The remarkable story of Luca Pacioli’s 600-page tome, published in 1494, described as ‘the most influential work in the history of capitalism’
From Prouvé to Perriand, a quick guide to the leading figures in French mid-century design, illustrated with covetable pieces offered at Christie’s
Impressionist and Modern art from exceptional collections, led by works owned by S.I. Newhouse, realises $440,646,375 across four auctions
Koons becomes the most expensive living artist; 1964 Rauschenberg sells for $88. 8 million; Post-War and Contemporary Art sales total $631,949,875 across the season
A closer look at the life, loves and landscapes of the ‘mother of American modernism’
From rubies and emeralds to rare coloured diamonds — specialist David Warren offers an expert guide
Ten stunning sapphires and sapphire-set pieces that have passed through Christie’s — including a superb sapphire and diamond brooch offered on 28 May
Leading our Hong Kong season in May, Triptych 1987-1988 by Zao Wou-Ki forms a bridge between the East and two era-defining Western artists
We spend time with the Colombian artist at her studio in Bogotá, where she talks about her emotional relationship with light, colour and space
‘This isn’t just a rare and intriguing curiosity, but represents what humans are doing to animal life on the planet.’ Offered in London on 24 May
The artists who brought modernism to America, and whose works feature so prominently in The Michael Scharf Family Collection
The sea would become a recurrent theme for the Cuban artist who was at the forefront of the Miami generation in the 1980s
A new series on how Christie’s specialists appraise valuable artworks and objects — beginning with a 19th-century Baccarat chandelier
The Ashcan School artist whose subjects ranged from New York’s working classes to the Maine coast. Illustrated with works offered in American Art on 22 May
A look back at some of the artists chosen to represent the USA in the past 30 years, illustrated with works by the same artists offered this season
Glorious atlases and sea charts from the heyday of maritime exploration — covering the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia — are offered in London on 5 June
Blake Gopnik plugs the artist’s iconic sculpture into 500 years of art history, and ponders what it says about us
John Elderfield talks to Sarah Crompton about curating a Venice exhibition that shows the artist in all her glory
Insights into the collecting life of a man described by David Geffen as ‘the greatest collector in the world’
Exuberant, celebratory, vacuous, disposable. There is little that has not been said about Jeff Koons’s seminal 1986 sculpture, which is offered in New York on 15 May
Photographer Chris Rauschenberg, son of Robert Rauschenberg, on how his father sought to ‘talk about the world in all its complexity’ in Buffalo II
In this haunting image, offered on 15 May, Warhol exposes the underside of America’s consumerist and capitalist culture
Highlights of the Hong Kong Spring season (24-29 May), which offers a wealth of historically significant works with distinguished provenance
The painter had a short and tragic life, but his brilliance and influence are undisputed — as his Venice retrospective demonstrates
A highly sought after work by one of the most important Chinese artists of the latter half of the 20th century
International Head of Jewellery Rahul Kadakia introduces some of the many storied pieces from an incredible collection that’s set to make auction history
Letters, manuscripts, objects and more that trace a path from Darwin to the 20th century’s great theoretical physicists
As the 58th Venice Art Biennale gets underway, Jessica Lack brings you the best of the Giardini and The Arsenale — from V to E
As one of the finest collection of Vietnamese art comes to Christie’s Hong Kong, we meet the man behind the collection
Christie's specialist Sophia Zhou looks at a group of Classical Chinese paintings from the Chokaido Museum in Japan, ahead of their sale on 27 May in Hong Kong