storied collection, particularly her record-setting $142.4 million Francis ...

Barry Joule, Francis Bacon’s friend and former handyman, has cancelled plans to donate a collection of work by the artist to Tate out of frustration with the museum’s failure to exhibit an earlier ...

NEW YORK, N.Y. - A 1969 painting by Francis Bacon set a world record for the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction and a sculpture by Jeff Koons broke a world auction record for a living artist ...

What would the late painter Francis Bacon make of it all? A portrait of his lover is about to make its stock-market debut, giving the average Joe access to the rarefied world of serious art collecting ...

NEW YORK (AP) - A Francis Bacon double-panel self-portrait and a Cy Twombly "Blackboard" painting executed in blue - both in private collections for decades - were the highlights of Sotheby's auction ...

The total value of an artist’s artworks sold at auction over a specific period. This metric reflects the artist’s overall market activity and demand in monetary terms. The middle value of all realized ...

NEW YORK — A 1969 painting by Francis Bacon set a world record for the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction and a sculpture by Jeff Koons broke a world auction record for a living artist at a ...