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  • Virtual tour: Modern British Art at Christie’s London

    Explore works by the leading British artists and sculptors of the 20th century, to be offered over three auctions in London from 21-23 January

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  • Discovery: An unpublished Lowry painting with links to a Nobel Prize

    Nick Orchard, Head of Modern British & Irish Art, discusses the fascinating provenance of this unusual industrial landscape

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  • How is an artwork appraised?

    From craquelure to patina, watermarks to brushstrokes… Our specialists on what they’re looking for when someone brings a work of art into Christie’s

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  • Antenna: Prepare to be dazzled

    As this 1941 watercolour by Eric Ravilious is offered in London, Meredith Etherington-Smith examines how artists helped to develop ‘dazzle’ camouflage

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  • 10 things to know about Yoshitomo Nara

    As Yoshitomo Nara’s Dead of Night comes to auction in London, we examine how the artist’s work blends new and old ideas of Japanese identity

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  • Weisman, Warhol and the Athletes

    As works from The Collection of Richard L. Weisman come to auction in London, we tell the story of the collector’s pivotal role in Warhol’s ‘Athletes’ series