The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller review – yours for half a billion

Christie’s, King Street, London
Picasso’s bolshy flower girl is just one of the rare gems to be glimpsed in London before this vast private collection goes under the hammer

LVMH’s support to bring this Renaissance masterpiece back to Louvre

  This historic acquisition will bring King François I’s Book of Hours, an outstanding artwork, back to France. Last year, this unique masterpiece, listed as a French National Treasure, has been put up for sale by its London owner. In order to add it to the French national collections, the Louvre initiated a campaign to … Read more

Best travel book of the year: Kapka Kassabova’s Border wins Stanford Dolman award

A timely account of a fraught part of Europe is named Stanford Dolman travel book of the year. Here, one of the judges heralds a master storyteller and gives an overview of the nominees

A whirl through Vienna’s modernist era, 100 years on

Celebrating a century at the heart of the modernist movement, the Austrian capital is putting on quite a show

Marina Abramović: ‘I am not interested in small questions’

As a new show looks back on her early work, the trailblazing performance artist talks about her extensive career, controversy and sexual harassment in the art world

Rare by Oulton’s eclectic range of rarities and lifestyle masterpieces – a must-see antique collection at Harrods

Addressing a growing demand for iconic, rarefied statements, father and son duo, Tim and Oli Oulton,have made it their mission to rewrite the antiques rulebook through an offering that transcends typical collectors and dealers.   From Tuesday 20th February to Tuesday 31st July, Harrods, the London luxury department store, will be hosting a Rare by … Read more