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Jean-Victor Meyers on the Power of Patronage

Jean-Victor Meyers on the Power of Patronage

In the centenary year of the art deco movement, L'Oréal scion Jean-Victor Meyers is throwing an evening ball …

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Collected Wisdom: Victoria Beckham Collects to Bring Inspiration to Her Life and Fashion

Collected Wisdom: Victoria Beckham Collects to Bring Inspiration to Her Life and Fashion

The British fashion designer answers our questions about what and how to collect, ahead of curating highlight…

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Kim Jones Turns Curator to Support the Home of Bloomsbury Art

Kim Jones Turns Curator to Support the Home of Bloomsbury Art

Fashion designer Kim Jones, a long-standing collector of Bloomsbury art, talks about his passion for the grou…

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A Champion's Collection: Tom Brady on Selling his Watches and Memorabilia

A Champion's Collection: Tom Brady on Selling his Watches and Memorabilia

Tom Brady, the greatest quarterback of all time, is a collector of more than game triumphs and titles. For de…

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Collected Wisdom: Komal Shah collects to win women artists their place in history.

Collected Wisdom: Komal Shah collects to win women artists their place in history.

The Indian-born, California-based philanthropist and former tech executive answers our questions about what a…

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Going, Going, Gone: Damien Hirst's pharmaceutical fantasy.

Going, Going, Gone: Damien Hirst's pharmaceutical fantasy.

Remembering the "Pharmacy" auction of October 18, 2004, which offered the artworks and objects from the artis…

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Reinventing the Art Car: The ‘Pop Art’ McLaren F1

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By James Haldane Verified
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Sitting at the intersection of art and industrial design, chassis 10R became perhaps the most recognisable and iconic of all McLaren F1 GTRs—and it was all thanks to Gordon Murray. Photography by Alex Penfold T he McLaren F1 GTR chassis No. 10R is striking for its immediacy: a blood-red body set against yellow wheels and the oversized “GTR” script derived from Gordon Murray’s own handwriting.
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Going, Going, Gone: Twice Sold, Once Stolen—A Newton Portrait Goes Missing

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By James Haldane Verified
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An ivory portrait of Isaac Newton, sold at Sotheby’s in 1755 and 1963, was stolen from a Toronto gallery in 2004 while on loan from Canada’s richest man, reappearing 14 days later. O wning dozens of newspapers and an art collection said to be worth billions, the late Kenneth Thomson was the archetypal media baron—a literal one: His father, Roy Thomson, received a hereditary peerage in 1964.
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Collector’s Cellar: The Macallan 1926 and the Making of a Market

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By James Haldane Verified
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From an unremarkable cask to the most valuable bottle ever sold, the 1926 reshaped whisky—and now the distillery echoes its legacy with The Romantica Collection. T he Scotch whisky market as we understand it today is a relatively recent construct. The hierarchy of distillery names, the focus on age statements—12, 18, 25, 30 years—and the cultivation of distinct house styles are, in historical terms, only a few decades old.
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