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☆ Tamara de Lempicka: Curators are unraveling the mysteries of the belated art icon
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-23 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

2024 Tamara de Lempicka Estate, LLC/ADAGP, Paris/ARS, NY/1969 Christie’s Images LimitedThe artist painted her first husband, the lawyer Tadeusz de Lempicki, in 1928. Georges Meguerditchian/Centre Pompidou/Orange Logic/RMP/2024 Tamara de Lempicka Estate, LLC/ADAGP, Paris/ARS, NY Digital Image/CNAC/MNAM, Dist. Courtesy of Artis—Naples, The Baker Museum/2024 Tamara de Lempicka Estate, LLC/ADAGP, Paris/ARS, NY/RoseBudz Productions. 2024 Tamara de Lempicka Estate, LLC/ADAGP, Paris/ARS, NY/Courtesy of the Peterson Family CollectionLempicka exhibited around Paris regularly in the 1920s, but she struggled to sustain her artistic career. In the 1940s, Lempicka’s work was the subject of a book for the first time, coinciding with an exhibition in Rome.

Persons: Tamara de Lempicka, Lempicka, she’s, Barbra Streisand, Madonna —, Marjorie Ferry, de Young, “, ”, Furio Rinaldi —, Gioia Mori —, Ira Perrot, Tadeusz de Lempicki, Georges Meguerditchian, Rinaldi, She’s, —, wasn’t, bitingly, Belle, Lempicka —, Streisand, ” Streisand, Kizette, Tamara Rosa Hurwitz, Peterson, Irena Hochman, NY Lempicka, Bernini’s, Saint Teresa, Museo Soumaya.Fundación Carlos Slim, Baron Kuffner, Julien Levy —, San, there’s Organizations: CNN, de, Fine Arts, Centre Pompidou, Palais, Art, NY Banque d'Images, San, Baker Museum, RoseBudz, ., NY, Old, Museo, The Society of Modern Women Artists, Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Institute Locations: Polish, San Francisco, Europe, Paris, NY, Centre, Orange, Dist, RMN, St . Petersburg, Russian, French, ”, Artis — Naples, New York, Moscow, Warsaw, Mexico City, Milwaukee, Young, Rome

☆ Titian masterpiece once found at London bus stop could sell for $32 million
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

London CNN —A twice-stolen painting by Italian Renaissance master Titian, which was once found in a plastic bag at a bus stop in London, is expected to fetch as much as $32 million at auction in July. “The Rest on the Flight into Egypt” is going under the hammer at Christie’s with an estimate of £15 million-£25 million ($19 million-$32 million), according to a statement from the auction house. The painting depicts Jesus, Mary and Joseph resting on their way to Egypt after learning that Herod, King of Judea, wanted to kill the young Christ. Titian, whose real name was Tiziano Vecellio, made the work in the first decade of the 16th century, at the beginning of his career. In 1995, it was stolen from Longleat, the home of Thynne’s descendants, and disappeared for seven years, before it was found at a bus stop in London by art detective Charles Hill.

Persons: London CNN —, Titian, Egypt ”, Jesus, Mary, Joseph, Herod, King of Judea, Tiziano, John Alexander Thynne , 4th Marquess of Bath, Charles Hill, archdukes, ” Christie’s Organizations: London CNN, Italian, Napoleonic Locations: London, Egypt, Vienna, Paris, Wiltshire, England, Christie’s

☆ ‘The Whole World Smiles With You’ challenges the boundaries of Black art
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“These were the images that were easy for the art world to engage with. Akinkugbe hopes the exhibition shows the "sprawling" nature of Black figurative art. Courtesy Opera GalleryWhile public and institutional interest in Black art has been increasing steadily since 2008, attention and engagement is often inextricably linked to the news cycle. “I do think that in the art world, there was a huge reaction to 2020. “I think it could broaden someone’s idea of what Black art is.

