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Recommended features

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  • What Masterpiece — the ‘cross-collecting fair’ — tells us about the market

    Malcolm Cossons looks at the resurgence of cross-collecting, canvassing the opinions of leading art world figures ahead of this month's Masterpiece London

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  • Virtual tour: 20th Century at Christie’s London

    Explore a breathtaking array of Impressionist and Modern art, to be offered in our forthcoming 20th Century Week auctions, 15-22 June

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  • Why Britain was first to go Pop

    Pop art was not an all-American phenomenon — the UK, in fact, was where it started. Illustrated with works from our Modern British Art sales in June

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  • To gild or not to gild — that is the question

    Artists, patrons and critics have argued for centuries over the right way to frame a painting. Ultimately, it’s a matter of personal taste, says Andrew Graham-Dixon

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  • £24.9 million Monet pulls ahead in London

    ​The Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale totals £128,081,750, with works by Picasso and a record-breaking Franz Marc painting also achieving top prices

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  • Simeon Solomon — The greatest Victorian artist you’ve never heard of

    Alastair Smart profiles the life and work of the Pre-Raphaelite artist described by Burne-Jones as ‘the best of us all’ — illustrated with works offered in July