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The price of Monet: gone for £40m as confidence in the market stays strong
One of Claude Monet’s large waterlily paintings was sold for £40.1m at a sale in London last night, smashing the world record price for the artist.

The bidding in the St James’ auction room at Christies for Le Bassin aux nymphéas, the most important painting from the waterlily series ever to be offered at auction in Europe, was fierce and prolonged.

It moved up in £500,000 leaps until ending in a fight between three bidders, two on the telephone and one woman at the front of the room.
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What are Britains 40 Greatest Paintings?
America has chosen its 40 greatest paintings. Does Britain have the guts to do the same?
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Bored by the view? Why not take your flat for a spin?
‘It’s the first building that rotates, moves, and changes shape,” says David Fisher, architect of the Dynamic Tower, the latest proposal for a wacky and costly building in downtown Dubai. The 420-metre-high tower is designed to house 80 flats selling from between £2m and £20m. These will turn independently on a central axis, affording residents 360-degree views of the building sites of Dubai. The power to spin the flats around like some architectural funfair ride will be generated not by the burning of costly Saudi oil, but by wind-driven turbines set between each floor.
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The great ecotown land grab
The government wants to turn an idyllic stretch of Oxfordshire into a ’sustainable’ car-free town. What’s wrong with that? Absolutely everything, says Jonathan Glancey
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	Artist Profile: raoul mash An amateur artist , but one who takes it seriously. I used to paint when younger, but stopped after school. I took it up again about ten years ago on a holiday to France and haven’t looked back. View raoul mash’s art gallery.
	Artist Profile: Joe Hawthorn Hello my name is Joe Hawthorn and I am a self trained artist. I have painted all of my life and in my youth I studied many artforms and artists throughout time. This allowed me develop and create my own style of work. My… View Joe Hawthorn’s art gallery.
	Artist Profile: stewart wilson Although my studio is located in the beautiful Derbyshire countryside my subject is urban street life and architectural forms. I paint mainly large canvas with thick oil and I use palette knives and fingers to give a ric… View stewart wilson’s art gallery.
	Artist Profile: Helen Puk View Helen Puk’s art gallery.