Category: Art
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Luxury photo booth by Studio Harcourt
Famous Parisian photographic studio Harcourt introduces a luxurious photo booth tested last year in Cannes. The machine enables everyone to create for 10 euros a Studio Harcourt picture. Thanks to more than one year of research, it now transcribes perfectly light and shade effects and also the famous circle of light. The booth H is…
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Armani’s Collectible Apartment in India
India’s heritage for luxury is dating from the first Singh Maharajah. It was him who had this idea to create “suites”. After inviting Jade Jagger to design houses, the Lodha Group has added new heights to the super luxury living in Mumbai, India with World One – the world’s tallest residential tower. The builders have…
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Dickens bicentenary
200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens Britain has marked the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens with the laying of a wreath at his grave in Westminster Abbey in London and a street party in his native Portsmouth. Prince Charles and actor Ralph Fiennes, who will star in the latest film…
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Auction houses fight with Chinese antiquity fakers
Auction houses outfox Chinese antiquity fakers The demand for Chinese antiquities has exploded, helping propel Hong Kong to third spot in the global auction market behind London and New York. Auction houses Sotheby’s and Christie’s together raised over $460 million from sales of Chinese antiquities and art works last year, but the market has also…
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Trompe l’oeil – an invitation into the great game of illusion
Trompe l’oeil– or art designed to trick the eye “Trompe-l’œil. Imitations, pastiches et autres illusions” (art designed to trick the eye) is the title of a new Paris exhibit (2 Feburary 2012–November 2013) exploring the history of illusion and pastiche, from ancient frescoes to fashion and the decorative arts. “It’s a game between the creator…
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Modern Grand Piano
Monumental – like a whale emerging from the water, slow – like the movement of a giant, the Whaletone, the spectacular piano designed by Polish designer Robert Majkut, is an interpretation of the shape of a classic grand piano in the language of modern design. Inspired by the majestic beauty of marine mammals, it is…