Francis Bacon’s Three Lives of Lucian Freud is set to break his own record of $86 million, Des O’Sullivan reports.

Indian Chief emerged as the best prospect from last night’s Students Day action in Leopardstown, justifying odds-on favouritism in the Bulmers Live At Leopardstown Summer Racedays Maiden and being earmarked as a possible contender for the Dante Stakes in York.

Jim Bolger continued his remarkable early-season form with a 510/1 treble in Gowran Park yesterday.

The last Balkan war-crimes suspect has been extradited to the UN tribunal for prosecution today after being allowed last-minute visits with relatives, including his sick mother.

A painting by Amedeo Modigliani sold in New York City for more than $68.9m (€49m), an auction record for the artist’s work.

French police say a Picasso lithograph and four paintings have been stolen from a collector’s home in Marseille.

Interpol has stepped in to provide assistance in solving the Paris art theft mystery.

A lone thief stole five paintings worth about €100m in an overnight raid on a Paris art museum.

It is 44 years since Time Magazine placed London, The Swinging Capital on its cover and declared: “In a once sedate world of faded splendor, everything new, uninhibited and kinky is blooming.” The cast may change, but the characters remain the same, writes Allan Prosser

Italian tax police have today seized a secret stash of masterpieces from the disgraced founder of a collapsed dairy company.

US actor Al Pacino made grand speeches on screen as Michael Corleone and Tony Montana, but when the actor was honoured with the American Film Institute’s Life Achievement Award, he was practically speechless.