Rare Kandinsky masterpiece and Hockney’s beloved dog painting head to London auction

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Rare Kandinsky masterpiece and Hockney’s beloved dog painting head to London auction  Around 50 works by some of the biggest names in modern and contemporary art are going under the hammer at Christie’s in London on Wednesday 14 October.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2026/10/12/rare-kandinsky-masterpiece-and-hockneys-beloved-dog-painting-head-to-london-auction  Spark your senses, wake your wonder. Euronews Culture seeks to show creativity in action and inspire our audience to explore the world through the five senses. Start your journey through the best of Europe's arts, gastronomy, traditions and high-end craftsmanship.

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00:25It was inspired by a trip that Matisse had taken to Tahiti in 1930.

00:31It was made at a time 16 years later when he was suffering from chronic ill health.

00:37I think what's very special about it is that it has this wonderful quality of sort of distilled sensual memory.

00:45Obviously he's very unwell but he's remembering this experience

00:49and it's sort of distilled into this beautiful panel of these simple shapes on this lovely linen ground.

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01:02These paintings were very close to him and even in all the literature

01:05or when you look at interviews of Hockney speaking about their works,

01:10he always said there were some of his most intimate paintings.

01:13It's the first time that one of these comes to market so that's really exciting.

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