“So you’re Brad Pitt? That don’t impress me much” might be the reaction to the actor’s interior pieces for the Pitt-Pollaro range says Rose Martin.

Two Andy Warhol portraits of superstars Elvis Presley and Marlon Brando have sold for more than $151m (€121.2m) at an auction in New York.

Two Andy Warhol portraits of superstars Elvis Presley and Marlon Brando have sold for more than 151 million dollars (€121m) at an auction in New York.

Lady Gaga's dancers gave her a sex toy for her birthday.

A masterpiece by Francis Bacon has become the most valuable piece of artwork ever sold by auction house Christie’s in Europe after going under the hammer for a record €51.4m.

A masterpiece by Francis Bacon has become the most valuable piece of artwork ever sold by auction house Christie’s in Europe after going under the hammer for a record £42.2m (€51m).

A glittering fortnight of art sales at the upper end of the market gets underway in London next week.

CONFIRMING the endurance of naff, Cliff Richard’s 100th album is released on Nov 8, just weeks after the death of Lou Reed, 71.

Sometimes having a press card can be very handy, and not just for waving in officers’ faces when you’re about to get arrested.

Lady Gaga has been forced to release her new single a week early because of hackers.

WHAT sound does a bubble make just before it bursts?

Ben Stiller is getting some of the biggest names in contemporary art to help Haitian children affected by last year’s earthquake.

EVERYBODY we meet this past couple of days is interested in either a) getting to San Sebastian for Munster v Biarritz in one of the Heineken Cup semi-finals or b) getting to Toulouse for Leinster v Toulouse in the other semi-final.

Seven Days in the Art World

WORKS by world-famous artists have gone under the hammer for more than £95 million (€125m).

TWENTY years to the day after his death, pop art icon Andy Warhol is a seminal influence for contemporary artists and a collectors’ darling, even though what drove the man and his art remains a mystery.