A Collecting Odyssey: Property from the Mougins Museum of Classical Art
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Event date Dec 2023 – Dec 2024 -
Event location 伦敦, 纽约 , 线上
This December, Christie’s presents the first instalment of A Collecting Odyssey: Property from the Mougins Museum of Classical Art, the private collection of Christian Levett, which will be offered across six sales from December 2023 to December 2024. The works of art, spanning antiquities to contemporary sculptures, have been the nucleus of the beloved Mougins Museum of Classical Art in the South of France since its foundation in 2011.
The first chapter of our auction odyssey begins with Ancient to Modern Art from the Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Part I, to be held as a live sale in London on 7 December. Mirroring Christian Levett’s collecting passion and the concept of the museum, Greek, Roman and Egyptian art will be juxtaposed alongside classically-inspired works from the Baroque period to the 21st century, by contemporary masters including Damien Hirst and Antony Gormley.
The second chapter, Arms and Armour from the Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Part I, takes place in New York on 30 January, 2024 and will showcase highlights from the Mougins Museum’s unparalleled collection of ancient arms and armour — the largest private collection of its kind in the world.
Join us at our headquarters in St James’s, London and at Rockefeller Center, New York and discover the continued inspiration of the classical world on artists across millennia.
I feel very fortunate that my globally renowned collection has given me and many others, via the Mougins Museum, so much pleasure; it is now time for these works to move into the next chapter of their respective ‘lives’. I am excited and proud to be providing collectors and museums with this unique opportunity to acquire world-class works to be enjoyed by themselves and public elsewhere, in their new settings.—Christian Levett, owner and founder of MACM
Viewing
London
Location
Christie’s London
8 King St., St. James’s
London, SW1Y 6QT
Viewing
1–7 December
Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm
Saturday – Sunday, 12pm – 5pm
New York
Location
Christie's New York
20 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, New York
Viewing
26–29 January
Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm
Saturday, 10am – 5pm
Sunday, 1pm – 5pm
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Image credit: © Antony Gormley