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
In the latter years of her life Georgia O’Keeffe and Barney A. Ebsworth became friends. Two O'Keeffe works from Ebsworth’s collection are offered in November
The story of a pivotal work from 1962 that links the artist and different members of the de Menil family
The Gutai group was a collective of experimental performance and multimedia artists whose influence on contemporary art is only now being recognised
Offered in our Old Masters sale on 30 October, this portrait is the legacy of the artist’s affection for the child he brought under his roof when she was just 13
This intimate masterpiece was for many years unattributed, until an art historian’s powers of recall solved its mystery in the late 1970s
On November 15, Christie’s will offer Study of Henrietta Moraes Laughing from the collection of one of the greatest art collectors of the 20th century
Ahead of the largest René Lalique vase ever to be offered at auction, specialist Joy McCall answers key questions for prospective buyers
Ahead of its November sale at Christie’s, we take a deeper dive into one of the artist’s most iconic paintings
This monumental painting by one of the leading American artists working today highlights his aim to reposition the black figure in Western art history
Ahead of Christie's inaugural European Paintings auction on 31 October, Arne Everwijn discusses Courbet’s radical nudes
A group of rugs and paintings from 1929-30 — seminal years that saw the artist steer a course from design to painting
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
If the Grandes Décorations represent the peak of Monet’s career, Le Bassin aux nymphéas is a vital stage in their evolution
Specialist Will Strafford looks at some of the key names of the period, from Boulle to Riesener, Carlin, Cressent and Vandercruse
Specialist Alma Davidsohn illuminates the story behind a picture that symbolises the friendship between Jean Dubuffet and the legendary MoMA curator Peter Selz
Angela M.H. Schuster examines the work of the multifaceted founder of Spatialism and the man who created the endless void
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
A work that according to Francis Outred shows why Sigmar Polke is a giant of post-war art who remains underrated by the market
Offered on 6 December in London, Anthony van Dyck’s Portrait of Princess Mary, Daughter of King Charles I of England
Meet the Chinese artist famous for his highly-saturated, mind-bending canvases, whose Daydreaming about the Future is offered in Shanghai on 21 September
10 artists whose reputations and markets are on the rise — with works offered in our Post-War to Present in New York
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
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
At 90 years of age — and ahead of three of his works being offered in New York — one of the great figures of Indian post-war art reflects on his long career
Art critic Alastair Sooke and Christie’s specialist Sophia Zhou discuss the life and times of this giant of Chinese culture
A 1,000-year-old ink-on-paper scroll by revered Chinese artist Su Shi leads Christie’s November auction season in Hong Kong
The Chinese artist, whose painting The Nine Galloping Horses was presented to HM Queen Elizabeth II, reveals how he absorbs influences from both East and West
Why the Milanese artist deserves to be regarded alongside Fontana, Burri and Manzoni in the annals of Italian post-war art