Kathryn Brown
Kathryn is a specialist in modern and contemporary art and art markets. She is the author of numerous books and articles including Women Readers in French Painting 1870–1890, Matisse's Poets: Critical Performance in the Artist's Book, and Dialogues with Degas: Influence and Antagonism in Contemporary Art. She is the series editor of Contextualizing Art Markets for Bloomsbury Academic and is Associate Professor of Art History at Loughborough University, UK.
Most expensive painting by Van Gogh sold at auction
Orchard with Cypresses (1888), by the Dutch Expressionist painter Vincent van Gogh (1853–90), sold for $117,180,000 (£101,809,382) – including buyer's premium – at Christie’s in New York City, USA, on 9 November 2022 to an anonymous buyer. The painting was one of a series of 14 canvases depicting blossoming trees, which were created by Van Gogh a few months after his arrival in Arles, southern France.
Orchard with Cypresses was sold as part of a group of paintings and sculptures that had belonged to the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. Their joint sale realized $1.5 billion (£1.3 billion) in early November 2022. Proceeds from the sale went to charities favoured by Allen.