By James Haldane, Executive Editor |
While fashion is often concerned with what’s next, great style lies in its ability to endure. This week, Sotheby’s and FRAME unveil the second chapter of our collaboration, a capsule collection that reimagines a range of familiar staples, from cashmere sweaters and tote bags to everyday tailoring. Photographed at the Breuer building in New York, the campaign casts Sotheby’s specialists as its subjects, offering a glimpse into the personal style behind the institution and bringing together two worlds united by craftsmanship, taste and an eye for what lasts. Explore the collection online and in boutiques.
History, meanwhile, rarely stands still. Our latest edition of “Going, Going, Gone” follows the curious fortunes of an ivory portrait of Sir Isaac Newton that was sold, stolen and eventually recovered. More than three centuries after Newton transformed our understanding of the physical world, the small portrait acquired an unexpected history of its own, proving that even the most familiar figures can still be the protagonists of remarkable stories.
Elsewhere, art returns to the landscape this summer. At London’s Kew Gardens, “Henry Moore: Monumental Nature” places some 30 sculptures among trees, lawns and open sky, renewing a conversation with the natural world that shaped the artist's imagination throughout his career. Moore believed sculpture was best encountered outdoors, where shifting light and weather become part of the experience. Nearly four decades after his death, the exhibition makes a persuasive case. |
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Twice Sold, Once Stolen—A Newton Portrait Goes Missing |
Courtesy of The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario. AGOID.29218. |
Owning 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. Art was one way the famously private magnate stepped out of his shadow, lending works to the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) in Toronto from the mid-1990s. |
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Henry Moore carving “Reclining Figure,” 1959‑64. Photo: Errol Jackson. |
Set across the grounds of London’s Kew Gardens, Henry Moore’s sculptures have returned to the environment they belong to: the open air. On view through January 2027, “Henry Moore: Monumental Nature,” the largest-ever outdoor exhibition of the artist’s works, reflects his insistence that sculpture be encountered against landscape and horizon. “He always preferred showing work out of doors,” says Sebastiano Barassi of the Henry Moore Foundation. |
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Our calendar of must-see exhibitions |
Simon Hantaï, “Meun,” 1967, on view at Museum Frieder Burda in Baden-Baden, Germany. Collection Carré d Art, Musée D’Art contemporain de Nîmes © Archives Simon Hantaï, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026. Photo: Cédrick Eymenier. |
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