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This month’s events include the launch of the world’s first NFT museum and a craft biennial at
Harewood House
Above The works came from the sale of an American collector
Below Mac Collins in the Cinnamon Drawing Room at Harewood House, photo Dawn Kelly
Below right The table in the State Dining Room alongside 12 Chippendale chairs, photo Paul Barker and Harewood House Trust
Show me the Monet On show in London until March 2, five works by the French Impressionist Claude Monet (1840-1926) go under the hammer this month. All from the same collection, they are expected to fetch a collective £35m in a sale at Sotheby’s on March 2. Among the most valuable is Massif de chrysanthèmes, painted in 1897, the same year Monet began his water lily pond series. It is estimated to fetch £10-£15m. Les Demoiselles de Giverny, depicting a field of haystacks, has a £15-£20m estimate. Sotheby’s Helena Newman said the artist’s recent appeal has “taken on an even more renewed vigour – particularly in Asia where he is a beloved figure.” The paintings will go on view to the public at Sotheby’s in New York, Hong Kong and Taipei before reaching their final destination in London.
CRAFT TIMES A London reclamation dealer is one of the exhibitors taking part in the second edition of the Harewood House Biennial, Radical Acts: Why Craft Matters.
The north London salvage firm Retrovius will use reclaimed wood to replace eight leaves from the dining table in the State Dining Room to mirror the original Robert Adam ceiling. The process of using furniture to mirror ceilings was common in the Georgian era. The original Harewood ceiling was removed by the Victorians and now exists in fragmented form in Sir John Soane’s Museum.
The biennial celebrates the house’s craftsmanship through the centuries, from the largest commission of furniture by Thomas Chippendale in the 18th century.
The Nottingham designer Mac Collins will also create a domino set, games table and stools, inspired by the Caribbean community’s domino-playing culture for the Cinnamon Drawing Room.
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