Persons: London CNN —, tutu, Edgar Degas, Chicago, Thelonious Stokes, Stokes, Alayo Akinkugbe, ”, Louis Armstrong, ” Akinkugbe, George Floyd, Derek Chauvin, Akinkugbe, Adjei, Amoako Boafo, Noel Anderson’s, Jazz Grant, ” Noel Anderson, Michael, Leonardo da Vinci, Vermeer, David Hockney, Lucien Freud, Jenny Saville, Francis Bacon’s, Lucian Freud ”, “ I’ve, ’ Stokes, Jesus, “, reimaginings, ” Stokes, ArtNews, Morgan Stanley, “ It’s, We’ve, there’s Organizations: London CNN, Opera, CNN, Sound, Black Arts Movement, Harlem Locations: retiré ., London, Chicago, Florence, Minneapolis, Ghana, West Africa, African

☆ The key to a long life? ‘Undereating’ and ice baths, says 88-year-old Gary Player, still spritely at 88th Masters
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

It’s “so far, so good” for Player, who played his last Masters in 2009 after a record 52 appearances at Augusta National. Player was renowned for his endurance across a five-decade career that reaped 165 tournament wins and nine major championships. “You do things in life for other people, and you try to have fun, and like Gary said, you’ve got to laugh.”Watson, Player and Nicklaus (left to right) drew huge crowds. “If you’re here, you are so blessed, and you should kiss the ground every day,” Player told Masters reporters on the range. “He’s a man who believed in freedom, and what he did for this great country, you can’t describe it.

Persons: CNN —, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson, “, ”, Player, Jamie Squire, Overtraining, It’s, Walter Iooss Jr, Quizzed, Nicklaus, –, Watson, Gary, you’ve, ” Watson, Mike Blake, Donald Trump, Dwight D, Eisenhower Organizations: CNN, Gary, Augusta National, REDs, Nicklaus, Reuters, America, ” Locations: Augusta, India, Johannesburg, United States

☆ Pop art: Explaining it’s enduring appeal
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-18 | by ( Christian House | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —As accidental adverts for art shows go, a giant pooch made of flowers is a crowd pleaser. Outside the Guggenheim Bilbao in northern Spain, Jeff Koons’ much-loved flower 1992 sculpture “Puppy,” shows how Pop art — that high kick of counter-intuitive artistic expression so often equated with the 1960s — never really went away. The Pop baton has been handed over numerous times in art history. The Guggenheim Museum was pivotal to the development of the movement, both in terms of its fame and its art historical importance. The show features works by many American Pop art A-listers like Roy Lichtenstein (above).

Persons: Jeff Koons ’, —, Koons, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg —, Lauren Hinkson, ” Erika Ede, ”, Claes Oldenburg, Maurizio Cattelan, Pinocchio, Lucia Hierro, Warhol, Lichtenstein, Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, James Rosenquist, Jim Dine, Coosje van Bruggen, Frank Lloyd Wright, Erika Ede, Joan Young, “ Andy Warhol, “, Lucía Hierro, Hierro, Lucía Guzmán, –, “ I’ve, begonias, Pop Organizations: CNN, Guggenheim, Highland, Guggenheim Museum Locations: Spain, York, Manhattan, Bilbao, Dominican American, New York, Hierro

☆ What’s in a Name? For This Rembrandt, a Steep and Rapid Rise in Price.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Colin Moynihan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The dramatic change in value came about only because some experts decided the painting was by Rembrandt. Reattributed to da Vinci, it sold in 2013 for $83 million and then again for $127.5 million. “Adoration,” thought to have been painted around 1628, has at various times in its 400-year life been viewed as a work by Rembrandt. Three years later, it was offered for sale by Sotheby’s as a Rembrandt but went unsold. In 1985, the painting came back on the market, at Christies, and this time it was sold — but only as a work from the “circle” of Rembrandt.

Persons: Rembrandt, Philip IV, Salvator Mundi, Christ, Leonardo da, Reattributed, da, ”, Sotheby’s, Kurt Bauch Organizations: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Christie’s Locations: da Vinci, Christies

☆ Presidential portraits: Kehinde Wiley’s secret, decade-long project painting African leaders
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Thomas Page | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Perhaps not, supposes Kehinde Wiley in his latest collection, “A Maze of Power,” which, in the artist’s own indelible style, casts plenty of light of its own. We’re now learning that before and after that commission, he had been on a secret, decade-long odyssey across the African continent, painting its current and former heads of state. This series narrows the gap further, with subjects commanding a similar power to some of Wiley’s artistic reference points. Tanguy Beurdeley/© Courtesy Kehinde Wiley and Galerie TemplonHery Rajaonarimampianina, the former president of Madagascar, sits astride a horse in one painting. Some might wrinkle their nose at seeing certain heads or former heads of state depicted in such triumphant fashion.

