The Art of Living

  • 16 November 2009  |  Focus  |  Photographs & Prints Fashion or Drama? Fashion or drama? Here we focus on the works of Peter Lindbergh, one of the most respected fashion photographers of the present day, and Japanese photographer Izima Kaoru, known for his series of haunting yet irresistibly charming scenes of corpses in landscapes.
  • 13 November 2009  |  Focus  |  Furniture & Decorative Arts Contemporaries: Contrasted Both designing during the late 1920s, Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann and Jacques Le Chevallier had quite different interpretations of their world, a contrast which is reflected in their distinct designs.
  • 10 November 2009  |  Focus  |  Furniture & Decorative Arts The Eclectic Interior: An Expression of the Soul In partnership with Beacon Hill textiles, Christie’s has launched an exciting series of exhibitions that bring together extraordinary objects from Christie’s Interiors sales with bespoke textiles from the Beacon Hill collection. The inaugural exhibition in the series is The Eclectic Interior: An Expression of the Soul, a grouping of four design vignettes now on display in the Robert Allen | Beacon Hill showroom in Manhattan.
  • 3 November 2009  |  Focus  |  Furniture & Decorative Arts Create A Garden of Delights Impressive in both their size and execution, this pair of Italian parcel-gilt bronze and marble jardinières represents the grandeur and taste for opulence that distinguished much of the decorative arts of the second half of the 19th century.
  • 15 October 2009  |  Focus  |  Asian Art A Superbly Carved Imperial Jade Brush Pot This brush pot has been extremely skillfully carved with a rocky landscape through which a mixture of Chinese and foreign tribute bearers travel. There is great depth of symbolism throughout these exquisite carvings.
  • 8 October 2009  |  Focus  |  Fine Art When One Art Form Salutes Another Delving into the backgrounds and influences of three important contemporary artists, we find references to numerous art forms as sources of inspiration.
  • 6 October 2009  |  Focus  |  Wine Memories are Made of This To match the perfect wine to the perfect occasion is one of life’s great satisfactions. So we took superb vintages, revered producers and renowned vineyards and added the benefit of Christie’s wine expertise, creating a series of unique mixed cases.
  • 6 October 2009  |  Focus  |  Jewelry & Watches Fine Company - Tiffany & Co. From the moment in 1848 when Charles Lewis Tiffany’s company acquired a part of the French crown jewels, Tiffany & Co. has been synonymous in people’s minds with breathtaking gems and exquisite settings.
  • 6 October 2009  |  Focus  |  Fine Art Art’s Little Ice Age The beginning of Art’s little Ice Age in Holland is synonymous with Hendrik Avercamp whose intense and vibrant masterpiece Winter landscape with iceskaters, painted in 1608, emerges in response to the very cold winter of that year.