Online Magazine No.250

Fragonard drawings, Exhibitions in Europe, Pierre Matisse’s Teotihuacán mask, At home with André Fu, Self-portraits by women, Mollino’s secret apartment, and more [Christie's]( Art stories to feed the mind and soul [‘Masterpieces of grace, poetry and humour’ — the drawings of Jean-Honoré Fragonard]( [Might-see exhibitions? From Botticelli to Bacon, what to book when Europe’s museums reopen]( ‘ [From the archive: why did Carlo Mollino keep a sumptuous secret apartment that he never slept in?]( [‘I am a woman painting, and you can’t stop me’: self-portraits by women who broke the rules]( [A Teotihuacán mask’s journey from 7th-century Mexico to the home of gallerist Pierre Matisse]( [At home with André Fu: the Hong Kong-based designer on his cherished art and objects]( [More stories]( Editor’s picks [This Rembrandt self-portrait, created around 1634 when he was 28, ignores extraneous details to focus on the young man’s head and face. The fact that the etching is little bigger than a postage stamp makes its detailed and penetrating depiction of the artist all the more remarkable]( [Estimate: £15,000-25,000 19-28 January, Online]( [Each of these Chanel earrings, mounted in gilt metal, features a silhouetted female figure in black enamel, her elegant pose mirroring that of her opposite number. But it’s not just any female figure: the image represents the fashion house’s illustrious founder, Coco Chanel]( [Estimate: $300-500 until 29 January, Online]( [Possibly the work of the potter George Adlum, or perhaps a gift to him from his son William, also a potter, this English delftware model of a dog dates from around 1720. As the slot in its back indicates, it was intended to be used as a money box]( [Estimate: $15,000-20,000 21 January, New York]( [In 1969, the dancer and singer Zizi Jeanmaire attended the Paris premiere of the film Battle of Britain in this Yves Saint Laurent cocktail dress. It later had a starring role of its own, appearing in the designer’s 1983 retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York]( [Estimate: €2,000-3,000 until 26 January, Online](   © [Christie’s 2021]( [Web version]( | [Privacy policy]( | [Unsubscribe from Online Magazine]( Bourse de Commerce — Pinault Collection © Tadao Ando Architect & Associates, Niney et Marca Architectes, Agence Pierre-Antoine Gatier. Photo: Patrick Tourneboeuf / Oslo’s new Munch Museum. Photo: @Munchmuseet / Humboldt Forum, Berlin. Photo: © SHF / Christoph Musiol // Casa Mollino, Turin. Photographs by Alberto Zanetti // Judith Leyster (Dutch, 1609-1660), Self-Portrait, c. 1630. Oil on canvas. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington // André Fu. Photograph by Amanda Kho. Artworks, from left: Claude Lalanne, Banquette Gingko, 2006 (detail) and Claude Lalanne, Crocoseat, 2007, both © Claude Lalanne, DACS 2021; Ai Weiwei, Untitled (Solid Divine Proportion), 2010. © Ai Weiwei; Su Xiaobai, Satisfactory No. 1, 2015. © Su Xiaobai; Antony Gormley, DOMAIN LX, 2006, © the artist