Category: Art
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Just One Eye: Nate Lowman & Converse create $25,000 shoes
Just One Eye’s collaboration with Converse and Nate Lowman. Envisioned by Just One Eye and only one in a rare, limited edition of 21, these Converse shoes, priced at a cool $25,000 each, are composed of and original canvas from artist Nate Lowman. Hand-cut by Lowman, each shoe was hand-sewn onto an original 1970’s rubber…
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Battle of the superyachts: architects go overboard
Architects have long been obsessed with the nautical, but recent designs by the likes of Zaha Hadid and Norman Foster suggest they’re all at sea when creating actual yachts
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Sotheby’s and the $14bn hedge fund hawk struggle for control of art market
New York collector Dan Loeb’s bid to unseat auction house head highlights a new mood in the business
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One-of-a-kind Elephants to raise awareness of the Asian elephants’ dramatic plight
One-of-a-kind Elephants to raise funds for The Asian Elephant Foundation The looming extinction of the Asian elephant population seems to be unheard of in the U.S. — that is, until a herd of life-size baby elephant sculptures set foot in Southern California for Elephant Parade: Welcome to America. Experts report a 90% reduction of the…
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Titanic bandmaster’s violin sold for world record $1.4 million
The world-famous violin played by RMS Titanic bandmaster Wallace Hartley was sold for world record $1.4 million. The instrument, which wasdiscovered in 2006, was played by second-class passenger Wallace Hartley on Titanic’s fateful night of April 14th, 1912. It was sold alongside a leather luggage case initialled W. H. H. (Wallace Henry Hartley), in which…
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American Film Institute to honor Jane Fonda with its 42nd AFI Life Achievement Award
Sir Howard Stringer, Chair of the American Film Institute’s Board of Trustees, announced the decision to honor actress Jane Fonda with the 42nd AFI Life Achievement Award, the highest honor for a career in film. The award will be presented to Fonda at a gala tribute on June 5, 2014 in Los Angeles, CA.…