Warhol goes unseen but life’s a beach for Martin Parr – the week in art
The pop master shows his sly side, Calder prizewinners display poise, and the great British photographer heads on holiday – all in your weekly art dispatch
Art
Luxury art and collectables
Christie’s maintains global leadership Position in the art business
30% of all buyers were new with many initiating activity through digital art sales (20%). Christie’s, the world’s leading art business, entered its 250th year, by announcing a total of £4.8 billion / $7.4 billion in sales for the last twelve months. 2015 sales were down 5% (by£) for the same period in 2014. The … Read more
Haute en couleurs: JonOne’s contemporary take on Guerlain’s iconic “bee bottle”
American graffiti artist John Andrew Perello, better known as JonOne, revisited iconic Guerlain “Bee Bottle” created in 1853 as a special order for the marriage of Empress Eugénie to Napoleon III. Guerlain teamed up with JonOne for an arty reinterpretation of the “bee bottle” in a special limited series. The artist offered a contemporary take … Read more
Art market in ‘mania phase’ and risks bursting of the bubble, report says
Experts expect a ‘severe correction’, particularly in contemporary and American art, after years of spiralling prices and celebrity and luxury obsession
Annie Leibovitz ‘trying hard’ for photo session with Angela Merkel
Photographer’s new exhibition Women opens at London’s Hydraulic Power Station
50 David Bowie moments
From suburban London schoolboy to a musical colossus, snapshots of David Bowie’s kaleidoscopic life