For International Museums Day, we talk to four directors about loans, donations, digital innovations, ‘the duty to safeguard great art’ and more
Our Global Head of Private Sales on how Christo changed his life, and an astonishing encounter with the heir to Monet’s descendants
Join our specialists for a closer look at some of the treasures we’ve offered at auction
From 2016, an in-depth interview with collectors, museum founders and city regenerators Eli and Edythe Broad
After 35 years, artist David Nash’s Wooden Boulder, a gargantuan oak sphere, vanished from the landscape. James Fox went to investigate
Lisanne Skyler’s film, Brillo Box (3¢ Off), traces the journey of a Warhol bought by her father in 1969 — for $1,000
The director of the Michigan museum on its role in supporting young artists in the community, and her urgent quest to acquire works by women and people of colour
A curated edit of stories for International Women’s Day
A tribute to one of the great figures of Indian post-war art, whose career was defined by free-thinking and experimentation
Ahead of a sale of works from their comprehensive collection, the couple describe how they began to acquire art after moving to Delhi in the early 1990s
As the National Portrait Gallery prepares to close for a three-year refurbishment, Robert McCrum talks to its director, Nicholas Cullinan
In our regular series of interviews, collectors discuss how they got started, their motivations, and, ultimately, what their collection means to them
Young French collector John Dodelande sees China as the future of art
One of the world’s top collectors of Indian art talks about auctions, artists and her new museum in Delhi
The youngest woman to be appointed director of the 140-year-old institution talks Kandinsky, canoes, monsters and Matisse
We go inside the foundation created 40 years ago by the printing entrepreneur and collector Daniel Terra
Memories of an artist whose paintings ‘should extend your perception to the awareness of beauty around you’
As director of the Art Institute of Chicago, James Rondeau watches over icons of painting by the likes of Hopper, Hokusai and Seurat
The Vice President of Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art in Hong Kong on a career-defining discovery, his love of jade and ‘handling terrific art every day’
Norwegian entrepreneur and collector Christen Sveaas offers Jonathan Bastable a tour of his sculpture park and new gallery at Kistefos
Lessons from 36 years with Christie’s, including remarkable discoveries and how it feels to change consignors’ lives
The contemporary art specialist on his upbringing in Romania, why Dürer might have invented Instagram, and his struggle to master the art of auctioneering
After three years at the helm, Pasternak talks Matisse, ancient Egypt and Richard Serra
In 2016 the photographer, who passed away recently, talked to Christie’s about studying for the priesthood, hanging out with Frank Sinatra, and his love of Leica
The Colombian artist talks about her emotional relationship with light, colour and space
On 9 November the biennial charity auction sold the Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime for CHF 31,000,000 — making it the world’s most expensive watch
Four decades on from the founding of Alpina Wine, Germany’s pre-eminent wine merchant, Christie’s offers 675 lots from its distinguished cellars
As this superb Annunciation comes to auction on 29 October in New York, we talk to the curator of a new UK exhibition of the 16th-century Antwerp painter
The founder and creative director of Venyx reveals her inspirations and her secrets to running a successful business
Meet five of the women curators and museum directors who are at the forefront of Chicago’s vibrant art scene