Persons: Kehinde Wiley, Wiley, Barack Obama, We’re, Jacques Chirac, Obama, Sarah Ligner, Black, Old, Olusegun Obasanjo, Paul Kagame, Tanguy, Hery Rajaonarimampianina, Alpha Condé, –, ”, Rajaonarimampianina –, “, “ it’s, Andy Warhol’s, Mao Organizations: CNN, Old Masters, Democratic, Wiley Locations: Africa, Zimbabwe, Rhodesia, Los Angeles, Senegal, Nigeria, New York, Paris, France, Rwanda, Madagascar, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Guinea, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo, Democratic Republic of Congo

NEW YORK (AP) — A dozen years ago, Barkley L. Hendricks, the pioneering portrait artist known for vivid, stylish paintings of Black men and women, stood outside the Frick Collection in Manhattan, known for its works by European Old Masters. Still, curators say, he'd likely have never imagined that in 2023, he’d be the first artist of color to have a solo show at the 88-year-old Frick. What is more unusual is that a museum focusing on the 14th through 19th centuries would devote a show to a contemporary portraitist like Hendricks. His sunglasses reflect the buildings outside Hendricks' studio, and even contain a tiny reflection of the artist himself. “Slick” features the artist in a white suit against a white background, wearing a cap of African design.

Persons: Barkley, Hendricks, Rembrandt, “, he’d, Frick, ”, Antwaun Sargent, ” It’s, Van Dyck, Van Eyck, Aimee Ng, ” Ng, Frick Madison, Angela Davis —, Kathy Williams, Nina Simone, Kehinde Wiley, Barack Obama, Barkley Hendricks, “ Woody, Alvin Ailey, Woodruff Wilson, Steve ”, Sargent, ” Hendricks, ” Sargent, Susan, Donald Formey, Ng, Formey, ‘, “ Slick ” Organizations: Frick, European Old, Polaroid, Beaux, Pennsylvania Academy, Fine Arts, Connecticut College, ” Locations: Manhattan, Van, Velásquez, New York, New York City, Jan, Philadelphia, ”, Europe

GENEVA (AP) — Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham made $100 million moves in the offseason and proved their worth Wednesday in Champions League debuts for their new clubs. England captain Kane and his likely successor Bellingham scored key goals for Bayern Munich and Real Madrid, respectively, to show why they are adored already by their new home fans. PSV Eindhoven was thrashed 4-0 in a no-doubt win sparked by England winger Bukayo Saka’s goal in the 8th. Late goals got Italian teams off to good starts in the last-ever group stage before the new Champions League format takes effect next year. OLD MASTERSReal Madrid was playing its 477th game in the European Cup or Champions League.

Persons: — Harry Kane, Jude Bellingham, Kane, Bellingham, ” Kane, Bayern “, ” Bellingham, Union Berlin, Bukayo Saka’s, Napoli, Sikou Niakaté, Lautaro Martínez, Union, Madrid’s, Jude Bellingham pirouetted, ”, Diego Armando Maradona, UNITED’S, Erik ten Hag, André Onana, Leroy Sané’s, Serge Gnabry, Bruno Fernandes, Rasmus Højlund, Casemiro, António Silva, Silva, Karim Konaté, Roko Šimić, Oscar Gloukh, Jonathan David, KÍ Klaksvík, ___ Organizations: GENEVA, League, England, Bayern Munich, Manchester United, Tottenham, CBS Sports, Bayern, Union, Borussia Dortmund, Arsenal, Champions League, PSV Eindhoven, Serie, Braga, Inter, Real Sociedad, Galatasaray, Copenhagen, Europa League, Sevilla, Lens, Real Madrid, Union Berlin, Servette, SC Motor Berlin, Napoli, Atalanta, Benfica, Salzburg, EUROPA CONFERENCE LEAGUE, Europa Conference League, Lille, Slovenian, Olimpija Ljubljana, Slovan Bratislava, Conference League Locations: Real Madrid, England, Madrid, Spanish, Mali, Argentina, Istanbul —, Geneva —, East Germany, ” Madrid, United, Denmark, French, Portuguese, Croatian, Israel, Canada, Faeroe

