Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Saxo Bank, a leading online multi-asset trading and investment specialist is proud to announce its partnership with Christie’s Auction House, the preeminent global art and luxury auction house. This unique partnership is designed to raise awareness for Saxo’s clients on the other unique avenues they could explore when looking to diversify
Car dealer Lookers is to open a state-of-the-art new Volvo showroom in Essex after the firm announced a £2.5m investment. The development will see the dealer group move its Colchester Volvo operations to a new site in Severalls Business Park before the end of the year. The premises were previously home to Underwoods Skoda and
When Gabriel Ayala — an internationally recognized guitarist and painter — noticed the lack of Native American cultural events in Tucson, he created his own. The first Native American Arts and Music Festival is Friday, Nov. 24, at the Plaza at Hotel Congress. The theme, “All My Relations,” encourages the exchange of cultures. A member
Artists shouldn’t have to be activists, writes Skirball Center CEO Jessie Kornberg. Krasnow Exhibition: The 2023 Skirball Cultural Center exhibition of “Peter Krasnow: Breathing Joy and Light.” Photo by Chris Hatcher Photography. by Jessie Kornberg | November 16, 2023 This piece publishes as part of the Zócalo, Thomas Mann House, and L.A. Review of Books conference on
Once, more than a decade ago, Rosetta Getty was asked by her daughter’s elementary schoolteacher, “Are we going to discuss the elephant in the room?” Ms. Getty didn’t know what she meant. “The fact that Violet basically acts like a boy and dresses like a boy,” the teacher said, according to Ms. Getty, who said
Grace Wales Bonner’s approach to fashion can sometimes feel more like that of an academic rather than a designer. Her collections for Wales Bonner, the brand she started in 2015, are informed by dazzlingly intensive research spanning critical theory, music, literature, history and mysticism. With a particular focus on Black identity and conversations about race,
COLORADO — Once upon a time, Rocky Mountain Research Station had a vision of actively integrating science and art. In support of this vision, the Science Application and Communications team recently hosted two visiting fine artists: Morvarid “Mo” Kaykha and Alexandre “Alex” Dupeyron, splitting their residence time between Berlin, Germany, and Bordeaux, France. The visiting
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are similar to cryptocurrencies but with key differences. While transactions for both are recorded on blockchain ledgers, NFTs also represent ownership in a digital asset or a real asset—anything from computer-generated media to sports trading cards, physical artwork, and even company shares and real estate. So should you invest in NFTs? That
Magicians might have an innovative trick up their psychological sleeve that sets them apart from other creative thinkers, like comedians or visual artists. Initial evidence suggests that on the whole, individuals who pursue the profession of magic lack a surprising disposition for psychoses and traits related to schizophrenia compared to other artists and even the
“Art Monsters: Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art,” the latest in cultural criticism from Lauren Elkin, author of “Flâneuse: Women Walk the City,” is intellectually rigorous and emotionally astute. Her supple narrative gives deep attention to a diverse gathering of second-wave feminist visual artists and writers, though her broad scope connects these women through time and