What Chinese collectors are really buying

China is the world’s largest art market—even if the figures are disputed (see above). The numbers vary according to whose research you read, but the French site Artprice claims that in 2011, China represented 41.4% of the fine art auction market....

Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty's blood painting sells for £35,000

The piece failed to make the upper estimate of £80,000 at an auction in London

Warhol painting of Elvis heads to auction in NY

An Andy Warhol portrait of Elvis Presley as a cowboy is being sold at a New York City auction.

$100 billion Facebook deal that will make Bono the world's richest rock star (but at what cost to your privacy?)

Tomorrow, Wall Street will invite the world to buy shares in Facebook. It is a massive gamble on its founder Mark Zuckerberg, but for some, such as the U2 frontman, it will make them staggeringly rich.

DNA Fingers Real-Life Captain Ahabs for Precipitous Decline of Gray Whales

Tens of thousands of whales were slaughtered each year for decades from the mid 1800s to the early 1900s, in the service of lighting city streets, painting ladies’ lips and providing multitudinous other modern conveniences. This monomaniacal hunt led many species to the brink of extinction. But recent research has suggested that gray whale (Eschrichtius [...]