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bijou Phillips has filed for divorce from Danny Masterson, days after the former “That '70s Show” star was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison for two rape convictions. Phillips, a 43-year-old actor, filed a petition in Santa Barbara Superior Court on Monday to end her nearly 12-year marriage to the 47-year-old Masterson, according to the court's website. An attorney for Phillips did not respond to emails, and a representative for Masterson declined comment. Political Cartoons View All 1169 ImagesIn a letter to the judge prior to Masterson's sentencing, Phillips praised him as a husband and father. Kutcher and Kunis apologized after their own letters to the judge seeking leniency for Masterson became public and spurred criticism.

Persons: Bijou Phillips, Danny Masterson, Phillips, Masterson, “, Danny, ” Phillips, ”, Papas, John Phillips, Genevieve Waite, Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis, Topher Grace, Kutcher, Kunis Organizations: ANGELES, Santa Barbara Superior Court, “, Fox, Los Angeles, of Scientology Locations: Santa, Santa Barbara County, Ireland, Los

☆ Harmonia Rosales’ ‘Master Narrative’ exhibition reimagines Renaissance art
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-17 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

A selection of her work in this vein is currently on display in the exhibition “Harmonia Rosales: Master Narrative” at the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art in Atlanta. At the core of Rosales’ art is the idea that “storytelling is a journey of personal discovery and a reclamation of one’s cultural identity." Elon Schoenholz/Harmonia RosalesAcross 20 oil paintings and a large-scale sculptural installation, Rosales’ work challenges viewers to consider the universality of creation through a Black diasporic lens. Rosales' work demonstrates her journey towards empowerment and self-love, with figures in her artworks painted with features she used to dislike about herself. Every one of these (artworks) tells my stories.”“Harmonia Rosales: Master Narrative” is on display at the Spelman College Museum of Art in Atlanta through December 2.

Persons: Adam, ” Sandro Botticelli’s “, Venus ”, Leonardo da Vinci’s, Harmonia Rosales, Barbara, Rosales, Elon, Rosales ’, Olodumare, orishas —, Lucy Garrett, it’s what’s, ” Rosales, “, “ I’m, ”, Liz Andrews, —, Andy Warhol, ’ ” Rosales, ” “, Harmonia Rosales “, I’m, Regla, Harmonia, Black Mary, Virgin Mary, Helen Morales, ” Lucy Garrett, ” Morales, Yemaya, “ They’ve, Angelou, Saint Bartholomew Organizations: CNN, Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, University of California, European, Masters, Spelman College Museum of Art, Andy Warhol Museum, Museum of Contemporary, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, European Old Masters, Catholic, UCSB Locations: Britannica, Cuban American, Atlanta, Santa, Western Africa, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Brooklyn, Rosales, Cuba, Americas

☆ Trump told ex-Arizona GOP Senate nominee Blake Masters that he wouldn't be able to beat conservative favorite Kari Lake in a Senate primary next year, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Trump told Blake Masters he couldn't defeat Kari Lake in an Arizona Senate primary, per the Times. At the same time, former television journalist Kari Lake — another Trump favorite — won the GOP gubernatorial primary. Both candidates were more reflective of the new and Trumpier Arizona Republican Party, which had been moving away from the center-right ideology of figures like former Gov. The former president reportedly told Masters he didn't think the ex-candidate could defeat Lake in a Senate primary next year, according to The New York Times. According to the Times, Lake is eyeing an October entry into the Republican Senate primary.

