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A Rare Fauve View of the Thames by André Derain to Star in Christie’s Impressionist And Modern Art Evening Sale, 27 February 2018

Many of Degas’ pieces executed in the 1880s — ‘the works of a mature genius’ — are today held in institutions. Our Global President Jussi Pylkkänen was, therefore, surprised and delighted to see…

As the first UK retrospective of the record-breaking German photographer’s work appears at the Hayward Gallery in London, the gallery’s director, Ralph Rugoff, explains why he considers Gursky to…

Art critic Alastair Sooke and Christie’s Harriet Drummond examine other sublime examples from a series made by Turner in Switzerland in the 1840s. More than 150 years after his death, J.M.W.…

Kay Sutton, director of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts, decodes the Ripley Scroll, a truly magical 17th-century alchemical treatise with a ‘rich and detailed mix of cryptic verse, legend and…

Old Master drawings specialist Furio Rinaldi looks at works by Italian artists across three centuries, explaining how – ‘like a fingerprint’ – they can offer insights into the creative process.

Featured in Christie's upcoming "Beyond Imagination: Outsider and Vernacular Art Featuring the Collection of Marjorie and Harvey Freed"…

Bloomberg Pursuits' James Tarmy went inside the secure underground vault at Christie's, to check out some very expensive paintings before they are showcased and auctioned. At the November 15th…

Today in a trio of multi-language tweets, the Louvre Abu Dhabi announced that…

Thanks in part to the dry Egyptian desert, this beautiful wood sculpture has survived for some 4,000 years. Antiquities specialist Laetitia Delaloye describes the remarkable piece ahead of its…

In 2017, some 50 of the world’s top watchmakers have donated timepieces made specifically for Only Watch – a biennial charity auction of unique luxury timepieces in Geneva.

Among the…

“Eventually all these objects which have brought so much pleasure to Peggy and me will go out into the world and will again be available to other caretakers who, hopefully, will…

Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale broke several records last night. Though there were many notable sales, including Andy Warhol's Sixty Last Suppers, which sold for $…