Art & Collecting
Family Jewels
Ivan Lindsay on the jewellery-making genius of Carl Fabergé and his great-grandchildren’s bid to bring the brand back to life
Packing a Punch
Leading luggage designer Bill Amberg has distilled the essence and quality of Johnnie Walker Blue Label into his latest collection of men’s accessories
Inner Beauty
You’ve bought the T-shirt — now you can buy the soft furnishings to match, as Armani/Casa brings fine design out of the closet and into the home
US Special: Phoenix from the Frames
Anthony Haden-Guest meets Asher Edelman, a Wall Street predator in the 1980s who is now striving to reignite the art market with his nous as a dealer
Bang on Time
Josh Spero meets the unstoppable Jean-Claude Biver, whose career has combined the best of traditional Swiss watchmaking with his own revolutionary vision, culminating in Hublot’s Big Bang
Future Map
The winner of the first 176 / Zabludowicz Collection Future Map Prize has been chosen. Cindie Cheung was selected for her video art works One Girl in Office, with Coca Cola and Untitled. The prize was awarded last night by Anita Zabludowicz at 20 Hoxton Square Projects.
Hirst Today, Gone Tomorrow
Freddy Barker reports from Crunch 09, the Art Festival at Hay, where modern-art enthusiasts descended to debate the YBAs, see a punk legend and learn why the public is threatened by colour
Today's Mother Courages
The play sheds light on the banking crisis: we see a woman who ploughs on because there is money to be made.
Sotheby's: Good times back as Warhol nearly quadruples estimate?
Tonight at Sotheby’s in New York, Andy Warhol’s monumental masterpiece, 200 One Dollar Bills, brought a remarkable $43,762,500, soaring past the pre-sale estimate of $8/12 million. The Warhol was the top-selling lot in a sale of Contemporary Art that brought an outstanding total of $134,438,000, far-above pre-sale expectations (est. $67.9/97.7 million).
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