Art
Portuguese modern masters, contemporary artists and the places where art meets craft.
Almada Negreiros, for those who bid with the heart
At Cabral Moncada's auction 243 in Lisbon, a small 1933 gouache by Almada Negreiros went from a €9,000 base to €20,000. It was the biggest jump of the night, and I understand every bid.
The art market, for anyone who reads the room before the sale
Christie's London made £218.6 million in one October night. New York is next, with two houses expecting close to two billion dollars. Here is how I read the numbers.
Patek Philippe Watch Art, for those who think a watch belongs in a museum
68,000 visitors in sixteen days. The seventh Watch Art Grand Exhibition in Milan was the largest Patek Philippe has ever built, and the GPHG jury noticed.
Ficus Interfaith, for those who look twice
For the TimeForArt auction in New York, Maurice Lacroix asked a New York art duo to turn a block of pearls and resin into a watch dial one millimetre thick.
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