BUCOLIC IDYLLS OF COURTING COUPLES | July 6th 2008Watteau painted slowly and died young, leaving few paintings behind. The discovery of a lost painting after 200 years has created a stir, writes Fiammetta Rocco, the Books and Arts editor of The Economist ...
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It is easy to dismiss Jean-Antoine Watteau as the Barbara Cartland of early 18th-century French painting. That would be a mistake. True, his bucolic idylls of courting couples and little lapdogs have a domestic theatricality that has fallen from fashion, but they are unique for their wistful mood about melancholy and the transient nature of love. And there is a sensibility that anticipates the art of the future by painters like Edgar Degas and Henri de Toulouse Lautrec--of art being about art, the world of art as seen through the eyes of an artist.
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THE BEAUTIFUL BUBBLE OF ST JAMES'S SQUARE | June 29th 2008Christie'sOne of Jeff Koons's candy-coloured steel sculptures is up for sale, writes Fiammetta Rocco, the Books and Arts editor of The Economist. Not included in the purchase price: transport from London via Soviet military aircraft ... From ECONOMIST.COM*read more »COMMENTS: Comments | ADD NEW COMMENTART AND AUCTIONArtsFiammetta Rocco
THE RUSSIANS COME TO LONDON | June 8th 2008Sotheby'sThree London auction houses host sales of Russian art next week, catering to some of the most flamboyant spenders in the market today. Fiammetta Rocco, the Books and Arts editor of The Economist, examines the purchasing habits of this relatively new group of collectors ... From ECONOMIST.COM*read more »COMMENTS: Comments | ADD NEW COMMENTART AND AUCTIONArtsFiammetta Rocco
JUNKMEN FROM AFRICA | May 25th 2008
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Demand for African contemporary art has always been sluggish, writes Fiammetta Rocco, the Books and Arts editor of The Economist. But that is starting to change for those artists who make powerful work from the continent's detritus ...
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HORNS OF PLENTY | May 17th 2008Christie'sRhinoceros horn was more precious than gold in the 16th century, and only the most skilled artisans carved it. Fiammetta Rocco, the Books and Arts editor of The Economist, describes the first-ever auction entirely devoted to rhinoceros-horn carvings ... From ECONOMIST.COM*read more »COMMENTS: Comments | ADD NEW COMMENTART AND AUCTIONArtsFiammetta Rocco
A BIDDING FRENZY | March 9th 2008
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With Chinese art-buyers in overdrive, auction houses are looking to cash in, writes Fiammetta Rocco, the Books and Arts editor of The Economist. A decent Song flask fetched a record price in November, so excitement is mounting over two rare archaic wine vessels on sale this month ...
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IN PRAISE OF IRMA STERN | January 30th 20082002-2007 Bonhams 1793 LtdArt collectors are suddenly remembering Irma Stern, writes Fiammetta Rocco, the Books and Arts editor of The Economist. Modigliani and Picasso painted Africans as objects; Stern portrayed them as individuals ...
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"The Hare with Amber Eyes" has become an international phenomenon. Fiammetta Rocco follows the author to Vienna and finds the saga continuing ...
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