How To Build A Famous Artist (The Talent Is Almost Optional)
Walk into any major auction house and the same names keep showing up like party guests who never leave. Picasso.…
Posts by Lauren Bexley
The Coat That Never Changed
Pull two identical black coats off the rail. Same wool. Same buttons. Same double-stitched lapels. Now put one in a…
The Colour That Was Decided Before You Even Walked Into the Shop
There is a small organisation in New Jersey that holds a meeting most people have never heard of. The outcome…
The Colour You Chose Was Chosen For You First
Cast your mind back a couple of years and think about how many things turned terracotta at once. Your sister's…
The Rumour That Makes a Painting Worth Twice as Much
Forget brushwork. Forget whether you like it. The question that actually decides what a piece of art is worth on…
The Colour You’re Wearing Would Have Got You Arrested
Somewhere in your wardrobe right now there is almost certainly something purple. A jumper, a scarf, half a pair of…
The One Thing a Government Can’t Print More Of
In 1923, a loaf of bread in Weimar Germany cost 200 billion marks. People were burning banknotes in their stoves…