According to specialist Stephen Jones, Natalie and Dr Marvin Gliedman collected ‘for the sheer love of it’ — including works by Noguchi, Calder and Diebenkorn
The furniture of the French painter combines ‘creativity with perfection of execution, rigour with imagination’
The visually supercharged world of the Japanese artist loved by A-listers and inspired by everything from anime to Edo period woodcuts
A rediscovered masterpiece by André-Charles Boulle, the ‘most skilful craftsman of his profession’ under Louis XIV
Specialist Clementine Sinclair on a banquet scene — closely related to one held by the Louvre — that has spent two centuries in a private collection
Specialist Asia Chiao on the Canadian artist who ‘condensed a lifetime’s career into just a few, short, blazing years’
The elder brother of Ettore Bugatti, the auto pioneer, spent his days at Antwerp Zoo sculpting its inhabitants. Ten of his works are offered in December
Robert van Gulik, author of the Judge Dee mysteries, enjoyed a diplomatic career that spanned continents. Yet his passion lay in the art and culture of China
We introduce these cutting-edge furniture designers with inventive creations inspired by classic Islamic idioms
How did Renaissance artists Taddeo Zuccaro and Bartolomeo Passarotti come to make two drawings on either side of the same sheet?
As an extraordinary sapphire and diamond bracelet is offered in New York, we look back at stunning gems that have sparked bidding battles at Christie’s
As the literary world anticipates the 200th anniversary of the poet’s death, Christie’s offers a rare portrait as well as one of nine known death masks
The Métiers d’Art collection is witty, eclectic and Chanel to the core. Illustrated with bags offered at Christie’s
Our specialists’ tips, from what to look for in a glaze to how to read hidden stamps — featuring upcoming works offered at Christie’s
The Victor Martin-Malburet Collection features more than 2,400 images, many of them previously unpublished, spanning the late 1940s to the 1970s
Over a period of 50 years, Morton and Barbara Mandel assembled a collection of paintings and works on paper notable for charting developments in abstraction
An innovative selling exhibition explores the dialogue between a group of selected paintings by Claude Monet and Gerhard Richter
Ancient jewellery styles are in vogue, but original pieces that can be thousands of years old are surprisingly affordable
Christie's Antiquities specialist Claudio Corsi advises on seven things to consider before buying ancient marbles
It’s easy to bid online or by telephone with Christie’s — here’s how
A 360-degree view of Classic Week, our upcoming series of four auctions in Paris showcasing rare furniture, works of arts and paintings
A guide to the husband-and-wife team François-Xavier and Claude Lalanne — illustrated with works offered at Christie’s
Enjoy a 360-degree view of The Collector, our sale series showcasing furniture, objects and works of art from the 17th to the 19th century.
In the words of her friend, Interview magazine’s Bob Colacello, Barbara de Kwiatkowski was the 1970s It Girl —‘the embodiment of a decade’
The artist’s Orientalist masterpiece is the fruit of many years’ living ‘like a languid Lotus-eater’ in Cairo’s Coptic quarter
Explore important and exciting works of Latin American Art offered from Christie’s New York, now on view in our galleries by appointment at Rockefeller Center
How did Mikhail Nesterov get away with popular, religious paintings under a Soviet regime so fiercely opposed to religion?
Specialist Suzy Sikorski selects seven women whose extraordinary work has dazzled viewers from East to West — featuring lots from upcoming sales
Why coloured gems — like those on these diamond earrings and a Boghossian double rivière, both offered in Hong Kong — have an allure all of their own
A 360-degree view of our upcoming Photographies auction in Paris, presenting iconic images by the biggest names in 20th- and 21st-century photography, from Brancusi to Avedon