An exciting 360-degree virtual exhibition of must-see Surrealist works of the early 20th century, from the Lucien and Edmonde Treillard collection in Paris
The contemporary artist Alexis McGrigg uses installation, drawings and complex layered paintings to explore questions of Blackness
The Ivorian artist discusses his phantasmagorical canvases and their connection to the graffiti of African street children
How the British Prime Minister’s Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque reinforced the special relationship during the Second World War
With the help of the French designer Henri Samuel, Susan and John Gutfreund turned their Fifth Avenue apartment into a work of art
In this challenging year Christie’s has embraced new digital technologies, connecting its clients with sales across the globe while making auction history
From Babe Ruth’s bat to a Lou Gehrig Yankees jersey, plus balls, cards, pennants, photographs — and a love letter from Marilyn Monroe to Joe DiMaggio
Chinese Export specialist Becky MacGuire looks at pieces created for the elite of the Spanish-speaking world, including highlights from our January sale
Specialist Sarah Reynolds highlights the sumptuous work of the Pre-Raphaelites’ second and third generations
Auction records set for Sanyu, Dana Schutz, Nguyen Phan Chanh and other great artists as Christie’s continues to reimagine the auction concept
The emergence of lyrical abstraction in postwar France, iIllustrated with key works by Georges Mathieu, Zao Wou-Ki and Chu Teh-Chun
As her triptych, Surprise Ending, is offered to benefit the charity Hopeland, the artist explains how her work engages with a digitally overloaded world
An introduction to the multidisciplinary Japanese-American sculptor-designer, illustrated with some of the 11 works coming to Christie’s in December
According to specialist Stephen Jones, Natalie and Dr Marvin Gliedman collected ‘for the sheer love of it’ — including works by Noguchi, Calder and Diebenkorn
Specialist Clementine Sinclair on a banquet scene — closely related to one held by the Louvre — that has spent two centuries in a private collection
Specialist Asia Chiao on the Canadian artist who ‘condensed a lifetime’s career into just a few, short, blazing years’
The artist’s Orientalist masterpiece is the fruit of many years’ living ‘like a languid Lotus-eater’ in Cairo’s Coptic quarter
Alexandra Tolstoy on items from the Chelsea home she created with Colefax & Fowler — featuring items offered online
Why collectors are in thrall to the extraordinary craftsmanship behind the creation of the ultimate bag — illustrated with examples offered at Christie’s
A comprehensive guide to the many Louis Vuitton bags and trunks on the market — including the most sought-after models
The watch of former Patek Philippe owner Charles Stern has already sold for a record price. Now the dial has resurfaced
Cecilia Zi, Kate Hunt and Christie’s CEO Guillaume Cerutti on a pair of gold and silver-inlaid bronze chariot fittings fashioned in the region of 2,400 years ago
Using lots from our upcoming Collector sales, the Italian writer and Vogue stylist designs a series of vignettes in London’s most spectacular conservatory
Peter Doig’s Boiler House makes top price; world records are set for Marina Abramović and Daniel Richter; evening sale series tops £90 million
Auctioneers Cécile Verdier and Jussi Pylkkänen introduce a dynamic cross-channel live conversation between London and Paris for 20th Century week
A radical work by France’s greatest living painter, produced at a key moment in his career
A maquette for a new public sculpture by STIK is being offered on 23 October, with the proceeds going to fund a series of outdoor artworks
Hockney’s portrait of the Royal Opera House general administrator was inspired by his love of opera — and led, in turn, to his many designs for opera productions
An introduction to one of civilisation’s finest and most storied wines, from its extraordinary origins to its diversity of styles
In the late 1970s the handsome New York stockbroker and connoisseur retreated into the Appalachian Mountains. His collection is now being offered in New York