A painting caught my eye at the Harvard Art Museums not long ago — a beautiful pear tree with colors that made me hopeful for ...

A Gustav Klimt portrait painting that helped save the life of its Jewish subject during the Holocaust sold Tuesday for $236.4 million, a record for a modern art piece. Klimt’s “Portrait of Elisabeth ...

Gustav Klimt’s “Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer” stunned the art world with a $236 million sale in November 2025, marking the highest modern art auction result ever recorded and signaling renewed ...

NEW YORK — A portrait by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt sold for $236.4 million in New York City on Tuesday, making it the second most expensive piece ever sold at auction and the priciest in the modern ...

This article adheres to strict editorial standards. Some or all links may be monetized. Art investing reached new heights recently, when a Gustav Klimt painting set a record as the ...

A Gustav Klimt portrait painting has sold for a record $236 million at a Sotheby’s auction. That sale set a record for a modern art piece, and is the second most expensive painting sold in history.

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.

This article adheres to strict editorial standards. Some or all links may be monetized. Art investing reached new heights recently, when a Gustav Klimt painting set a record as the ...

A Gustav Klimt portrait painting that helped save the life of its Jewish subject during the Holocaust has sold for $236.4 million (€204m), breaking a record for a modern art piece which was previously ...