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Art Fairs in Miami's Sunshine

The traditional procession of December fairs in Miami is back, apart from the satellite fairs Aqua Art Miami and Volta, postponed to 2022 in response to post-epidemic recovery. The end of the year's key event, Art Basel Miami Beach (December 2 to 5), will be the first physical fair held in Miami...

In Search of Chartreux’s Secrets

This sale of French wines and liqueurs in Beaune, Burgundy, was focused on a secret recipe that is closely guarded by the monks of the Isère monastery. No less than 620 lots of fine wines and spirits were sold in the Burgundian town for a total of €597 000. For once, highly sought-after vintage...

Charles Cordier, Orientalist Sculptor

The sculptor of the Second French Empire, Charles Cordier, produced a large number of Orientalist busts and statues. Our two master models were used to create emblematic works. They have not left the artist’s family for over a hundred and fifty years, and we hardly dared imagine their existence:...

Amin Jaffer: Curator of the Al Thani Collection

The delights of the fabulous collection of Sheikh Hamad Bin Abdullah Al Thani, cousin of the Emir of Qatar, are now on display for the next 20 years in the Hôtel de la Marine, the former French Royal Garde-meuble. Its chief curator looks back at its origins and explains why it ended up in Paris....

Cartier, Lord of the Ring

All eyes were on this Art Deco creation: an extremely refined piece of jewelry made by the New York branch around 1925. Louis Cartier ’s (1875-1942) passion for non-Western art led to a style that spread like wildfire around the world. An exhibition now at the Musée des Arts...

Art Market Overview: Historic Sales in New York

Between them, Sotheby's, Christie's and Phillips set ten records between November 9 and 18, 2021. These sales garnered some $2.5 bn, including $1.33 bn for Drahi's auction house alone: another all-time record for Sotheby's, with 96% of lots sold to bidders from 48 different countries. It set a...

Childhood Personified by Camille Claudel

Camille Claudel made this emotional portrait just after losing her child and renouncing motherhood. Camille Claudel presented this sculpture in 1894, first at La Libre esthétique ("The Free Aesthetics", an artistic society founded in 1893) in Brussels under the title of Contemplation,...

A Treasure of Gold Coins Found in Brittany

In 2019, a couple and three stonemasons found a trove of coins dating from the reigns of Louis XIII and Louis XIV. This wonderful discovery will soon be coming to auction. This is a tale about the incredible discovery of a buried treasure—the kind of adventure everyone dreams about. It...

A is for Azulejos

Unlike what might be commonly thought, azulejos take their name not from their traditional blue color but from the Arabic al zulaydj, meaning a small enameled polished stone intended to copy ancient mosaics. Portugal gave them a unique artistic and monumental grandeur. The Iberian peninsula’s...

A Louis XV Provence Style Chest of Draw Sparks Interest

On August 4th, a Louis XV Provencal chest of drawers went up for sale with the Ivoire Nîmes auction house. A fine example of 18th-century furniture, it features a strongly curved front and sides, two drawers and typical openwork crosspieces (88.5 x 135.5 x 67.5 cm/34.8 x 53.4 x 26.6 in). Click...