Art Explained

Art Explained

A series of videos answering some of the most popular questions about the art world.

Gallery staff take photos on their phones of the painting by Carel Fabritius 'The Goldfinch' at the Scottish National Gallery on November 3, 2016.

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Art explained: How the internet changed the art world

Steven Murphy

Oliver Barker, Sotheby's European Chairman, fields bids for Andy Warhol's "Self Portrait" from 1963-64, during the Contemporary Art Evening Auction at Sotheby's on June 28, 2017 in London, England.

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Art explained: How do art auctions really work?

Steven Murphy

Christie's employees pose in front of a painting entitled Salvator Mundi by Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci at a photocall at Christie's auction house in central London on October 22, 2017 ahead of its sale at Christie's New York on November 15, 2017.

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Art explained: Why is art so expensive?

Steven Murphy

British artist David Hockney takes a picture of press photographers with his mobile phone as he poses in front of his painting entitled "The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011" at the opening of his exhibition David Hockney RA: A Bigger Picture in the Royal Academy of Arts.

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Art explained: How do you fall in love with art?

Stephen Murphy