A stellar line-up of international artists, among them icons of the 20th century like Francis Bacon, Louise Bourgeois, Marc Chagall, David Hockney and Pablo Picasso, attracted bidders from 20 ...

Art is not athletics. There’s no measurable rationale for deciding who is “the best” – but Pablo Picasso stands head and shoulders above all other visual artists of the 20th century, at the very least ...