Art & Photography
Picasso’s Le Matador to make auction debut
Picasso painted his Le Matador self portrait three years before his death
Leonardo da Vinci exhibition opens in Istanbul
The exhibition features a range of Da Vinci’s legendary contraptions
Eugene Delacroix’s Liberty sketch sells
Liberty Leading the People is a famous image of the revolution
Joseph Wright of Derby painting sets artist record
Wright was one of the foremost painters of the Enlightenment
Henri Matisse drawings feature in letters to wife
The correspondence between Matisse and his wife dates from 1912-1913
Winston Churchill’s last painting soars past estimate
Painting had long been Winston Churchill’s great passion
Vincent van Gogh’s Laboureur sells for $81.3m
Van Gogh’s Laboureur becomes his second most valuable painting
Norman Rockwell’s Lazybones (1919) makes $912,000
Norman Rockwell’s Lazybones (1919) headlined a sale at Heritage
Last Da Vinci painting in private hands will smash $100m estimate
Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi was only confirmed the real deal in 2011
Major Francis Bacon painting to make $81.5m?
The painting features two of Bacon’s most important motifs