All posts in Christie’s Auction

Terry Allen Kramer’s art and furniture collection is headed to auction

Leonidas Kalai 28 August 2019

Neil Armstrong Memorabilia Auction brings in over $2.4m

Leonidas Kalai 20 July 2019

Must see - Architecture

Love dogs and design? Then Architecture for Dogs is a must-see exhibition hitting London this September

Katherine Keener 14 July 2020

Must see - Architecture

UNESCO “deeply regrets” Turkish president’s decision to revert Hagia Sophia to a mosque

Katherine Keener 13 July 2020

Art World Roundup: art acquisitions, art restitution, and the end of King Tut ‘s touring show?

Katherine Keener 10 July 2020

Must see - Theatre

National Theatre’s Midsummer Night’s Dream leaves a morning haze

Brandon Lorimer 5 July 2020

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Love dogs and design? Then Architecture for Dogs is a must-see exhibition hitting London this September

If Crufts is the gold standard of dog shows in the UK, an exhibition headed to Japan House London is about to become the gold standard of dog (architecture) shows. Making its European debut in the UK this September will be Architecture for Dogs, an exhibition that was first launched eight years ago at Design […]

UNESCO “deeply regrets” Turkish president’s decision to revert Hagia Sophia to a mosque

In 1985, Hagia Sophia, the opulent Byzantine-era gem found in Istanbul, was declared a UNESCO world heritage site after being converted into a museum in the mid 1930s. Last week, however, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, president of Turkey, announced that by the end of July, Hagia Sophia would be converted back into a mosque, a decision […]

Trump issues executive order for “National Garden of American Heroes”

In his Independence Day Celebration speech, controversially located at the base of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota, President Donald Trump announced the issue of an executive order to create a “National Garden of American Heroes.” Released on July 3rd, the executive order calls for the creation of a national garden that will pay tribute to […]

Descendants of Frederick Douglass, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Thomas Jefferson partake is photographic series recreating their ancestors

Europe began as the main focus of “The Descendants,” a series of works created by British photographer Drew Gardner. About 15 years ago, Gardner started tracking down and photographing the descendants of some of Europe’s most famous people, including Lisa del Giocondo (best known as Mona Lisa), Oliver Cromwell, Napoleon, and Charles Dickens. Then, as […]