The Post-War and Contemporary Sale at Christie’s. I worked many hours this weekend, including a saturday night function, and a sunday day event. Lots of very important people there (apparently). I thought Mr Ford was the car dealer, but in fact he is the man who re-invented Gucci fashion. Hm. I saw Nigella Lawson – the domestic goddess! As delicious looking in person as she is on screen. And her new husband Mr Saatchi – I was feeling inclined to confront him about the 4 month delay in my pay for the Saatchi Export Gold ad I was in, but realised he probably has no idea what his company gets up to in NZ in Australia. Fancy nibbles, cocktails and an ice-cream bar! And a DJ too. Artworks included Some Roy Lichtenstein and Yoshitomo Nara, Lucian Freud, Damien Hirst, Francis Bacon, David Hockney, Peter Blake, Frank Auerbach, Yves Klein, and Andy Warhol (Marylin Monroe, Brigitte Bardot, Chairman Mao, John Lennon, Campbell’s soup etc) and prices at the top end were 5-7 million pounds. !!!!!!!!!!! I was a trifle concerned about the adults with drinks on Saturday night and the small spoilt children with ice-cream on Sunday, in close proximity to these works, but all survived intact. Except for the bright grey-white carpet, especially laid for the event, which is to be discarded following the sale. A tragic waste of money and carpet, though the number of hors-d-oerves stains will have decreased it’s value already. Mad world.
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