It was a chance encounter with a well-connected shipping magnate in 1970s Greece that launched Pauline Karpidas on her extraordinary voyage into art collecting—a journey that turned her sale at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tiger-print carpets and surrealist icons have taken over Sotheby’s London galleries, where a huge collection of works owned by the ...

Pauline Karpidas has built a deeply personal collection that fused Surrealism, contemporary art and bold design into an immersive aesthetic world. Alex Winship This September, Sotheby’s will auction ...

It takes a certain kind of person to convince Alexander Iolas, the gallerist widely credited with discovering Andy Warhol, to come out of retirement to put together a personal art collection. But arts ...

Sotheby's has revealed the headline lots for the blockbuster sale of British socialite and arts patron Pauline Karpidas' collection, which is due to hit the auction block on September 17, 18, and 19 ...

Over the past half century, Pauline Karpidas has been a collector in restless pursuit of emerging talent. In 1978, she traveled to the countryside south of Paris to visit the home and workshop of ...

With two follow-up auctions rounding out the offering, the £73 million result sent a powerful signal about where the high-end art market is headed next.