Tag: Painting
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Chopard’s on The Red Carpet at Cannes Film Festival: A Tradition of Luxury and Glamour
As Chopard’s creative soul, the luxury brand’s artistic director Caroline Scheufele has chosen ‘Art’ as the theme of the 2023 Red Carpet Collection unveiled annualy during Cannes Film Festival. Architecture, sculpture, painting, music, literature, dance and cinema: all the noblest forms of human genius are highlighted in the 76 creations gracing this new Chopard Haute…
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Luxury Auction House Reports Best Performance Since 2015 and Record Prices for 21st Century Art
Christie’s Global Sales Achieve £3.3 B / $4.1 B in First Half 2022 “Our results in the first half of 2022 have been remarkably strong, with many memorable moments like the sales of Warhol’s Marilyn and of the Bass collection in New York, and of the Givenchy collection in Paris. These results have been achieved…
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What if you could also smell what you see in a precious Old Master painting?
Puig and Prado Museum unveiled a technology unique in the world of perfume. Welcome to The Essence of a Painting. An Olfactory Exhibition AirParfum technology, installed in Room 83 of the @museoprado in Spain (El Museo del Prado), enables visitors to sample the fragrances that Puig Perfumer @gregorio_sola composed and associated with certain objects in…
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Warhol’s Marilyn Sets Record for 20th Century Work of Art
Andy Warhol’s Shot Sage Blue Marilyn Sells for $195 Million. 9th of May was a historic day for Christie’s auction house and for the entire contemporary art market. The record-breaking sale of Warhol’s iconic portrait of Marilyn Monroe from the Collection of Thomas and Doris Ammann is a testament to the strength, the vibrancy, and…
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New Hermes Arceau Les Folies du Ciel Honours Aerostatics
Man has always dreamed of flying. In the 15th century, Leonardo da Vinci was the first to envision intriguing flying machines, then at the end of the 18th century, the industrial revolution encouraged all sorts of experiments. Loïc Dubigeon has gathered eighteen projects – from the most scientific to the most eccentric – which testify…
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‘True beauty for the ages’: $80m Botticelli to appear at auction
Sotheby’s says estimate for 550-year-old painting is largest it has ever set for an old master