Christie's A review of the year in art and objects

Christies A review of the year in art and objects
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Christie\'s specialists select their favourite lots of 2015 not simply those that sold for the highest prices, but artworks and objects that inspired, intrigued or moved them

Christie's specialists select their favourite lots of 2015 not simply those that sold for the highest prices, but artworks and objects that inspired, intrigued or moved them
Jussi Pylkkänen, Christie’s Global President, on the masterpiece by Pablo Picasso that set a new world record for the most valuable work of art sold at auctionLaetitia Delaloye, Head of Sale in the Antiquities department in London, on a Cycladic marble female figureSara Friedlander, Head of Evening Sale for Post-War and Contemporary Art, on a piece by Felix Gonzales-Torres that encouraged viewers to eat and deplete itMargaret Gristina, specialist in Asian and Chinese Works of Art, on a rare blue and white dated Gu-form vaseNic McElhatton, Chairman of Christie’s South Kensington, on the Vickers Supermarine Spitfire P9374Tristan Bruck, Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art specialist, on a gilt-bronze figure of a bearVirgilio Garza, Head of the Latin American Art department, onVampiros Vegetarianos by Remedios VaroJames Hyslop, Head of the Travel, Science & Natural History department, on a massive dinosaur vertebraAlexander Berggruen, Impressionist & Modern Art specialist, on Duchamp’s ‘virtual museum’Louise Broadhurst, Head of Christie’s Oriental Carpet Department, on a Peruvian tapestryJeremy Morrison, Senior Director of the Design Department in London, on a rare table by Carlo BugattiInternational Head of Jewellery Rahul Kadakia on Elena’s emerald and diamond fringe necklaceDecorative Arts specialist Shari Kashani selects Napoleon’s bicorne hatMichelle Cheng, Chinese Works of Art specialist, on a rare bronze phoenix-form ewerChristie's International Head of Watches John Reardon on a Patek Philippe pocket watchHouse Sales specialist Amelia Walker selects Marie Antoinette’s chairPost-war and Contemporary Art specialist Amanda Lo Iacono on Warhol’s Golden ShoeInteriors specialist Harriet Homfray on a Howard & Sons daybedWine specialist Noah May selects a rare consignment of pre-Prohibition Rye Whiskey
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