On May 16th, Sotheby’s will celebrate spring with the auction of Insel im Attersee (Island in the Attersee) in New York by Gustav Klimt (1862-1918). With a low estimate of $45 million, the beautifully ...

In 1901, the Austrian parliament convened its first-ever cultural debate. The subject was the enormous allegoric paintings Gustav Klimt had been commissioned to paint for the ceiling of University of ...

An unsolved art heist, nearly two decades old, may have a happy ending in sight, reports the BBC. The case is that of Gustav Klimt’s The Lady, from the collection of the Ricci-Oddi gallery in Piacenza ...

A portrait by Gustav Klimt that was unseen for almost a century has sold for $32 million – the bottom end of its pre-auction estimate. The “Portrait of Fräulein Lieser,” thought to be one of the ...

Masterwork Under The Hammer: Klimt's "Bildnis Fräulein Lieser," or "Portrait of Miss Lieser" in the Kinsky Palais in Vienna before the auction. Today’s sale in Vienna of the Gustav Klimt’s sumptuous, ...

In the late 1800s, Gustav Klimt mastered classical style painting while working on art commissions with murals on public and sacred buildings. When his brother and father died back to back, he started ...

Gustav Klimt: Gold in Motion is a show at the newly opened Hall des Lumiéres, a new permanent immersive art located at the Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank. (all photos Jasmine Liu/Hyperallergic) In ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An art handler views Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer by Gustav Klimt during a press preview at Sotheby's in New York City on Nov. 7.

A late-life masterpiece by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt sold Tuesday for 85.3 million pounds ($108.4 million), making it the most expensive artwork ever auctioned in Europe. “Dame mit Fächer” — Lady ...

When it goes to auction later this month, Gustav Klimt’s final artwork could become the most expensive painting ever sold in Europe. The Viennese artist completed Lady With Fan just before his death ...

Barbra Streisand said on Instagram on Thursday, Nov. 20 that she regrets selling a Gustav Klimt painting she once bought for $17,000 Her post comes two days after another Klimt painting, "Portrait of ...