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This slaughtering machine ran on, visitors or no visitors. It was like some horrible crime committed in a dungeon, all unseen and unheeded, buried out of sight and of memory. One could not stand and watch very long without becoming philosophical, without beginning to deal in symbols and similes, and to hear the hog-squeal of the universe.UPTON SINCLAIR’S 1906 NOVEL The Jungle details the brutal working conditions at the Chicago stockyards. Written as part of a broader campaign for social reform, it scrutinizes the slaughterhouse as a real space of exploitation. But in this passage, the killi...

Collectors paid big money for Picasso and Giacometti. June 30, 2021 Veronica Scarpati taking the 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale - Live auction on 30 June at Christies King Street, London. Image courtesy Christie's. Christie’s held a marathon series of sales that lasted more than three hours in total today, starting off in London with a major offering of Impressionist, modern, and contemporary art titled “20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale,” before switching countries entirely and moving the proceedings to Paris. There, the two-part offering included the prestigious private...

Christie's to offer the collection of Francis Gross René Magritte (1898-1967), La Vengeance, 1936. Estimate on request. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021. PARIS .- On 30 June, Christie's will be offering an exceptional collection of 20th century works assembled over a decade by the successful businessman Francis Gross, unseen since his death in 1992. This discreet collector, who comes from a family of entrepreneurs, brought together works by the most iconic artists of the 20th century including Jean Dubuffet, Alberto Giacometti, Aristide Maillol, René Magritte, Henri Matisse, Henri Moore, Pablo...