Persons: Trump, Blake Masters, Kari Lake, Mark Kelly, Donald Trump, Kari Lake —, —, Doug Ducey, Sen, John McCain, Masters, Democratic Sen, Kelly, Katie Hobbs, Steven Cheung, Insider's Bryan Metzger, GOP Sen, Josh Hawley, Hawley, JD Vance, Ohio, Sinema, she'll, Ruben Gallego, energize Trump, Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb Organizations: Arizona Senate, . Masters, Service, Senate, Trump, GOP, Arizona Republican Party, Democratic, Masters, Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Times, Republican Senate, Arizona Republican, Rep, Pinal County Sheriff, Republican Locations: Arizona, Wall, Silicon, Maricopa County, Josh Hawley of Missouri, Pinal County, Mexico

☆ Treasures from Rothschild family collection fetch over $62 million at unprecedented auction
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Carlie Porterfield | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A vast collection of art, furniture, silver, ceramics, and jewelry long held in the private collection of the Rothschild banking dynasty sold for more than $62.6 million over several auctions at Christie’s New York. The sales, which concluded on Tuesday, marked the first dedicated auction in North America of works from the French branch of the long-time banking family. Coincidentally, the cameo last came to auction at Christie’s in 1899, when it sold for £3,750 (about £395,000 or $496,000, in today’s money), shortly before it is believed to have entered the Rothschild collection. We don’t get a bulk of this type of material coming up for sale anymore,” Rendell said. As for why the family chose to sell the collection now, Rendell believes it may have been a “rationalization” and a “generational shift” in attitude.

Persons: Rothschild, Baron James Mayer de Rothschild, Betty, Alphonse, Gerrit Dou’s, Claudius, ”, Jonathan Rendell, “ It’s, James Mayer de Rothschild, Rendell, ” Rendell, Read Organizations: The Art, CNN, Christie’s, Old Masters Locations: York, North America, Christie’s, Christie’s Americas, New York, Europe

☆ Treasures from Rothschild family collection could fetch $30 million at unprecedented auction
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Carlie Porterfield | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A vast collection of art, furniture, silver, ceramics, and jewelry long held in the private collection of the Rothschild banking dynasty is expected to sell for as much as $30 million over several auctions this fall at Christie’s New York. The sales will mark the first dedicated auction in North America of works from the French branch of the long-time banking family. A German silver-gilt mounted nautilus cup and cover estimated to fetch between $100,000 and $150,000 at auction. Coincidentally, the cameo last came to auction at Christie’s in 1899, when it sold for £3,750 (about £395,000 or $496,000, in today’s money), shortly before it is believed to have entered the Rothschild collection. As for why the family is selling the collection now, Rendell believes it may be a “rationalization” and a “generational shift” in attitude.

Persons: Rothschild, Baron James Mayer de Rothschild, Betty, Alphonse, Gerrit Dou’s, Claudius, ”, Jonathan Rendell, “ It’s, James Mayer de Rothschild, Rendell, ” Rendell, Read Organizations: The Art, CNN, Christie’s, ” Locations: York, North America, Christie’s, Christie’s Americas, New York, Europe

☆ Tony Bennett, crooner who sang ‘I Left My Heart in San Francisco,’ dies at 96
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Catherine E. Shoichet | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

CNN —Legendary singer Tony Bennett, best known for singing “I Left My Heart in San Francisco,” has died, according to his longtime publicist, Sylvia Weiner. From Tony Bennett Bennett was discovered by Bob Hope while performing at a New York City club in 1949. In 1963, his recording of "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" won Grammy Awards for record of the year and best solo vocal performance. ABC Photo Archives/Walt Disney Television/Getty Images Bennett and San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein hang onto the outside of a San Francisco cable car before taking a test ride in 1984. His performance of “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” won Grammys for best record and best male vocal performance.

