A flurry of big sales closed in New York City during October, including one of the year’s priciest, a full-floor aerie at 220 Central Park South purchased in a private deal for $75 million. The sellers, David Littman, who runs a lighting business, and his wife, Constance Littman, earned a huge profit in the transaction,
Free to visit, this huge rooftop is one of the best places to take a break from the chaos of the city. French painter Claude Monet was enamoured by Japan, using famous ukiyo-e prints as inspiration for his art, which many credited for the development of his Impressionism. In return, Japan holds a soft spot
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save With work by 50 contributors, “(Not) Strictly Painting” is an impressive survey of recent output by local artists who are (mostly) painters. For regular visitors to the area’s visual-art venues, though, the McLean Project for the Arts exhibition may prompt sensations of déjà vu. Sharp.
Atihan,’ 1983, wearing garments and jewelry collected on her travels. Pacita Abad Art Estate In the opening scene of Season 3, Episode 1 of Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building,” an aging unknown Broadway hopeful played by Meryl Streep auditions for a play directed by Martin Short’s character. Her brief performance is subtle, emotional, luminous.
Following last month’s Frieze London and Paris+ par Art Basel, another key European fair is testing the market in tumultuous times. Artissima in Turin, Italy’s leading contemporary art fair, yesterday opened its landmark 30th edition (until 5 November), with 181 galleries participating, 79 of which are Italian. Geopolitical events—namely the unfolding tragedy of the Israel-Hamas
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Dr. R. David Edmunds, M.A. ’66, LL.D. ’02, is an authority on Native American history and culture who has gained the status through more than 50 years of teaching and scholarship. He’s equally adept at delivering a lecture or keynote address, offering commentary on a History Channel documentary, or providing expert testimony in a courtroom.
New Delhi [India], November 3: Artifire, a leading name in the world of art, is set to captivate art enthusiasts at the highly anticipated India Art Festival in Delhi, taking place from November 2nd to 5th. The event is being held in the Constitution Club of India, Delhi. The festival returns to Delhi with the
Austrian-born British ceramist Lucie Rie has shattered the auction record for her work. Rie’s Footed bowl (1981) achieved a record-breaking £330,200 ($400,830), smashing its pre-sale estimate of £50,000–£80,000 ($60,000–$98,000). This sale toppled the previous record for Rie’s work, also a Footed bowl, which fetched £171,000 ($210,000) at a Phillips auction in 2020. The record-breaking auction,
“The Scuola Normale Superiore!” He rolled the phrase around his lips, a Freuchie lilt meeting a Pisan rasp. “And the estetica of Benedetto Croce…that’s where it all begins and ends.” It was the end of another two-hour interview session with Tom Nairn—one of Scotland’s greatest prose writers and certainly our most original modern political thinker. This cavernous polymath, deep