Salvador Dalí’s lobster telephone and Mae West lips sofa to be sold at auction
Renowned surrealist artworks among hundreds of objects from Edward James foundation to be sold by Christie’s
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A bigger splash: 35kg book of David Hockney’s artworks costs £1,750
Limited edition tome weighing in at 35kg has 450 prints dating back to 1953 – and a stand in the artist’s trademark colours
David Bowie’s sombre art collection needs more space oddities
Aside from Jean-Michel Basquiat and Marcel Duchamp, there’s little provocation or pop art brashness in David Bowie’s art collection – instead he’s weirdly fascinated by 20th-century British painting
‘You could disappear into it’: Anish Kapoor on his exclusive rights to the ‘blackest black’
Architect and artist defends controversial deal with developers of Vantablack, the blackest material ‘after a black hole’
Foundation stone: leading architects on the homes that shaped them
How does your childhood home influence the one you make yourself? Seven leading architects look back at the foundations of their career
John Pawson: ‘I love clear spaces. I love the absolute minimum’
The celebrated architect talks about his latest work – a new home for the Design Museum – and his dedication to clutter-free living