Art & Collecting
NYT: Picasso fetches record $106.5m
A painting that Picasso created in a single day in March 1932 became the most expensive work of art ever sold at auction on Tuesday night.
Apricot Gallery
Marking the first major venture of Vietnamese art in Britain, HRH Prince Andrew officially opened the Apricot Gallery on Albemarle St yesterday afternoon. HE Mr Tran Quang Hoan, the Vietnamese Ambassador to the UK also cut the ribbon.
And His Scarf Was...
Prince Andrew at the Apricot Gallery, Henry Wyndham at Sotheby's, antique jewellery at Cartier and Grace Jones at the Vinyl Factory... And that's just what we can tell you...
Art & Collecting Special
Art likes innovation but even the most modern post-modernist has a healthy reverence for the traditions they come from. And for Spear’s, an annual Art & Collecting Special is our tradition.
Putting It Together
There are no hard-and-fast rules for collecting art, but it helps if you do your homework — especially in uncertain times like these, says Annelien Bruins
Miami Vice
Eleanor Lindsay-Fynn was on the spot at Art Basel Miami Beach to capture the art world at work, rest and play
Fairground Attractions
Sun! Sand! Sex! Sylvester Stallone! Oh, and some nice pictures too. Bianca Brigitte Bonomi reports from Art Basel Miami Beach
Shadow Man
Anthony Haden-Guest on the latest in a series of glitzy extravaganzas showcasing the work of the enduring and enigmatic Richard Hambleton
The collecting bug
I've come in at the low end of the market. The very low end. I mean, Sotheby's wouldn't sneeze at my picture, but I don't care: it's mine.
Unbillable Hours
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Spear's Wire
The Hedgehog
Spear's Spiky Undercover Agent Dishes the Gossip