Persons: Tony Bennett, “, ”, Sylvia Weiner, Bennett, Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, Lady Gaga, ” Bennett, he’d, CNN’s Larry King, Susan Benedetto, Danny, Dae Bennett, Johanna Bennett, Antonia Bennett, Paul McCartney, Larry Busacca, Anthony Benedetto, Tony Bennett Anthony Dominick Benedetto, Hope, ‘, ’, ‘ Anthony Dominick Benedetto, ’ ” Tony Bennett, Virginia Sherwood, Anthony Dominick Benedetto, John, Mary, John Jr, Tony Bennett Bennett, Bill Randall applauds, Patricia, D'Andrea, Daegal, Pat, collie, David McLane, Sammy Davis Jr, David Redfern, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Ley, Sandra, Malcolm MacNeil, Mirrorpix, Joanna, Howard Cosell, Dianne Feinstein, Feinstein, Jeff Reinking, David Letterman, Richard Drew, Patti LaBelle, Hans Deryk, Mark J, Terrill, Elton John, Scott Gries, Madame Tussaud's, Kevork, Tim Mosenfelder, Fernando Leon, Tina Turner, Robert Redford, Julie Harris, Suzanne Farrell, Scott Suchman, Kevin Winter, Billy Joel, York's Shea, Kevin Mazur, Duke Ellington, Brendan Hoffman, Stevie Wonder, Shahar Azran, Amy Winehouse, Kevork Djansezian, Susan, Michael Loccisano, Sean Zanni, Ball, Tony, San Francisco ”, …, ’ ” Bennett, NPR’s Terry Gross, it’s, Clinton, JP Yim, you’re, “ It’s, Danny Bennett, kd, Elvis Costello, “ Tony Bennett, Jack Benny, Charlie Chaplin, Walt Disney, Gary Gershoff, –, Sinatra, Jon Bon Jovi, Bono, ” Sinatra, “ Larry King, Ella Fitzgerald, Ella, Bing Crosby, “ Cheek, Cheek, Alzheimer’s Organizations: CNN, MTV, Recording Academy, Los Angeles Convention Center, Paramount, NBCU, Bank, Getty, Facebook, Columbia Records, Bettmann, Patrick's, NY, Smithsonian, Daily, Hulton, ABC, Walt Disney Television, San Francisco, United Nations, Super, Rainforest Foundation, New York's Carnegie Hall, San Francisco Giants, Kennedy, Apollo, New York's Radio City Music Hall, American Ballet, Children's Diabetes Foundation, Children's Diabetes, Radio City Music Hall, San, Clinton Global, New York Times, New York’s High, of Industrial Art, Kennedy Center, ”, AARP, Radio City Music, CBS Locations: San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Astoria , New York, Greenwich Village, New York City, Cleveland, St, Manhattan, Redferns, Washington , DC, View , California, Washington, Lady

☆ Rembrandts of 'extraordinary rarity' could fetch $10 million at auction
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, June 30 (Reuters) - Two rediscovered Rembrandts, the last known pair of portraits by the Dutch master to have remained in private hands, could fetch around $10 million at auction next week. Signed and dated 1635, the depictions of married couple Jan Willemsz van der Pluym and Jaapgen Carels, who were close to the artist's family, have a price estimate of 5 million - 8 million pounds ($6.35 million - $10.16 million). "They are things of extraordinary rarity,” he said, adding the Amsterdam-based Rijksmuseum had analysed them. The portraits are among the highlights of Christie's July 6 "Old Masters Part I Sale", part of the auction house's Classic Week. Also on offer is a panel by Greek-born Spanish Renaissance painter El Greco, "The Entombment of Christ" (6 million - 8 million pounds) and a bust of Helen of Troy by neoclassical sculptor Antonio Canova (2.5 million - 4 million pounds).

Persons: Jan Willemsz van der, Jaapgen Carels, “, they’ve, Henry Pettifer, ”, El Greco, Helen of Troy, Antonio Canova, Fra Angelico, Saint John the, Magdalen, Queen Charlotte, King George III's, Marie, Louise Gumuchian, Barbara Lewis Organizations: Christie’s, International, Reuters, Virgin, Saint John the Baptist, Thomson Locations: Amsterdam, Spanish, Bayreuth

☆ What Chinese Calligraphy Taught Me About Myself
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Jerrine Tan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

In calligraphy, the idea is to replicate the old masters’ techniques, thereby refining your own. I was trying to make sense of this tangle by writing lines, but at its heart, calligraphy is a sensuous practice. As a bodily practice, calligraphy could transcend its own cultural constraints. I had been learning calligraphy to try to get in touch with my cultural roots, but what I was really seeking was a return to myself. In my visceral responses, I observe how calligraphy reveals our intuition for beauty.

Persons: ”, “, nudged, tingle, Roland Barthes, I’ve, Jerrine Tan Organizations: verve, City University, City University Hong Kong Locations: City University Hong

☆ Spain’s new $185m Royal Collections Museum is finally opening
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Al Goodman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

There are just three works, among the 650 on display, signed by female artists, Leticia Ruiz, director of the Royal Collections, told CNN via phone. Luisa Roldan's 1692 sculpture “Saint Michael the Archangel Defeating the Devil (El Arcángel San Miguel venciendo al demonio)" will be on display for the first time at the Royal Collections Gallery in Madrid, Spain. The exhibit starts with the Hapsburg monarchs’ royal collections — located near the old city wall exhibit — and then one level below, the Bourbon dynasty collections. On a floor below that are the temporary exhibitions, which start with carriages from the Royal Collections and some on loan from other institutions, Ruiz said. A third of the museum’s 650 items will be rotated annually back to the royal palaces and other Patrimonio sites and replaced with other items from their collections.

