Can artificial intelligence really create art? For the first time, Christie’s offers a painting created by an algorithm
Ahead of our Paris sale on 10 September, Meredith Etherington-Smith salutes three generations of collectors from one family
What a newcomer needs to know about the highly collectable, grain-based liquor served at all Chinese state banquets
The designer and decorator shows us around his Santa Monica HQ, and enthuses over the forthcoming Rooms as Portraits auctions in London and New York
Chinese Works of Art specialist Olivia Hamilton reckons this pair of superb sculptures — around 1,300 years old — are ‘the finest I've seen come up for sale‘
From the Costa Smeralda to Cannes via Monte Carlo — all from Christie’s International Real Estate
From woodcuts to lithographs and originals vs editions. Illustrated with works sold at Christie's
The world-renowned interior designer selects favourite objects from our forthcoming Interiors sale in London on 13 September
10 artists whose reputations and markets are on the rise — with works offered in our Horizon sale, 13-23 August, and in Post-War to Present in New York
Why the Milanese artist deserves to be regarded alongside Fontana, Burri and Manzoni in the annals of Italian post-war art
Dubai Watch Week and Christie’s to host leading watch experts, collectors, brands and industry professionals in London
A series of guides to the some of the most important artists we offer at auction
Offered on 13 September, this bronze vessel is one of only 15 four-legged examples known to our specialist, and once belonged to the emperor Qianlong
A landmark sale featuring rare examples of works by 19th and 20th-century masters of the medium
A glimpse of some of the many artworks by women artists with which the Italian and her family surround themselves
A new collector’s guide to palettes, glazes, reign marks, and the different kilns, plus why it pays to handle as many pieces as possible
Why collectors are in thrall to the extraordinary craftsmanship behind the creation of the ultimate bag
The tiny and exquisitely beautiful curiosities that once housed tobacco are highly prized. Specialist Margi Gristina advises on how to start a collection
Innovator, forger, globetrotter — insights into the long life and influential career of China’s most popular modern artist
Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art specialist Katie Lundie on what to look for when collecting Chinese archaic bronzes
From Campbell’s Soup Cans to the Velvet Underground, and everything in between — a guide to the Pop master — who would have turned 90 on 6 August
Behind the scenes with Christie’s specialists and the remarkable artworks and objects they come into contact with
A guide to the Art Deco designer inspired by Japanese and African art, who strove to create ‘art for all’
Our Head of Silver reflects on the importance of great mentors, and his most memorable finds across 28 years with the company
Chinese ceramics and works of art specialist Vicki Paloympis offers tips on how to start a collection
Meet Scott Stulen, the director of the Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa, who is determined to bring its art to a younger audience
The complete reconstruction of Alberto Giacometti’s studio in a new Paris institute is one of three major ongoing celebrations of the artist’s work this summer
We talk to co-curator Keith Hartley about the largest UK show of the controversial German Expressionist in more than two decades
Five island escapes for would-be Robinson Crusoes, from a rocky hideaway just off the Maine Coast to an olive-grove-covered oasis in the blue Mediterranean