With her high-piled ringlets, gold earrings and heavy black kohl, the woman portrayed in this funerary painting offers a glimpse of life almost 2,000 years ago
Hongmiao Shi gets the specialists’ perspectives on a quartet of precious artworks and objects available for immediate purchase
This photograph for LIFE was taken by the magazine’s first African American staff photographer — later a groundbreaking Hollywood director
A 360-degree preview of our upcoming online auction of Chinese paintings, to be offered 25 May to 1 June
Specialist Alexandre Bigler on the unique charms of a collection of 13 Patek Philippe minute repeaters coming to auction in July
Specialist Ana Maria Celis explains why this iconic late-career work reveals an artist in complete mastery of his craft
During the first half of the 20th century — the golden age of American illustration — artists such as Rockwell and Wyeth helped to define a nation's identity
Works by Hannah Wilke, Barbara Kruger, Awol Erizku, Andy Warhol and more — offered in our Vice and Virtue online sales
House & Garden magazine selects its favourite lots on offer in The Collector online, until 1 June
Launching a new regular series, Hongmiao Shi gets the specialists’ perspectives on a quartet of precious objects available for immediate purchase
A special preview of selected highlights from our upcoming Post-War and Contemporary Art Amsterdam online auction, to be offered 2 - 18 June
From 28 May-12 June, prints of selected photographs are to be offered online in RADArt4Aid in conjunction with Christie’s
This is one of only three such historic newspapers confirmed to still exist — and it is the first time that one of them has ever been offered at auction
For International Museums Day, we talk to four directors about loans, donations, digital innovations, ‘the duty to safeguard great art’ and more
A Christie’s online selling exhibition, 20 May-10 June, offers a selection of stunning works by Dalí, Calder, Braque and Bury, among others
As Christie’s fourth Handpicked sale moves fully online, we speak to a quartet of rising stars about art and inspiration under lockdown
This Picasso masterpiece ushers in a new sale format at Christie’s connecting Hong Kong, Paris, London and New York
A 360-degree view of important works from the Renaissance to the 20th century ahead of our four auctions in Paris this May, including a drawing from Tiepolo’s Punchinello series, illustrated books by Picasso and an 18th-century equinoctial sundial
From a Degas that went for £180 in 1892 to a Monet that fetched £40 million in 2008 — masterpieces by some of painting’s greatest innovators
Alastair Smart unpacks the mysteries of Leonor Fini’s fantastical masterpiece, offered for private sale at Christie’s
A diamond with an estimate of $1 million is to be offered online for the first time — joining a stellar cast of game-changing gems sold at Christie’s
Highlights from our Post-War and Contemporary Art auctions, to be offered online 12 May - 12 June
Highlights from Art of the Cover, a private sales exhibition of American art from the Golden Age of Illustration to be offered 19 May to 19 June
Changes to our auction calendar, Private Sales opportunities and more
From Peggy and David Rockefeller to David Gilmour — take a digital stroll through the exhibitions that made history at Christie’s
A special preview of selected highlights from our upcoming Get Art! A 20th Century Escape online auction, to be offered 28 May - 11 June
A special preview of selected highlights from our upcoming Form and Fantasy online auction, to be offered 29 May - 11 June
Christie’s specialist Noah Davis explains why this new banner work by Carrie Mae Weems offers a positive message in a time of uncertainty
A tondo that reaches across 500 years of art history to connect Botticelli, Raphael and Ingres to the Smurfs and SpongeBob SquarePants
Many of today’s highest-selling artists produced their best works in solitude, away from the clamour of society