Monet
Not seen since its first showing in 1876 Monet’s Dans La Prairie which features the artist’s wife Camille goes under the hammer at Christie’s. The painting filled with colour in brush strokes that embody impressionism is expected to fetch around 15 million pounds sterling when it goes up for auction in an evening sale of Impressionist and Modern works in London on February 4. Other famous pieces including works by Toulouse-Lautrec, Modigliani, Sisley, Renoir, sculptor Henry Moore, Matisse and Van Dongen are also up for sale and are expected to …

kokoschka’s Istanbul painting
The Global economic downturn is forcing many art collectors to part with rare pieces by artists such as Amedeo Modigliani, Camille Pissarro, Oskar Kokoschka, Piet Mondrian and Edouard Vuillard. Works by some of these artists in particular, Pissarro and Modigliani have never been seen before auction. Whether the reason for parting with family heirlooms is that keeping them has proven to expensive over recent months or that collectors are simply looking for something else to invest their money in we just don’t know. However, what we do know …

London Art Fair 2009
Modern British and international contemporary art from 100 galleries (predominantly painting, but also sculpture, photography, prints, video and installation art) is shown at this venue in north London.
January 14-18, Business Design Centre, London
www.londonartfair.co.uk
Adults £11/£15 (in advance/on the door); five-day pass £25; concessions £9; children under 12 years go free with an adult.
Art Unveiled: New Art from the Middle East
Jan 30-May 6
After the gallery’s inaugural show – a muted response to art’s big red Chinese dragon – comes a …