Epstein Secrets

s Picasso" is fortuitous: it opens in the wake of Christie's astonishing—and, yes, delir- ious—sale of the a

n for Alec Guinness's dissolute artist in the 1958 film The Horse's Mouth) The timing of "Delirious Picasso" is fortuitous: it opens in the wake of Christie's astonishing—and, yes, delir- ious—sale of the artist's 1955 painting Les Femmes (Version '0) for $179 million, a world record for any work of art a

eir own bodies and issues of self-criticality. At the Leopold Museum in Vienna. Emin presents 80 of her works. alongside a hand-picked selection of Schiele's paintings and drawings in 'Tracey Emin/Egon Schiele: Where I Want to Go.' on view through September 14.leopoldmuseum.org Gambliiihrp WI) aid Ma

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an exhibition in the sumptuous splendour of 2 Cornwall Terrace. On display are paintings and sculpture by major artists fromn throughout history like Schiele, Picasso, and Manet, dotted among which are this year's Saatchi/Channel 4 New Sensations. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_028287 --- PAGE BREAK --- THE HOUSE OF TH

arst in Citizen Kane: a rich man with non-existent morals but exquisite taste. Like Dick Fuld, Lehman Brothers' last CEO: earlier this month, it took Christie's days to sell off the bank's art collection. Here there is no so such owner: this collection has been curated by two artists, Victoria Golembiovskaya

n houses now tie their activities to it more than ever. Off-site auctions saw Phillips de Pury selling David Hockney's Autumn Pool for $2 million and Christie's flogging Andreas Gursky's photograph of the New York Stock Exchange for $700,000, almost three times its estimate. Harry Blain and Graham Southern,