Online Magazine No.335

Diane von Furstenberg on André Leon Talley, Valentine’s Day gifts, De Stijl, Exhibitions across the globe, Art Finance, Art Market Insights, and more | [View in browser]( [Christie's]( [BUY]( [SELL]( [STORIES]( [Christie's] [‘He was very soulful with a huge heart’: Diane von Furstenberg on her friend André Leon Talley]( [A diamond ring? A gold watch? Or an Hermès handbag? Private Sales gifts for Valentine’s Day]( ‘ [Art shows across the world in 2023 — discover love in Tokyo, explore Bollywood in Abu Dhabi]( [How Sayuri Ganepola, our Global Director of Art Finance, can unlock the value of your art]( [Meet Joanna Ostrem and Joey Quigley, the creators of Christie’s Art Market Insights podcast]( [‘The most suitable way of feeling’ — how the artists of De Stijl sought a utopia through art]( [More stories]( Editor’s picks [Jean-Baptiste Joseph Pater learned how to paint from Antoine Watteau, a specialist in Rococo fêtes galantes — depictions of French aristocrats socialising in idyllic settings. Pater followed his lead but with a lighter, freer style, making An Elegant Company in a Park a particularly eye-catching example of the genre]( [Estimate: £80,000-120,000 9 February, London]( [A star of Bordeaux’s Saint-Julien appellation, Château Ducru-Beaucaillou 1982 (offered here in a generous double magnum) has notes of liquorice, cedar and cigar — and experts agree it is ageing superbly. As Robert Parker wrote in 2016, ‘It is a beauty that can be drunk now, but its best days are still ahead’]( [Estimate: $1,400-2,000 until 14 February, Online]( [American craftsmanship meets French Empire grandeur in this mahogany sofa, probably dating from the 19th century. Evoking the Neoclassical furniture favoured by Napoleon, it stands on imperial lions’ feet and has an ingenious fish motif carved into each curving arm]( [Estimate: $800-1,200 until 16 February, Online]( [The collection of the late fashion icon André Leon Talley is full of surprises — and one such is this two-foot-high robot figurine. Made of shiny metal with fluffy shearling details, the characterful creation dates from 2010 and was (as its medallion indicates) produced by Prada]( [Estimate: $800-1,000 15 February, New York](   © [Christie’s 2023]( [Web version]( | [Privacy policy]( | [Unsubscribe from Online Magazine]( Diane von Furstenberg and André Leon Talley. Photo courtesy of Diane von Furstenberg // Illustration by Georgina Braham // Clockwise from left: Liu Kuo-sung, The Composition of Distance no.15, 1971. Ink and colour on paper, 115.5 x 57.5 cm. Gift of the Liu Kuo-sung Foundation. Collection of National Gallery Singapore / François Boucher, Cupid’s Target, 1758. Photo: Bridgeman Images / Yayoi Kusama, Dots Obsession — Aspiring to Heaven’s Love, 2022. Photo: Dan Leung. M+, Hong Kong / Zandile Tshabalala, Two Reclining Women, 2020. Acrylic on canvas. 122 x 91.5 cm / Alexander McQueen, Look 29 from the Horn of Plenty collection, autumn-winter 2009-10. Photo: Sean Fennessy // Theo van Doesburg, Contra-Composition, circa 1927-28. Oil on panel. 15⅜ x 12¼ in. Sold for €1,700,000 on 21 October 2021 at Christie’s in Paris