A GEORGE III MAHOGANY STOOL,

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  • Virtual tour: Classic Art in Paris

    A 360-degree view of important works from the Renaissance to the 20th century ahead of our four auctions in Paris this May, including a drawing from Tiepolo’s Punchinello series, illustrated books by Picasso and an 18th-century equinoctial sundial

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  • Art from home — 10 of the best virtual museum experiences across the Rest of the World

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  • Collecting guide: Chinese robes

    From the colour of your outfit to the number of dragons on your coat, how Chinese robes told everyone exactly who you were

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  • Charles Dickens and ‘the first computer program’

    The library of the novelist included a translation by a brilliant young mathematician that foresaw the age of computing

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  • ‘Words have temperatures... When they reach a certain point and become hot, they appeal to me’ —Ed Ruscha’s Annie

    Offered in the ONE sale on 10 July in New York, Annie epitomises the genre that made the artist one of the most celebrated of his generation