Monet painting sells for €50 million, setting French auction record

Le Monde22 October 2026, 19:01 UTCFrance

Sotheby's estimated 'Iris' at between €22 and €30 million, 'the highest valuation ever given to a painting offered at auction in France,' when presenting the sale. It was painted by Claude Monet in his twilight years.

Read the full story at Le Monde Open in the live monitor

Related discussion groups

No group discusses this yet. Start a discussion group and attach this story.

More news about France

Hoffenheim-Spiel 7 Minuten unterbrochen - Sanitäter auf dem Platz! Lyon-Profi lange behandelt!Bild22 October 2026, 20:11 UTCFranceEine schlimme Szene überschattet die Partie der Europa League.
Niños traumatizados: Francia afronta la crisis de violencia sexual contra menoresFrance 24 (es)22 October 2026, 20:01 UTCFranceSanctionsEn Francia, una nueva ley integral busca fortalecer las medidas preventivas, el proceso judicial y el apoyo a los niños víctimas de violencia sexual. Sin embargo, grupos de defensa de los derechos...
Why Fossil Fuel Demand Can Rise Even as Clean Energy Wins TerrainOilPrice.com22 October 2026, 20:00 UTCFranceFrench historian Jean-Baptiste Fressoz has offered energy-transition skeptics an appealing historical argument. In More and More and More, he argues that humanity has never really moved from one en...
‘The best on Earth’: Can weak economic growth undermine Europe’s ‘very sophisticated social system’?France 2422 October 2026, 19:59 UTCFranceEconomic dataCan Europe continue to sustain one of the world's most ambitious social models while falling increasingly behind its major economic competitors? For Pascal Lamy, former European Commissioner for Tr...
Curfew imposed in certain areas of Paris every night until Monday morningFrance 2422 October 2026, 19:48 UTCFranceProtestsThe curfew has been extended in certain areas of Paris, every night from 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. until Monday morning. The measure has been in force since the violence and looting of the weekend, a...
Monet-maleri satt salgsrekord i ParisNRK22 October 2026, 19:38 UTCFranceMaleriet «Iris» gikk under hammeren for 50 millioner euro i Paris torsdag. Det er dermed det dyreste kunstverket solgt på auksjon i landet noensinne. Oljemaleriet er 1,60 meter høyt og 1,80 meter b...
Israel’s Ben-Gvir shares AI videos mocking Gazans as ‘donkeys’ and sending them to ParisFrance 2422 October 2026, 19:38 UTCFranceIsrael’s far-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir is using AI-generated videos to mock Palestinians and push political messages ahead of the country’s election, including videos magically transporting Ga...
Lipsky quoted in Reuters article on the need for fiscal consolidation across France, Germany, and the USAtlantic Council22 October 2026, 19:36 UTCFranceRead the full article here The post Lipsky quoted in Reuters article on the need for fiscal consolidation across France, Germany, and the US appeared first on Atlantic Council.