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The Lust Collection: A Life Shaped by Giacometti
In the autumn of 1949, a young American Fulbright scholar arrived in Paris to read English Literature at the Sorbonne. Herbert Lust could scarcely have anticipated…
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Kandinsky’s Geometric Apotheosis Poised for the Auction Block
Watch the film on Instagram At the confluence of music, mathematics and spirituality stands Wassily Kandinsky's 'Betonte Ecken', a work that distils the artist's visionary synthesis…
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A Patek Philippe Emerges from Six Decades of Obscurity
The most compelling discoveries in horological collecting are often those that remain hidden in plain sight: timepieces that have dwelled in the quiet custody of their…
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The Architecture of Connoisseurship: The Herbert Lust Collection Comes to Auction
A collection of true distinction rarely emerges from fortune or the vagaries of the market. It is built, instead, through an architecture of deliberate choices: the…
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A Lifetime of Beauty Distilled: The Connoisseur’s Collection Comes to Geneva
When jewellery transcends the boundaries of personal adornment and enters the realm of curatorial practice, it becomes something altogether more profound. Such is the character of…
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A Masterwork Emerges: Basquiat’s Leonardo Dialogue Returns After Two Decades
The reappearance of a significant work from a private collection represents more than a curatorial moment; it is an invitation to reconsider the artist's enduring preoccupations…
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Whispers of Dynasty: Christie’s Geneva Unveils a Collection Where Horology Meets History
The finest watches do not merely measure time; they hold it captive within metal and crystal, preserving the essence of singular moments and the vision of…
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A Journey Across Continents: Christie’s Celebrates Islamic and Indian Worlds
The aesthetic traditions that flourished across Spain and North Africa, through Persia and into India and Central Asia, speak a visual language of breathtaking sophistication. From…
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The Art of Collaboration: Printmaking’s Greatest Partnerships Come to Auction
Printmaking occupies a peculiar space within the artistic cosmos: it is simultaneously a democratic gesture and an alchemical act, requiring the convergence of two distinct visions…
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Photography’s Luminous Masters Gather at Christie’s New York
Watch the film on Instagram Within the soaring galleries of Christie's at Rockefeller Plaza, two distinct yet deeply complementary exhibitions converge to chart the evolution of…
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What is the latest news from Christie's?
The most recent story is Alexander Calder’s Demi Gondola: A Rare Tower Sculpture Comes to Auction, published on 12 November 2026.
What else has Simply Luxury published about Christie's?
Recent stories include Christie’s 21st Century Evening Sale Gathers the Voices That Shaped Modern Art; Basquiat’s Dialogue with Leonardo: Two Masters Separated by Five Centuries; Ted Turner’s Vision of American Wilderness Comes to Christie’s; Kandinsky’s Spiritual Geometry Surfaces at Christie’s New York.
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Christie's appears in Art.
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Simply Luxury has published 118 stories about Christie's, all collected on this page and updated as new launches are announced.