Luxury art and collectables
What if the future were respectful, intelligent and optimistic? What if it brought us the luxury of well-being, and creativity as a lifestyle? Water, main theme of the 3rd edition of 1.618 Sustainable Luxury Event in Paris The 3rd edition of 1.618 Sustainable Luxury event (29 March – 1st April 2012) will bring innovation, … Read more
Sotheby’s to Offer Roy Lichtenstein’s Iconic Sleeping Girl From 1964 in New York on 9 May 2012 Roy Lichtenstein’s Sleeping Girl (1964) – one of the high-points of the artist’s comic book inspired paintings and an icon of Post-War American art, is expected to fetch up to $40 million when it is sold at Sotheby’s … Read more
“Flocons de Sel” (“Salt Flakes”) challet restaurant located in Megeve resort became the 26th restaurant in France with three Michelin stars. The gastronomic guide lists a total of 4,289 restaurants of which 594 have one to three star ratings. The restaurant’s addition to the Michelin top table still leaves France well behind Japan, which has … Read more
Cartier, King of Jewelers, prepares the launch via facebook of a short film that will express the 165 years of High Jewelry history. The emblematic panther, the Cartier’s icon since 1914, is the heroine of the three-and-a-half minute short movie. L’Odyssée de Cartier is the fantastical journey of the panther travelling trough dreams, past, present … Read more
This year, Artprice’s annual art market report – based on 6.3 million auction results from 4,500 auction houses around the world focused particularly on China’s successful conquest of the global art market. In spite of the sword of Damocles hanging over the West, art in fact sold better in 2011 than at any other time … Read more
The Internet-tracking firm Bluefin Labs counted 3.4 million Oscar-related comments on Facebook and Twitter, up from 966,00 for the 2011 Academy Awards telecast. Those numbers are likely to be significant for Oscar producers, who could point to viewers’ higher level of social media engagement to win greater advertising revenues for next year’s show, says Reuters. … Read more