Elvgren died in 1980, and his paintings continue to be highly sought after by collectors, the highest auction sale price being $286,800 for the painting Gay nymph (oil on canvas).

I want to show the personal story behind the image of the person.” One of the artist’s main influences is the famed British painter Lucian Freud, who similarly produced stark paintings of figures ...

An original watercolour illustration has become the most valuable Harry Potter item ever sold - fetching $1.9m (£1.5m) at auction in the US. The artwork for the first edition of JK Rowling's ...

Sotheby's said there were 27 bids for the digital art sale of "A.I. God", which had been originally estimated to sell for between $120,000 (£90,252) and $180,000 (£139,000). Mathematician Turing ...