Category: Art
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A natural fit: Margaret Howell on her fashion tribute to Barbara Hepworth
The fashion designer reveals how the first major Barbara Hepworth exhibition in London for almost 50 years at Tate Britain inspired a range of clothes
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‘I prefer art to fast cars’: fund manager helps British Museum buy Picasso works
Hamish Parker, the modest but discerning benefactor, has donated millions to enable the museum to acquire prints by the great Spanish artist
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Prada and Louis Vuitton are the new patrons of art – shame they’re so boring
Fashion houses are pouring money into shiny new art galleries across Europe. It should be explosive, but sadly they’ve left their imaginations on the runway
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The Value of Art: a specially curated exhibition on the past and future of collecting
Sotheby’s London announced the opening of a specially curated exhibition “The Value of Art: The Past & Future of Collecting.” The exhibition explores the different factors that come in to play when appraising and collecting works of art, from ideas surrounding the emotional, historical and cultural value in addition to the overt relationship between money…
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From Modena to the art galleries of Sotheby’s: Massimo Bottura transporting the conceptual premises of contemporary art into the kitchen
“Cooking is about not only the quality of ingredients, but also the quality of the ideas.” – Massimo Bottura – One of the foremost ambassadors of modern Italian cuisine, Massimo Bottura, will bring his celebrated three Michelin-starred restaurant, Osteria Francescana, from Modena to the contemporary art galleries of Sotheby’s London auction house this summer. Massimo…
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Marina Picasso: selling my grandfather’s art is a way of helping me heal
Famous artist’s granddaughter will auction ceramics made by the man who never seemed to care for her in a bid to finally leave behind a miserable childhood