What every collector needs to know about Hermès handbags. Christie’s Handbags & Accessories specialists look at the ‘holy trinity’ of Hermès bags — the Kelly, the Constance and the Birkin. Read here: christie-s.visitlink.me/SbVbSw

Wearable works of art: what happens when artists design handbags. Specialist Rachel Koffsky celebrates the fruit of artists’ collaborations with the creators of the world’s most desirable handbags. Explore here: christie-s.visitlink.me/4NVd78

Hermès Birkins: a guide to the most coveted limited-editions. Discover the history behind Touch, Ghillies, Faubourg and Cargo Birkins and why it’s the constellation of details that matter. Read here: bit.ly/3JwfdVM

Bram Bogart: ‘He took a tradition begun in northern Europe by Rembrandt and Rubens, and he exploded it’. Find out more here: christie-s.visitlink.me/_NreuJ

#SpotlightSaturday The Le Gavroche Part I: The Restaurant sale offers a private three-course meal for six guests at Christie’s King Street, cooked by Michel Roux, who will donate the entire proceeds to Hospitality Action: bit.ly/4cVRrQt Michel Roux Jr Hospitality Action

#SpotlightSaturday Christie’s is delighted to announce the second year of the Christie’s Grant for 1933-45 Provenance Research, supporting the next generation of researchers in this field: bit.ly/4aI6BHx

The art of Islamic calligraphy: ‘revered above painting’. From the earliest days of the Qur’an, calligraphy has elevated the written word to an art form across the Islamic world. Read on here: christie-s.visitlink.me/Ds5ICj

Norman Lear’s approach to art collecting “was buy what you love, says his widow Lyn. Now she is selling some of that art ⁦Christie's⁩ nytimes.com/2024/04/15/art…

The tastemaker: Alexandre Benjamin Navet. The French contemporary artist selects his favourite objects from The Collector, a series of sales for connoisseurs of decorative arts. Explore here: christie-s.visitlink.me/oZjT83

Art+Tech is back for 2024!

Hosted in our Rockefeller Centre galleries, Christie's Art+Tech summit is a two-day conference bringing together artists, technologists, academics, regulators, and industry leaders, continuing Christie's commitment to lead the dialogue about the role

‘That’s America!’: a collector’s guide to American illustrators. During the first half of the 20th century — artists such as Norman Rockwell, N.C. Wyeth and Joseph Leyendecker helped to define a nation’s identity.
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John Akomfrah on representing Britain at the 60th Venice Biennale: ‘I am both terrified and enjoying being in charge’. Find out more here: christie-s.visitlink.me/rq5d3w

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American Modernism in 7 themes.
A guide to key strands in early 20th-century American painting, from industrial landscapes and rural vistas to Paris and abstraction. Featuring works offered in our Modern American Art sale. Read here: christie-s.visitlink.me/0KYOkS

#SpotlightSaturday Christie's presents the final lecture in the #JohnCornforth Memorial Lectures series. Proceeds of the lectures will be donated to the National Trust. Register here for next week's lecture on Birdsall House: bit.ly/3xAqstF

Recipe for success: the ingredients that made Le Gavroche one of the world’s favourite restaurants. Explore here: christie-s.visitlink.me/nOYayX

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George Farrow: the working-class London boy who fell in love with the carpets of the Silk Road. Farrow dedicated himself to assembling one of the world’s most significant collections of 19th- and 20th-century silk carpets by Armenian weavers. Read more: bit.ly/3TR1NIx?utm_so…