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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  • Discovery: An unpublished Lowry painting with links to a Nobel Prize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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  • ‘I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them’ — Picasso and the still life

    Annabel Matterson examines the artist’s career-spanning exploration of the genre through three typically autobiographical examples offered in London

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  • Will anyone start the bidding at $100?

    Introducing Christie’s 100, a new online sale of accessibly priced post-war and contemporary art