Art and Antiques, Fine Art
An artwork by the late Jean-Michel Basquiat has become the sixth most expensive painting ever sold at auction.Basquiat was 21 years old and still a relative unknown when he painted ‘Untitled’, which sold at Sotheby’s in New York. The work had been in a private...Art and Antiques, My Favourite Painting
Danielle Steel, the world’s top-selling living fiction writer, admits that ‘Klimt stole my heart’ with this wonderful work. The Kiss, 1907–8, by Gustav Klimt (1862–1918), 6ft by 6ft, the Belvedere, Vienna, Austria Danielle Steel says: I first saw a...Art and Antiques, My Favourite Painting
‘Its typically powerful brushstrokes and juxtaposed gorgeous colours give a heart warming and evocative sense of fun and nostalgia’Ice Cream, 2015–16, by Sir Howard Hodgkin (1932–2017), 30in by 44½in, handpainted carborandum print relief Roger Wright says:...Art and Antiques, My Favourite Painting
‘It amazes me that this painting was made more than a century ago’Goldfish and Palette, 1914, by Henri Matisse (1869-1954), 57¾in by 44¼, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA Andrew Lawson says: It amazes me that this painting was made more than a...Art and Antiques, My Favourite Painting
‘The simplicity and mystery resonates with my faith’Crucifixion, 1987, by Craigie Aitchison (1926–2009), 6ft by 7ft, Tate Collection The Bishop of Gloucester says: The simplicity and mystery resonates with my faith. The intense colour conveys deep sadness...