Persons: Frank, Emilio Tuñon, Luis Mansilla, Velazquez, Caravaggio, Goya, Cervantes ’ “ Don Quixote, ”, Ana De la Cueva, Saint Michael the Archangel, Luisa Roldan, Leticia Ruiz, Ruiz, —, Luisa Roldan's, Miguel venciendo al, Roldan, ” Ruiz, “ It’s, Diego Velazquez’s “, “, Caravaggio’s, Salome, Saint John the Baptist, de la Cueva, De la Cueva, Isabel the Organizations: Madrid CNN —, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Patrimonio Nacional, CNN, Royal Collections, Royal, Spain’s, Patrimonio Locations: Madrid, Spain, Spanish, Campo, Miguel, Bourbon, Royal Palace

☆ Amsterdam's Rembrandt House Museum is offering visitors a tattoo
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The Rembrandt House Museum in Amsterdam is hosting a pop-up tattoo parlor, with tattoo artists inking replicas of Rembrandt’s work on paying visitors. Renowned tattoo artist Henk Schiffmacher is half of the team inking Rembrandt's work onto visitors. Peter Dejong/APRenowned tattoo artist Henk Schiffmacher is one half of the team Schiffmacher & Veldhoen, who are recreating works by the 17th-century artist. Several designs—which cost between €100 and €250 ($109-$218)—have been on offer, including original etchings by Rembrandt, Rembrandt’s signature and his monogram. Visitors have come from across Europe and even the US to get inked at the museum, he said.

Persons: Rembrandt, Henk Schiffmacher, Peter Dejong, Schiffmacher, ” Organizations: CNN, “, Visitors Locations: Amsterdam, ”, Rembrandthuis, Europe

☆ A real-estate agent might have bought Ken Griffin's cell phone number from a former FBI employee to facilitate the $240 million sale of a New York City condo
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Zoe Rosenberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

In 2019, real-estate agents and brothers Tal and Oren Alexander sold a $240 million condo. That's the Alexander brothers' unofficial mantra. In 2015, Griffin dropped $46.4 million on an abstract painting by Gerhard Richter, putting him in the Alexanders' crosshairs. Tal wouldn't reveal how he acquired Griffin's cell phone number, Clarke noted, but one of the writer's sources said he bought it from a former FBI agent. But Griffin wasn't interested in the penthouse Tal had in mind for him.

Persons: Tal, Oren Alexander, Ken Griffin, —, Alexander, Katherine Clarke, Clarke, it's Tal, Oren —, Oren, Douglas Elliman, Griffin, Gerhard Richter, Tal wouldn't, Griffin wasn't, — Griffin, Shlomy Alexander, They've, Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, Leon Black, Tommy Hilfiger Organizations: Service, Wimbledon, Rollers, Penguin Random, Citadel, Old, FBI, Alexander Team Locations: Aspen, Saudi, United States, Central Park, Miami, Miami Beach

☆ Christie's launches 'Department X' as collectible sneakers and street-wear boom
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Robert Frank | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Christie's is launching a new department to capitalize on the booming market for collectible sneakers, streetwear and sports history. The auction house on Monday announced its Department X, giving Air Jordans and Supreme skate decks their own category, alongside Impressionist & Modern Art and Old Masters. "When looking at the auction world and the way collectors are evolving and the new collectors coming into the marketplace, we felt this is a strong a robust marketplace," said Caitlin Donovan, Christie's head of Handbags, Streetwear and Sneakers, who will head Department X. Department X will sell rare collectibles across music, fashion, art and sports history, but sneakers and streetwear will be among its biggest categories. In June, Christie's held a "Six Rings − Legacy of the GOAT" sale dedicated to basketball legend Michael Jordan's career, with sales nearing $1.5 million.

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