Category: Art
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High-end photography: Hasselblad’s Prestigious Masters 2018 Competition Opens for Entries
The Hasselblad Masters is one of the world’s most prestigious professional photographic competitions. Hasselblad, the famous Swedish manufacturer of medium format handmade cameras and lenses, opens its renowned Masters competition for 2018. Photographers across the globe are invited to submit three images that best demonstrate their photographic ability for the chance to be named a…
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Oscar nominations 2017: the full list
All the nominations for the 89th Academy Awards, which take place on 26 February at the Dolby theatre in Hollywood•La La Land equals record for most Oscar nominations
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Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights shows a world waking up to the future
With its giant strawberries and nudity, Hieronymus Bosch’s painting has been seen as a celebration and warning about sin – but it’s really about a Renaissance-era curiosity that helped better explain the world
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Hull: City of Culture 2017 review – prepare for a whale of a time
From old masters to new visionaries, this year’s City of Culture offers a wealth of sensual treats amid a tide of human history
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Sotheby’s creates a Global Luxury & Lifestyle Division
Sotheby’s, the British multinational corporation headquartered in New York City, is uniting its jewelry, watches, wine, cars, and realty divisions under one umbrella. The company announced the appointment of Maarten ten Holder as global Managing Director of the Company’s new Luxury & Lifestyle Division. An accomplished auctioneer, Maarten regularly conducts sales in all of Sotheby’s major…
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Pompidou Centre: a 70s French radical that’s never gone out of fashion
The much-loved Paris landmark was designed in the 1970s by two young unknowns – Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano. On the eve of its 40th birthday, they recall the sheer joy and bravado – and the struggle – of creating it