February 8, 2025

European Fine art

European Fine art

After 2 years of optimizing its online databases, Artmarket.com posts substantial Q3 2023 turnover growth: up 75% -November 07, 2023 at 01:01 am EST

PARIS, Nov. 7, 2023 /CNW/ — Artprice by Artmarket reaps the fruit of two years of development which enabled the complete overhaul of its online databases, leading to a 75% increase in its turnover for the third quarter of 2023 thierry Ehrmann, Founder of Artprice and CEO of Artmarket: “In January 2023, Artprice by Artmarket deployed its new

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Zelensky says ‘not the time’ for presidential elections in Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday he doesn’t believe it is the right time for elections as debate intensifies on holding a vote in 2024 while the country fights against Russia’s invasion. Issued on: 07/11/2023 – 01:07 2 min All elections including the presidential vote set to take place next spring are technically cancelled under

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Ukraine president says ‘not the time’ for elections

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday he doesn’t believe it is the right time for elections as debate intensifies on holding a vote in 2024 while the country fights against Russia’s invasion. Issued on: 06/11/2023 – 23:15Modified: 06/11/2023 – 23:14 2 min All elections including the presidential vote set to take

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Chaumet: Newly minted millionaires are buying gold and diamonds, not Bitcoin | Culture

Chaumet, the French luxury jewelry house’s airy workshop in Paris, overlooks Trajan’s column in the center of Place Vendôme. The jeweler that made pieces for Josefina Bonaparte, Eugenia de Montijo and Olga Picasso, has its artisans hard at work creating a tiara for a young and wealthy Chinese entrepreneur. That’s all we know about this

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Ukraine’s Odesa National Art Museum Damaged in Russian Airstrike – ARTnews.com

A Russian airstrike on the strategic Black Sea port of Odesa wounded at least eight people on Sunday night and damaged one of the city’s major art institutions, Odesa officials reported. According to a statement from Ukraine’s Interior Ministry, a missile launched by Russia caused significant damage to the Odesa Fine Arts Museum, one of

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Sara Shamma: Bold Spirits

Sara Shamma: Bold Spirits9 September 2023 – 25 February 2024Dulwich Picture GalleryGallery RoadLondon SE21 7AD Dulwich Picture Gallery presents Bold Spirits, a new body of work by the renowned artist Sara Shamma, responding to specific paintings from the Gallery’s historic collection. For this display, Shamma has focused on the female figures in the collection, channelling

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This tiny, working Singer sewing machine was a 1950s child’s toy. What is it worth?

This month’s column brings an original kerosene lantern from an American LaFrance Fire Engine found at an estate sale and a favorite basket from a reader’s art glass collection. Well-cared-for family keepsakes including a framed print, a child’s sewing machine, and a cookie jar handed down are also shared for investigation. Singer sewing machine A

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Decarbonisation on the home front

My efforts over the last year have been dominated by my attempt to decarbonise our heating. Domestic heating accounts for close to 15% of carbon emissions in the UK and is dominated by fossil fuels, mainly gas. Replacing gas boilers by heat-pumps is core to the strategy of many European governments, including ours here in

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La Défense Or Bust? Inside The Battle To Save Europe’s Largest Business District

PARIS — The days when Khadija served copious ribs of beef and bottles of fine wine to executives in suits feel like ancient history. The restaurant, located in “Les Quatre Temps” shopping center in the La Défense district near Paris, has had to adapt to a radically new world. “We have removed all the meats

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Prints from The Block’s Collection

When: Sunday, November 12, 202312:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT Where: Block Museum of Art, Mary and Leigh, 40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208 Evanston map it Audience: Faculty/Staff – Student – Public – Post Docs/Docs – Graduate Students Cost: Free and Open to All Contact: Lindsay Bosch   Group: Block Museum Exhibitions Category: Fine

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