Collage of grillwork inside Dorotheum auction house

The Secret Life of Dorotheum

Listen … Do You Want to Know a Secret? Rumor has it that new things are astir on Dorotheum’s Facebook page – strange, exciting things! The grapevine has it that similar changes can…

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Self-portrait drawn in 1918

Happy Birthday to Max Beckmann!

Not everyone’s born smiling! Born 132 years ago this February, Max Beckmann’s self-portrait of 1918 proves sunny dispositions are overrated.

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O tempora o mores – The Armory Show 1913

103 years ago in February saw a significant turning point in the history of modern art and, according to some, the integrity of American morality. The Armory Show of 1913, whose name the modern-day…

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From the Estate of a Major General

On Monday 15th February 2016 to the certain delight of collectors and experts alike, the legacy of Major General Wolfgang Waldherr was consigned as a lot to the Antique Arms, Uniforms and…

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Modern Art

Maria Lassnig: Film Star

Film Star Maria Lassnig, a giant of international painting, is the focus of an unconventional anti-biopic by Austrian director Anja Salomonowitz. Entitled Sleeping with a Tiger, the film presents a nuanced and…



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