Christie’s – Online Magazine No.295
Lucian Freud’s Girl with Closed Eyes: a tender work by the master of painterly scrutiny
‘It’s me all right’ — a coded double portrait of Picasso and his secret lover Marie-Thérèse
Why contemporary art from Oceania is making waves — and which artists to look out for
Do Valentine’s Day like an artist — inspired by Charles and Ray Eames, Warhol and more…
From prized patinas to sought-after styles: all you need to know about ancient Roman glass
They came from another world: our essential collector’s guide to remarkable meteorites
Editor’s picks
The French dancer Hippolyte Monplaisir staged a series of ballets in Mexico in the early 1850s, all starring his wife Adèle. It was in Mexico City that another Frenchman abroad, the artist Edouard Pingret — who had trained under Jacques-Louis David — made this delicate pastel portrait of the ballerina
Estimate: $15,000-20,000
until 18 February, Online
This doghouse was once the humble abode of a German shepherd named Roky in the town of Aguas Zarcas, Costa Rica. During a famous meteorite shower there on 23 April 2019, one smashed through the metal roof of Roky’s kennel, narrowly missing him and making his home a collector’s item
Estimate: $200,000-300,000
until 23 February, Online
John Walsh’s Marakihau, painted in 2021, depicts a sea monster from Maori myth. Half giant, half fish, it has a huge hollow tongue capable of sucking in a whole ship. Yet no such violence is suggested by the creature in the painting, which has an eerie, ethereal beauty
Estimate: €15,000-24,000
until 14 February, Online
Here’s your chance to own a piece of extraterrestrial real estate. This complete slice of the planet Mars found its way to Earth as part of a chunk of rock smashed off the surface of the Red Planet by an asteroid strike. Meteor hunters discovered it in 2020 in the Sahara Desert
Estimate: $6,000-9,000
until 23 February, Online
