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Four monumental tsesah crests created by Bamileke master sculptors of Western Cameroon will go on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art beginning December 4.

Join The Florence Academy of Art's Online Benefit Auction of Artwork inspired by the Masters!

Leonardo da Vinci’s 500-year old mystical masterpiece, Salvator Mundi claimed a place in auction history this evening, selling for US$450,312,500 (£342,182,751/ €380,849,402) and setting a new auction record for any work of art ever sold at auction, after 19 minutes of bidding.

Western modernity has been greatly influenced by tribal art: this is nothing new. Some gems from the collection of Oceanic art belonging to the surrealist André Breton are exhibited in all their grandeur at the Louvre’s Pavillon des Sessions… But on display until 19 February at the Musée de l’Orangerie, there is an exhibition exploring the subtler relationship between these two creative spheres.

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of "William" at The Met, a weekend of activities will take place November 17–19.

Paris - Christie's is pleased to partner with the “Fonds de Dotation pour le Rayonnement de l’Eglise Saint-Germain-des-Prés” to organise a charity sale around the great names of contemporary art. This sale, which will present some forty works of contemporary art, will take place on Monday, 4 December at 7 pm.

Every month, MetCollects introduces one work of art recently acquired by the Met. We invite you to have a first look with us.

Opening November 15 at The Met Breuer, the exhibition Edvard Munch: Between the Clock and the Bed will feature 43 of the artist's compositions created over a span of six decades, including 16 self-portraits and works that have never before been seen in the United States.

The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao presents David Hockney: 82 Portraits and 1 Still-life, an exhibition which brings together a unique collection—at once surprising, joyful, and touching—of works by the great British painter.