Little dancer aged fourteen

The Raft of the Medusa by Théodore Géricault

Teresa Levonian Cole visits Château des Milandes, former home of legendary performer Josephine Baker, to see her most iconic costumes

The playful, melancholic genius of Erik Satie

Claude Monet and Camille Pissarro spent time in London, but it took James McNeill Whistler to act as artistic bridge with Britain and the ‘sweetened’ Impressionism of Jules Bastien-Lepage to inspire most homegrown painters, says Caroline Bugler

The dandy’s role as icon and irritant

From topless staddle stones outperforming complete ones to two versions of the same desk selling on the same day 212 miles apart, bizarre occurrences are par for the course at contents sales