Category: Art
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Monaco – the focal point for motor racing enthusiasts
Bonhams Les Grandes Marques à Monaco 2012 to coincide with Monaco Historic Grand Prix This year coinciding with the 8th bi-annual Monaco Historic Grand Prix, Monaco will be the focal point for motor racing enthusiasts from around the globe. The Bonhams Les Grandes Marques à Monaco 2012 auction will be held 11th May at the Musée…
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Lady Gaga’s We pray for Japan teacup hits $50,000
A teacup used once by pop diva Lady Gaga hits $50,000 and rising in Japan at an auction that will help young Japanese artists. Lady Gaga teacup with the inscription “We pray for Japan” and an autograph appeared at a press conference in Tokyo three months after the 2011 disastrous tsunami. The Gaga teacup was…
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How the Vollard Suite draws us into the dark mind of Picasso
Picasso’s phantasmagorical etchings from the 1930s, which go on display at the British Museum next week, delve into the deepest, darkest corners of the artist’s psyche
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Cupcake food art
10,000 Cupcake Cherry Blossom Mosaic These delicious cookies have another purpose besides delighting our taste buds. They serve as ephemeral art. London’s Crumbs and Doilies premier cupcake shop used over 10,000 of big cupcakes to create a huge edible mosaic for Japanese TV show ITTEQ. This work of art was displayed at the Highcross Shopping…
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Wang Shu of China – the 2012 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate
The annual Pritzker Architecture Prize (founded in 1979) honors a living architect whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision and commitment, which has produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built environment through the art of architecture. The laureates receive a $100,000 grant and a bronze medallion. This…
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South Pole limited edition book on sale for $3,000.00
South Pole: The British Antarctic expedition 1910-1913 limited edition book on sale for $3,000.00 Assouline’s “South Pole: The British Antarctic expedition 1910-1913” book is a luxury hand-bound over-sized waterproof limited edition that presents the well-documented journey through stunning black-and-white photography. The 150 copies of the book with foreword signed by Prince Albert of Monaco and…