Art & Collecting
Frieze Week: Monday
Laurence Graff told Spear's that he had always wondered what it was like to stand on the other side of the podium instead of sitting in the front rows
Art London looks up
Art London had too much drawing-room art last year. This year, Art London moved out of the drawing room and into a more daring room.
Ticking Over Nicely
Ten years ago Richard Mille initiated a French Revolution in Swiss watchmaking — one that shows no sign of winding down, says James Gurney
When Worlds Collude
Art is good business — and good for businesses. Anthony Haden-Guest meets the fixers who bring the creative and the corporate together
Interiority Complex
Penelope Bennett meets David Collins, the refreshingly unpretentious design genius who has surprised himself with his remarkable success
Bad publicity
Another cartoon from the sharpest pen in the Really Annoying Phrases series: Bad publicity.
Legge, Braine and Fingers
Charlotte Legge and Kate Braine are neighbours who have become business partners with their ring company, adding a zing to every finger
Paint It Red
Mark Hollingsworth and Stewart Lansley’s book Londongrad chronicles how the Russians came, saw and conquered the capital. In this extract, they describe how the oligarchs drove the art market into a frenzy
Bloomberg: Art Moscow tries to tempt back buyers
Sept. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Russia’s biggest contemporary-art fair opens tonight, trying to lure billionaire collectors after a year in which they reduced purchases as their wealth declined.
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