Modern and Contemporary Art

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‘When heaven and Earth split apart’: Zao Wou-Ki’s 21.10.63 Offered in Hong Kong on 10 July, 21.10.63 is one of the largest works in Zao Wou-Ki’s explosive ‘Hurricane’ series — a creative peak in the artist’s career	Sanyu in Paris Hailed as the ‘Chinese Matisse’, Sanyu moved to Paris at the height of the city’s artistically precocious 1920s. Lavender Au discovers why his art became highly sought after at auction.
‘Words have temperatures... When they reach a certain point and become hot, they appeal to me’ —Ed Ruscha’s Annie Offered in the ONE sale in New York and sold for $22,975,000, Annie epitomises the genre that made the artist one of the most celebrated of his generation	Collecting guide: Japanese woodblock prints Why Kitagawa Utamaro, Katsushika Hokusai and Utagawa Hiroshige belong in the pantheon of all-time great artists