The Art Newspaper – Diego and Alberto Giacometti dominated design sales during 2017. In Christie’s Paris sale of the fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy’s collection of designs by the brothers last March, a table by Diego made a record €4.1m. Their designs tread a line between functional design and sculpture, so sometimes show up in Impressionist and Modern art sales, as in the case of a bronze chandelier by Alberto Giacometti at Sotheby’s. – read more
