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,
Pandora has announced plans to open a new pop-up experience on London’s South Bank, with the installation designed to resemble a jewellery box. Running between 09-19 November 2023 at Potters Field Park near Tower Bridge, the art installation has been inspired by Pandora’s Christmas campaign, ‘Loves Unboxed’. Designed with creative agency Backlash, the art pop-up
IT major Infosys has launched a new proximity centre in Sofia, Bulgaria as part of its continued growth in Europe. In line with Infosys’ strategy to amplify human potential by hiring local talent, the new state-of-the-art centre will enable Infosys to attract, re-skill, and up-skill 500 new employees. Over the next four years, these new
One of the most exhilarating gallery experiences you could have had this year was the immersive nine-screen video installation of A Marvellous Entanglement, part of the epic Isaac Julien retrospective at Tate Britain. It was essentially a biography of the life of Lina Bo Bardi, in which Julien cast two women to play the Italian-born Brazilian architect
Cora DowTHREADING THE NEEDLE: Penobscot basketmaker Theresa Secord’s “Pasokos Basket.” The basket was commissioned by the BCMA and celebrates the return of Atlantic sturgeon to the Penobscot River. Textiles’ place in the world of Western art has, at times, been tenuous. Woven works that have both a functional purpose and a presence as an art
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. US, EU LEADERS HEDGE BETS ON BIBI ON THE GROUND IN GAZA: Israel’s military said overnight that it had surrounded Gaza City. “We’re at the height of the battle,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement. “We are advancing.” U.S.
Housed in a 19th-century listed mansion that stretches skyward into spires, the Grisebach auction house gives off the disquieting charm of a German fairytale castle. Outside runs Fasanenstrasse, a leafy street of galleries and skincare boutiques in one of Berlin’s chicest corners. On December 1 2022, Marcin Król, the Polish consul in Berlin, climbed the
Leading European artists, including Maria Choustova (“Donbass”), Sergei Loznitsa (“Donbass”), Pawel Lozinski (“Film balkonowy”) and Radu Jude (“Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn”), have taken a stand to support the Israeli film community as it seeks to rally voices and help free over 220 hostages in Gaza. These names penned a heartfelt letter addressing the
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Leading European artists, including Maria Choustova (“Donbass”), Sergei Loznitsa (“Donbass”), Pawel Lozinski (“Film balkonowy”) and Radu Jude (“Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn”), have taken a stand to support the Israeli film community as it seeks to rally voices and help free over 220 hostages in Gaza. These names penned a heartfelt letter addressing the