International Head of Watches John Reardon on why devotees of Patek Philippe never settle for less than the best
Ahead of Christie's inaugural European Paintings auction on 31 October, Arne Everwijn discusses Courbet’s radical nudes
Christie’s Islamic Art specialist Xavier Fournier explains all you need to know about these exquisite embroidered panels
Inspired by Christie’s Paris Avant-Garde sale on October 17, we present 5 luxury homes with unusual, alluring architectural forms
Christie’s specialists discuss Haring, Banksy and Stik, and how to bring the street into the home
Offered on 6 December in London, Anthony van Dyck’s Portrait of Princess Mary, Daughter of King Charles I of England
Specialist Alma Davidsohn illuminates the story behind a picture that symbolises the friendship between Jean Dubuffet and the legendary MoMA curator Peter Selz
Specialist Kim Yu considers the spiritual import of Su Shi’s Wood and Rock, and why elemental forces might have offered consolation in times of banishment
International Head of Antiquities G. Max Bernheimer marvels at a powerful stone relief — the finest example of Assyrian art to come to market in decades
Highlights from a sale of items from Rugby School’s collection include works by Lucas van Leyden and Correggio, medieval manuscripts and important antiquities
Ahead of its November sale at Christie’s, we take a deeper dive into one of the artist’s most iconic paintings
Christie’s first dedicated sale of modern and contemporary ceramics — Un/Breakable — traces the medium from Paul Gauguin to Grayson Perry
Two 1951 drawings from the collection of the Late Hon. Garech Domnagh Browne, who met Freud as a young boy, and was then introduced to Bacon and 1950s Soho
The unique supercar will be offered in Geneva on 15 October to benefit the Swiss charity Children Action
Meet the Chinese artist famous for his highly-saturated, mind-bending canvases, whose Daydreaming about the Future is offered in Shanghai on 21 September
The Martian Pink, the Perfect Pink, the Pink Promise… Specialist Marie-Cécile Cisamolo tells the stories of fabulous stones that have bedazzled our salerooms
10 artists whose reputations and markets are on the rise — with works offered in our Post-War to Present in New York
Paul Smith, Karina Duebner, Wolfgang Ruf, Martin Kamer and Iris Apfel present their most cherished wearable treasures
In China this season, a dedicated Maotai sale plus two auctions featuring works by Warhol, Zao Wou-Ki, Yayoi Kusama and Yoshitomo Nara
In November Christie’s will offer almost 200 works from the California couple’s stellar collection, by artists such as Hockney, Lichtenstein, Calder and more
A work that according to Francis Outred shows why Sigmar Polke is a giant of post-war art who remains underrated by the market
Explore an extraordinary range of Asian art, from a bronze ritual gui, previously in the collection of the Qianlong Emperor, to South Asian Modernist paintings
Offered to benefit a new scholarship initiative from Bennington College, this work distils the unique form of abstraction for which the artist would become famous
A group of rugs and paintings from 1929-30 — seminal years that saw the artist steer a course from design to painting
A guide to the artist who came of age alongside Basquiat and Haring, and whose sometimes shocking work is more coveted by collectors than ever before
What a newcomer needs to know about the highly collectable, grain-based liquor served at all Chinese state banquets
The colourful life and times of the Italian conceptualist, featuring standout works from his Arte Povera days, as well as his ‘Arazzi’, ‘Mappe’ and ‘Tutto’ series
Last exhibited in January 1988, a masterpiece that stems from the height of Richter’s photo-painting practice
Held for 41 years in the collection of Magnus Konow and offered in London on 4 October, this 1972 painting is a poignant meditation on the human condition