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Christie's CEO Moves Up and Announces Successor, Bonnie Brennan

More turnover in the auction market as Christie's former CEO Guillaume Cerutti "transitions" to President of the Pinault Collection, but will also continue to serve as Christie’s Chairman of the…

Featured Exhibit

Fashion Photography through the Ages: Part I

By Alex Novak

Photography has been documenting fashion since a human being was first photographed (probably Louis Daguerre's 1839 image of a Paris street scene with a dandy getting a shoeshine).

The…

Collecting Resources

Art of Eating Well in Paris

After hearing about several bad experiences in French restaurants from friends and having numerous people ask me about good places to eat at in Paris, I decided to put together…

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