Luxury art and collectables
A major exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington celebrates video gaming‘s rich creative side and the people behind a medium that’s still in full bloom. Video games have entered the realm of art with a major exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington. In the forty years since the introduction … Read more
‘Cookbook of the year’ explores gourmet Chilean cuisine “Patagonian Cuisine: Rivers, Lakes and Chiloe District” by Francisco Fantini has been named the cookbook of the year at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards in Paris. The winning cookbook that takes readers on a gastronomic tour of Chile beat out 11 other titles around the world including … Read more
The offending bag from last year’s The Hangover II movie Louis Vuitton luxury house is asking for compensation over the use of the “Lewis Vuitton” bag in Warnes Bros’ “The Hangover Part II” (2011, USA, directed by Todd Phillips), which grossed £367m and is the most successful R-rated comedy of all time at the global box … Read more
Ron Falloon photographed many of the top models and celebrities of the time including Twiggy, Cilla Black, Jean Shrimpton, Pauline Stone, Vicky Hodge, The Rolling Stones and the Monkees – to name just a few. His work perfectly evokes swinging London in the ’60s. He arrived in London in the early 1960s and luckily got … Read more
According to The European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF), in 2011 China finally overtook the United States to become the world’s largest art and antiques market in terms of auction and dealer sales, reports BBC. China’s art auction market generated US$60.8 billion and accounted for 30 percent global market share. The US dropped into second place last year with … Read more
James Bond returned in UK in in print and e-book format in a 10-year book deal Ian Fleming‘s 14 James Bond 007 books as well as two non-fiction titles will be published in print and e-book format in a 10 years partnership signed by Ian Fleming’s estate and the Random House Group. The Bond catalogue … Read more