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27‌ SEP‌ 2025

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Collector Ole Faarup: ‘Andy Warhol gave me the nerve to buy things that are cutting-edge’

 

Major works by Peter Doig, Chris Ofili, Sweden’s Karin Mamma Andersson and a plethora of Danish painters are offered in London

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How Klaus Hegewisch built one of the finest collections of prints and drawings in the world

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Memorabilia: Gehrig’s jersey, Hepburn’s passport, Presley’s jacket and Monroe’s ID card

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Suzanne Valadon — the model mentored by Degas who became a painter for the female gaze

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Standout sculpture in New York: from KAWS to Koons, Calder, Kusama, Benglis and more

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‘Great art always fits into a well-designed garden’: Piet Oudolf, creator of New York’s High Line, on marrying his plant scheme to Alexander Calder’s sculpture for Calder Gardens in Philadelphia

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Editor’s picks

 

Cape Canaveral, Florida, 1985 is one of a series of self-portraits shot by Hong Kong-born photographer Tseng Kwong Chi on a tour of the USA, his adopted homeland. Always dressed in a Mao-style suit, the artist playfully took on the role of cultural ambassador, here shaking hands with an astronaut. He later travelled the globe with Keith Haring, as his official photographer

Estimate: $5,000-7,000
until 10‌ October‌, Online

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Dating from the 19th century or earlier, this magnificent French marble dining table once belonged to Edulji Framroze Dinshaw and his sister Bachoo, glamorous socialites from a prominent Mumbai family who had settled in New York before the Second World War. It stood in the dining room of their townhouse on Fifth Avenue, where the two were photographed by Cecil Beaton

Estimate: $20,000-30,000
until 8‌ October‌, Online

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Liu Ye’s, Angel Chorus, from‌ 2001‌, is reminiscent of a picture in a story book. The Chinese artist, whose father was an illustrator, is a fan of Dick Bruna, creator of Miffy the rabbit. But while the charm of the image is apparent, its stage-set depiction of 11 near-identical girl singers (one playing the accordion) hints at questions of freedom, conformity and self-presentation

Estimate: £5,000-7,000
until 30‌ September‌, Online

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This handsomely bound copy of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol is from the 1843 first edition, published in London by Chapman & Hall. The illustrations by John Leech include four hand-coloured etchings, among them a frontispiece depicting the festive ball held by Mr Fezziwig, whose cheery attitude to Christmas is the polar opposite of that of the protagonist, Scrooge

Estimate: $5,000-7,000
2-16‌ October‌, Online

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Peter Doig (b. 1959), Country Rock, 1998-99. Oil on canvas. 78¾ x 118⅛ in (200 x 300 cm). Estimate: £7,000,000-10,000,000. Offered in the 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale on 15‌ October‌ 2025 at Christie’s in London. Artwork: © Peter Doig, DACS 2025 // Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), La Minotauromachie, 1935. Etching and engraving with scraper. Plate: 49.5 x 69.2 cm (19⅓ x 27¼ in). Sheet: 57 x 77.6 cm (22½ x 30½ in). Estimate: £700,000-1,000,000. Offered in Spellbound: The Hegewisch Collection, Part I on 16‌ October‌ 2025 at Christie’s in London. © Succession Picasso / DACS, London 2025 // Lou Gehrig’s New York Yankees jersey, 1939. Estimate: $2,000,000-4,000,000 / A cancelled American passport belonging to Katharine Hepburn. 6 x 3¾ in (15.2 x 9.5 cm). Estimate: $2,000-3,000 / A George V silver trophy cup presented to Bill Tilden, Wimbledon, 1920. 10⅜ in (26.4 cm) high. Estimate: $30,000-50,000. All offered in American Greats: Vintage Sports and Hollywood from the Dr. G.B. Espy Collection on 22‌ October‌ 2025 at Christie’s in New York // KAWS (b. 1974), TOGETHER, 2017. Painted bronze. 72 x 56 x 40 in (182.9 x 142.2 x 101.6 cm). Estimate: $400,000-600,000. © KAWS / Lynda Benglis (b. 1941), Untitled I, 2020-21. Green of Guatemala marble. 55 x 23 ½ x 9 ¾ in (140 x 60 x 25 cm). Estimate: $70,000-90,000. © 2025 Lynda Benglis / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Both offered in Post-War to Present on 30‌ September‌ 2025 at Christie’s in New York // Detail of a sketch by Piet Oudolf for Calder Gardens, Philadelphia. Courtesy of Piet Oudolf // Portrait of Willo Perron. Photo: Amanda Demme // Grayson Perry and Paragon | Contemporary Editions Ltd