The website for Christie’s, one of the world’s leading auction houses, is currently down as part of a global outage of Microsoft 365 and Azure, the company’s cloud computing platform.

When trying to access the site, visitors are prompted with a message, reading, “Our website is currently experiencing difficulties owing to a worldwide web hosting issue[.] We apologise for any inconvenience caused and thank you for your patience.”

The message also includes the phone numbers for the house’s branches in London, New York, Paris, and Hong Kong, as well as its general inquiries email. The house does not have any live auctions scheduled for Wednesday, October 29.

A Christie’s spokesperson sent ARTnews the following statement about the outage: “A global Microsoft outage is impacting Christie’s digital platforms. We await a resolution from Microsoft.”

Other companies impacted by the Microsoft outage, according to Downdetector, include Minecraft, Xbox, Costco, Starbucks, Kroger, MyChart, and Alaska Airlines, which has caused passengers being