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This week’s stories ## La reconnaissance infinie — René Magritte’s search for our place in the universe
This 1933 painting of a small man floating on an orb — our planet, perhaps — is part metaphysical enquiry and part testimony to the artist’s friendship with his fellow Surrealist, the poet Paul Colinet
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### From a ‘striking’ Carrington to a ‘kaleidoscopic’ Frankenthaler: our specialists’ picks from the Contemporary New York series
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### Jenny Saville’s Study for Pietà IV — her response to the marble sculpture Michelangelo made as a monument for his own tomb
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### American abstraction: tour the collection of Mel and Martha Horowitz, showcasing Ruscha, Gilliam, Guston and Truitt
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### Explore the ‘sensuality of form’ in Fernando Botero’s diverse subjects, spanning bullfighters, bordellos, and Woman with Dog
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### Ahead of the inaugural Gooding Christie’s Amelia Island Auctions in Florida this March, brush up on marques, models and eras — from vintage Ferraris and Porsches to Bugattis and beyond
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### Editor’s picks
Between 2021 and 2023, JJ Manford made a series of pictures of interiors in which works by other artists, from Miró to Sophie Taeuber-Arp, figured prominently. Library Interior with Frank Walter, a richly coloured image in oilstick, pastel and Flashe paint on linen, includes work by Walter, a celebrated Antiguan artist. Here, as elsewhere, Manford’s respect for his creative forebears is palpable Estimate: $4,000-6,000 until 28‌ February‌, Online
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Joan Miró was fascinated by the ‘radiating force’ of everyday objects and their capacity, when combined, to create ‘poetic shock’. Although cast in bronze, Le roi guerrier appears to boast a piece of weathered wood for a body, while a metal hoop used for embroidery serves as a crown. This one-eyed king stands 120cm tall and, with Miró’s familiar playfulness, wields a long spoon in place of a sword Estimate: £150,000-200,000 7‌ March‌, London
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Simplicity and innocent joy are celebrated in Feng Zikai’s Flying a Kite, one of many images the artist made of open-air fun and games. Executed with great economy in ink and colour, the work depicts what we may take to be a family group with a butterfly-shaped kite soaring above them. In Chinese culture, this centuries-old tradition is seen as a symbol of good luck, longevity and freedom Estimate: HK$50,000-70,000 until 26‌ February‌, Online
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The Brooklyn-based artist Michael Kagan has long been fascinated by astronauts. His 2016 painting Mercury 7 is based on a famous photograph of the seven men selected to take part in Project Mercury, the earliest US space programme. In the top left is Alan Shepard, who in 1961 became the first American to go into space and 10 years later walked on the moon as part of the Apollo14 mission Estimate: $30,000-50,000 27‌ February‌, New York
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### Spotlight on
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