Christie’s – Online Magazine No.214

by Jacqueline A. O'Neill · March 31, 2020

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Art stories to inspire, inform and delight — delivered to you with our very best wishes amid challenging times

The greatest gardens in art — a celebration of this most fertile source of artistic inspiration

From Sargent to Sorolla, Jonas Wood to Winston Churchill, Berkshire to Bali — how artists have found solace and inspiration in gardens the world over

Preparation, pouring, corkscrews and muslins — an expert’s guide to decanting fine wine

From which wines to decant to candles, ‘ah-sos’ and those troublesome crumbling corks — wine specialist Charles Foley offers his top tips and tricks for decanting fine wine (with a little help from a Fabergé silver pheasant)

From the archives: At home with collectors Eli and Edythe Broad, the ‘Medicis of Los Angeles’

In 2016, Eli and Edythe Broad talked to Michael Watts about great art, great causes and changing the rules, including founding a museum to house their astonishing collection and help to regenerate downtown Los Angeles

10 radical modern art movements you may not know about (but definitely should)

Ahead of the publication of Global Art, the book’s author (and Christie’s contributing editor) Jessica Lack introduces 10 pioneering modern art movements born out of political engagement, decolonisation, marginalisation and conflict