Spear's Year in Review 2014: Art
We review the year in art as the market grows and galleries adapt, as well as who had the stand…
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Book review: Zeppelin Nights by Jerry White
London’s Blitz in the Second World War being so much part of common consciousness, one doesn’t often pause to think…
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Book review: War and Gold by Kwasi Kwarteng
Kwasi Kwarteng, the Tory MP for Spelthorne, is the son of Ghanaian immigrants and was educated at Eton as a…
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Style watch: Rare Audrey Hepburn images to go on display
Audrey Hepburn photographed in Givenchy by Norman Parkinson, 1955 © Norman Parkinson Ltd In a little-known period of her early…
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Harley-Davidson blessed by two Popes goes to auction
A Harley-Davidson motorcycle signed by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and presented to Pope Francis in a spectacular blessing ceremony will…
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Review: John Smart – A Genius Magnified, Philip Mould & Company
Emma Rutherford cradles an 18th century beauty in her hands: ‘She’s the most expensive in the exhibition, she’s around £55,000,’…
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Hyperconnectivity gives Alessandro Tomé hypertension
We are plugged in 24/7, says our Discriminator columnist, but is constant connection ruining our human connections? Plus, the consistent…
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The true artistry of Twin-Tower wire-walker Philippe Petit
It was some years after his wire-walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center that I first interviewed…
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Parasol unit celebrates ten years of making waves in the art world
Alongside the Regent’s Canal in an unpretty part of London sit two of the city’s cultural heavyweights. On Wharf Road,…
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Most expensive watch ever: Patek Philippe timepiece sells for record $24 million
Author: Aoife Moriarty A pocket watch designed by Swiss watch manufacturer Patek Philippe has sold for a record $24 million…
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Review: Orion Orchestra, Cadogan Hall
At the end of October I was invited to a concert given by the Orion Orchestra at the Cadogan Hall.…
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Stanley Johnson on journeying to the Arctic and finding Boris’ first literary efforts
LIGHT FANTASTIC The high point, literally, of my summer was the week I spent in the far north, at the…
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Stanley Johnson, whose second volume of memoir is out now, covers caribou, book launches and the star turns of his…
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Why Christie’s has moved beyond paintings into handbags and jewellery
In the popular imagination, Christie’s is still perceived as a cross between a museum and a gentlemen’s club. The reality…
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Online art valuers are giving the auction houses a run for their money
Masterpieces and money don’t speak the same language. ‘Priceless’ might represent unparalleled beauty to the artistically inspired, but for the…
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Today Christie’s is a one-stop luxury shop for HNWs, selling not just Hirsts and Bacons but handbags too. Now the…
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Exhibition review: Russian Avant-garde Theatre: War, Revolution and Design at the V and A
Not for the first time, the Russian avant-garde has been poisoned by politics. Due to the events in Ukraine, the…
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Does Silicon Valley have a taste for technology-enabled art?
In the early 1480s Leonardo da Vinci wrote to Ludovico Sforza, ruler of Milan, looking for a position. He listed…
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Book Review: The Firm by Duff McDonald
I was brought up on McKinsey worship. My colleagues in our small but beautifully formed consultancy saw the management consultants…
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Review: Verdi, I Due Foscari, Royal Opera House
It is always a thrill to go to Covent Garden, more so last night to see one of the great…
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