What can we learn from Oscar Wilde’s note to the poet Pierre Louÿs inside this first edition of his only novel?
Photographer Douglas Kirkland on the night in 1961 he ‘made magic’ with Marilyn Monroe — and the camera that captured it all
The Italian Pop art pioneer who counted Cy Twombly, Jean-Luc Godard and members of the Rolling Stones among his friends
From New England to the Norfolk Broads, 5 unique private homes with splendid appendages — all from Christie’s International Real Estate
Rubies command higher prices per carat than any other gemstone apart from coloured diamonds. And these are the very best
As the sculptor’s private selling exhibition opens in New York, he explains how his work reflects ‘the duality of perfection versus chaos’
The contemporary art specialist on his upbringing in Romania, why Dürer might have invented Instagram, and his struggle to master the art of auctioneering
As he approaches his 100th birthday, France’s most successful living artist imparts wisdom about the painterly gesture
A selection of artists whose reputations and markets are on the rise — featuring works offered in our Frieze Week auctions on 4 and 5 October
This Sbarro ‘Ferrari’-style car coming to Christie’s is not only exceptionally rare, it also has royal provenance
Art critic Adrian Searle admires Richter paintings from the UniCredit Group that are being offered during Frieze Week
A Tang-dynasty open lotus blossom bowl leads a series of nine sales in which 11 world auction records are broken
See all the works offered from one of Europe’s most important private contemporary art collections — offered in London during Frieze Week
A superb collection of Howard Hodgkins, plus Guston, Albers, de Stael, Riley, Auerbach and more — 1 October in London
The founder of Only Watch, a charity auction to fund research into muscular dystrophy, on working with the watch industry
Martina Mondadori, founder and editor of Cabana magazine, remembers her friend and the beautiful homes she created
Chicago collector Robert Buford tells the story of how he almost didn’t get the chance to set a new auction record for a work by for Kenneth Noland
As one of the artist’s pivotal early sculptures coms to auction, Harry Seymour gets the inside track on the London show
Chinese Paintings specialist Carmen Shek Cerne introduces the artists who have rewritten the rules of classical tradition, sometimes subtly, often dramatically
Why the Brazilian modernist behind the Bandeirinhas and Fachadas series is now attracting collectors worldwide
As an extraordinary collection of West Coast art comes to Christie’s in New York, we meet the visionary couple behind it
What a newcomer needs to know about the highly collectable, grain-based liquor served at all Chinese state banquets
Specialist Liz Hammer guides us through the life and work of the artist-monk who outwitted the Qing dynasty rulers to leave an extraordinary legacy
A preview of our new-look September issue, featuring — as always — the very best the art world and Christie’s has to offer
The presenter of Christie’s Education’s online course on the history of watches reflects on concentric balance springs, ‘the Quartz crisis’ and Fidel Castro
A guide to the photographer whose eroticised and provocative images subverted traditional conventions of fashion photography
Specialist Jacqueline Dennis Subhash explains how and why this sculpture was made, and recalls her visits to the bronze workshops of the Kathmandu Valley
A deep dive into the life and work of an artist who was sorely overlooked before his enormously popular retrospective at Tate Britain
Explore ancient and modern art drawn from all corners of a vast continent, on view at our Rockefeller Plaza galleries from from 6-13 September
Ahead of the sale of 101 objects in New York, specialist Michelle Cheng talks us through a selection of highlights