Art & Collecting
Sotheby's: Chatsworth sale smashes expectations
CHATSWORTH, 7th October, 2010 --- The third and final day of Chatsworth: The Attic Sale was driven by the relentless energy and raw determination of the local population. No fewer than 620 people and four dogs made their way to Sotheby’s rural outpost today, many of them arriving early, staking out their territory at the back of the saleroom, and settling down in folding campchairs, their picnics at their sides.
Tension Rising
To Olyvia Fine Art for Sold Out, for some serious face-time with one of my favourites, Robert Rauschenberg.
Let There Be Zeit
The Zeitwerk by A Lange & Söhne was a masterstroke of fancy watchmaking. The new version is even better — it glows in the dark, says James Gurney
Absent Friends
Art Basel buzzed as the world’s cultural elite gathered to browse and buy — but one nation appeared to have misplaced its invitation, says William Cash
Chinese Takeaway
The Dragon is awakening and is hungry for art. Rory Ross reports on how Chinese money and taste are going to revolutionise the art world
Bid Farewell
The auction houses are moving into private sales in a major way — and that is putting independent art dealers out of business, says Ivan Lindsay
Pass That Joint
Nick Foulkes on the gentlemanly joys to be had with a luscious pair of finely formed cufflinks
Sculpt First, Ask Questions Later
Anthony Haden-Guest interrogates Ghanaian artist El Anatsui about the mysteries of creativity and the ineffable nature of beauty
The Art of Ingratitude
It's incredible - auction houses are the beneficiaries of the new global wealth yet have the brazenness to insult them.
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