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It’s not the look you would normally associate with a First Lady. So the new Mrs Nicolas Sarkozy – former model Carla Bruni – is understandably furious that a nude photo of her went on sale on the eve of her State visit to Britain with her husband. The print, taken during her modelling days … Read more
An 18th-century masterpiece long presumed to have been destroyed has been found languishing in the corner of an English country house. The whereabouts of La Surprise, by the French artist Jean-Antoine Watteau, has been a mystery for almost 200 years. Its existence was … Read full story by Dalya Alberge in the Times Online
Early prints by some of the best-known proponents of Brit Art are to be sold at Christie’s in London on April 3 when the influential Paragon Press, founded in 1986 by Charles Booth-Clibborn, hopes to raise more than £500,000 to enable it to move to larger premises. The 120 prints will include works by Anish … Read more
The late Ileana Sonnabend had a great eye, but no estate can outrun the taxman, and now her art collection is being readied to go on the block to allow her executors to pay taxes on her $400 million estate. Manhattan-based Sotheby’s and London-based Christie’s International are reportedly competing for the collection, which includes well-known … Read more
LONDON (Reuters) – Christie’s will offer for sale the private collection of the late Simon Sainsbury, estimated to be worth around 15 million pounds which includes furniture and pottery and paintings by Reynolds, Degas and Matisse… Read full story