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| This week’s stories Collector Ole Faarup: ‘Andy Warhol gave me the nerve to buy things that are cutting-edge’ |
 | | | Major works by Peter Doig, Chris Ofili, Sweden’s Karin Mamma Andersson and a plethora of Danish painters are offered in London | | |
 | | | How Klaus Hegewisch built one of the finest collections of prints and drawings in the world | |
 | | | Memorabilia: Gehrig’s jersey, Hepburn’s passport, Presley’s jacket and Monroe’s ID card | |
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 | | | Suzanne Valadon — the model mentored by Degas who became a painter for the female gaze | |
 | | | Standout sculpture in New York: from KAWS to Koons, Calder, Kusama, Benglis and more | |
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 | | | ‘Great art always fits into a well-designed garden’: Piet Oudolf, creator of New York’s High Line, on marrying his plant scheme to Alexander Calder’s sculpture for Calder Gardens in Philadelphia | | |
Cape Canaveral, Florida, 1985 is one of a series of self-portraits shot by Hong Kong-born photographer Tseng Kwong Chi on a tour of the USA, his adopted homeland. Always dressed in a Mao-style suit, the artist playfully took on the role of cultural ambassador, here shaking hands with an astronaut. He later travelled the globe with Keith Haring, as his official photographer Estimate: $5,000-7,000
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Dating from the 19th century or earlier, this magnificent French marble dining table once belonged to Edulji Framroze Dinshaw and his sister Bachoo, glamorous socialites from a prominent Mumbai family who had settled in New York before the Second World War. It stood in the dining room of their townhouse on Fifth Avenue, where the two were photographed by Cecil Beaton Estimate: $20,000-30,000
until 8 October, Online | |
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Liu Ye’s, Angel Chorus, from 2001, is reminiscent of a picture in a story book. The Chinese artist, whose father was an illustrator, is a fan of Dick Bruna, creator of Miffy the rabbit. But while the charm of the image is apparent, its stage-set depiction of 11 near-identical girl singers (one playing the accordion) hints at questions of freedom, conformity and self-presentation Estimate: £5,000-7,000
until 30 September, Online | |
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This handsomely bound copy of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol is from the 1843 first edition, published in London by Chapman & Hall. The illustrations by John Leech include four hand-coloured etchings, among them a frontispiece depicting the festive ball held by Mr Fezziwig, whose cheery attitude to Christmas is the polar opposite of that of the protagonist, Scrooge Estimate: $5,000-7,000
2-16 October, Online | |
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| |  | | • | | In the Frame: Willo Perron — the designer of furniture for Knoll, and Rihanna’s half-time Super Bowl set, on his cultural touchpoints |
| | • | | Edward Weston: the pioneering photographer who made the ordinary look extraordinary, creating iconic images of the 20th century |
| | • | | Henri Matisse — paintings, prints, drawings and cut-outs by the endlessly innovative artist famed for his mastery of colour and line |
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