Paul McCarthy (B. 1945)

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  • Francis Bacon’s Study for Portrait

    Francis Bacon's poignant celebration of George Dyer, the artist’s most important subject, will star in our Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale on 17 May

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  • ‘Capturing a feeling of creation’: Jeff Koons on Play-Doh

    The artist reveals how he created a work that became an instant icon when it debuted at the Whitney Museum in New York in 2014

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  • CoBrA: the last true avant-garde movement of the 20th century

    In the 70th year since its founding, we look back on the movement’s brief, furious life. On 23 and 24 April, 20 works by the group will be offered in Amsterdam

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  • Collecting guide: West Coast art

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  • Collecting Guide: Lalique

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  • A leap into space: Malevich’s Suprematist Composition

    Offered in May, a 1916 canvas that was included in every major survey of Malevich’s Suprematist works during his lifetime, and which revolutionised modern art