Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen’s Art Collection Sells for $1.5 Billion, Breaking Auction Records The first auction in a two-part Christie's sale of Paul Allen's vast collection saw five works sell for more than $100 million each. By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
The Met Just Received More Than 375 Objects Belonging to the Late Jayne Wrightsman The widow of an oil baron, Wrightsman spent much of her fortune on paintings by artists like Georges Seurat, Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun and Anthony van Dyck. By Helen Holmes
All the World Loves a Clown: Circus Sideshow at the Met An art show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art showcases the circus-inspired work of Georges Seurat. By David D'Arcy