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The painting that brought Jenny Saville to international acclaim had made a record-breaking $12.4 million at Sotheby’s London.

“When I travel, I try to see as much as art as can. I see more when I travel than when I’m at home in London, as that’s devoted to family time. I love time spending time with my family and doing really normal things, like cooking on the weekend, puttering around. I meditate every day." _ Westphal

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A group of five Fabergé silver, gold, and guilloché enamel pencil holders, Moscow and St Petersburg, late 19th-early 20th century | Russian Works of Art, Fabergé and Icons | Sotheby's

Property from an Important Private CollectionA SILVER-GILT CLOISONNÉ AND PICTORIAL ENAMEL TRIPTYCH ICON, KHLEBNIKOV, MOSCOW, 1899-1908

Lucien Freud's ‘Pregnant Girl,’ left, and Adrian Ghenie's ‘Sunflowers’ were sold at the Contemporary Art...

EDWARD BURRA1905-1976THE POINTING FINGERsigned: E. J. Burra (lower right)watercolour, g

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This 14.62ct Vivid Blue diamond has become one of the most expensive diamonds ever sold at auction.

'Sotheby’s and Christie’s Jostle for Sales' --> via The New York Times - Sotheby’s and Christie’s are one of the business world’s oldest duopolies. Though always subtly different in corporate character, these auction houses have over the years been generally perceived to be evenly matched rivals.

Few artists have been as influential with a singular gesture as Lucio Fontana slashing his canvases for the Tagli (Cut) series. The first major survey of the Argentine-Italian artist, currently on show at the Met Breuer and The Met Fifth Avenue, New York, seeks to demonstrate Fontana’s cultural"u2026

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Two shows at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg illustrate the genius of Jean Schlumberger. The first examines the designer’s career, while the second highlights his collaboration with Bunny Mellon.

VAN CLEEF & ARPELS | A SENSATIONAL ART DECO DIAMOND SAUTOIR, 1928. Old, single, baguette, square and shield-shaped diamonds, platinum (French marks), neckchain 31 ½ ins., tassel 6 7/8 ins., neckchain may be separated into smaller segments and worn as bracelets, choker and a pendant, 1928, signed Van Cleef & Arpels, 'Paris', workshop marks (Rubel Frères), nos. 30216, 38277. Provenance: Sotheby's, Geneva, 15 May 2008, lot 446.