Sotheby's Magazine

6 days ago | sothebys.com | Katie Maher

As Bananas for the Attorney General from Winslow Homer’s Bahamian period comes to auction in New York, we explore the American artist’s revolutionary approach to watercolor. Winslow Homer is widely considered the leading American artist of the 19th century. While his oeuvre encompasses paintings, drawings and watercolors, it is his experimentation with the watercolor medium that established Homer as one of the nation’s most innovative and critically acclaimed artists.

1 week ago | sothebys.com | Jonah Flicker

A deep dive into everything you should know about Japanese whisky, including five key distilleries to collect. Although there is record of very small amounts of Japanese whisky distilled as far back as the late 1800s, it was not until the early 20th century that the category began to be produced on a commercial level.

2 weeks ago | sothebys.com | Will Fenstermaker

What makes this seemingly typical Cartier Tank worth half a million Swiss Francs? The Cartier Tank is one of the most popular watches in the world, let alone at Sotheby’s. Its timeless design has served as a foundation for numerous creative expressions over the decades, making the military-inspired dress watch a must-have for nearly all collectors.

2 weeks ago | sothebys.com | Arsalan Mohammad |to Sotheby’s

One of the 20th century’s most enduring – and divisive – architectural movements, Brutalism has become the lingua franca of buildings representing utopian residential ideals to federal power. Emerging from the chaos and destruction of World War Two, Brutalism – from the French word brut, meaning raw – enjoyed about two decades as the dominant ethos in progressive Modernist architecture.

2 weeks ago | sothebys.com | David Kamp

The May/June cover of Sotheby's Magazine. If you’ve seen the films of Yorgos Lanthimos—perhaps “Poor Things” (2023), for which Emma Stone won the Oscar for best actress, or “The Favourite” (2018), for which Olivia Colman did the same—you are familiar with his rich visual vocabulary. The fish-eye-lens shots that signal mental dislocation. The super-wide establishing shots that help the director do his loopy world-building. The soberly framed silly dancing.