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Painted in 1996, David Hockney's "30 Sunflowers" is a bold and luscious still life of contemporary times. In this episode of Sotheby's Expert Voices, discover how Hockney was inspired to paint "30 Sunflowers" after a decade hiatus, and hear Hockney himself explain the influence of the Old Masters in this vivid work. A striking masterpiece, "30 Sunflowers" is a highlight of Sotheby's upcoming Contemporary Art Evening Sale in Hong Kong (9 July | Hong Kong).

While art sales have been taking place online for years, for auction houses, closing in-person sales and viewings is still a leap into the unknown. Sotheby’s London tested the waters this week with their Contemporary Curated auction, and hopefully, the success of their sale is an indication of a still vital market.

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Learn how to start your own prints collection with specialist James Baskerville. Here he tells us what to look for in prints by Stik, Banksy and Warhol ahead of our upcoming Prints and Multiples sale at Christie’s London.

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Sotheby's upcoming Made in Britain sale celebrates the very best in Modern British Art.

London-based writer Emma Dabiri shares her favorite four paintings by emerging artists from Christie's London's Post-War and Contemporary Art Sales, February 12 & 13.

In New York on March 5, Sotheby’s will offer Georgia O'Keeffe's diminutive painting, estimated at $300,000-500,000, alongside more than one hundred works of art and personal effects from the collection of artist Juan Hamilton.

Setting a new world record for the artist, one of Art Deco’s most prominent artists, Tamara de Lempicka, lead Christie’s recent Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on February 5. Portrait de Marjorie Ferry sold for $21,164,000, marking the first time a female artist has lead an Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale. Other notable sales include George Grosz’s Gefährliche Straße (Dangerous Road) of 1918, a frightening vision of Berlin at the outbreak of World War I, which set a record for the artist at $12,662,325. 

January brings Americana Week to New York, including a slate of auctions that focus on a range of all-American antiques. Three strong results at Sotheby’s stand out.