Grace: The American Vogue Years. An unseen window into the most influential of fashion projects

The legendary stylist’s greatest works in two beautiful volumes. The slipcased hardback is the perfect coffee-table book. Grace Coddington, the taste-maker who has shaped contemporary fashion since her Vogue career began in 1968, is presenting some of the world’s most famous fashion shoots in her new book. Published at Phaidon, the global publisher of books … Read more

Frieze art fair enlists Hollywood agency in push to meet mass market demands

A recent deal with WME-IMG talent agency signals a potential move away from the gallery system as investors look to scale up the still minuscule art market

La Moda aiuta il Duomo. The symbol of Milan helped by fashion

Greatest Italian fashion brands, Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana, Tiffany & Co. luxury jewelry brand and Christie’s auction house join forces to help the famed Duomo di Milano/ Milan Cathedral with “La Moda aiuta il Duomo” initiative. The Gothic cathedral took nearly six centuries to complete. It is the 5th-largest church in the world and … Read more

200 items from Joan Rivers’s New York penthouse to go up for auction

The items for sale, which range from $500 to $200,000, include Cartier jewels, and a custom engraved Tiffany’s water bowl used by Rivers’s dog Spike

The sale of James Bond’s £2.4 million Aston Martin to provide vital funds to Médecins SansFrontières

007’s Aston Martin DB10 sold for £2.4 million benefiting MSF. The DB10 is one of the rarest cars ever created. Only 10 were made and only one was made available for sale. The highly coveted and incredibly rare Aston Martin DB10 made for the latest James bond film, Spectre, went under the auctioneer’s gavel at … Read more

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