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By Terry W. Hartle Correspondent Books about efforts to retrieve family treasure stolen during the Holocaust follow a familiar arc. A descendant embarks on a long and frustrating journey to regain the heirloom and eventually, against long odds, succeeds. “The Lady in Gold” by Anne-Marie O’Connor – the story of Maria Altmann’s efforts to recover Gustav Klimt’s portrait of her ancestor, Adele Bloch-Bauer – is a perfect example.  But as Menachem Kaise...

Translated by Michael Biggins Katja Perat’s novel is a serio-comical fictional romp through the Habsburg Empire of the fin de siècle, beginning in 1874 Lemberg (present day Lviv/Lvov in Ukraine), continuing to Vienna, and ending in the Habsburg Adriatic seaport of Trieste in 1912.  Along her way, the protagonist, the daughter of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch encounters luminaries of the Empire’s cultural elite, including Gustav Klimt and his models Adele Bloch-Bauer and Emilie Flöge, Gustav ...

Photo Credit: Official White House Photo by D. Myles Cullen Supreme Court Associate Justices Brett M. Kavanaugh, Neil M. Gorsuch, and Elena Kagan, and Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., February 4, 2020. The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled unanimously against the heirs of Jewish art dealers Sammy Rosenberg, Isaak Rosenbaum, Julius Falk Goldschmidt, and Zacharias Hackenbroch from Frankfurt, who sought to sue Germany in US courts to retrieve the Guelph Treasure, worth about $260 million, whic...

autoevolution 3 Feb 2021, 14:09 UTC · by 4 photos 2021 finds us in the middle of the race to Mars, and yet those of us who remain here on Earth havent been able to enjoy the benefits of supersonic air travel since 2003, when the Concorde was retired. And, as we wait for the Mach X commute to return this decade (names like Aerion and Virgin Galactic aim to be on the radar), we can always turn to art for an imaginary journey of the sort, all with the help of a rendering. 60,000 feet or 18...

Friday, 29 Jan 2021 08:08 AM MYT A worker at Sothebys Auctions poses with Sandro Botticellis ‘Young Man Holding a Roundel’ during a preview where it is expected to fetch in excess of US$80 million in Manhattan January 22, 2021. — Reuters pic Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. NEW YORK, Jan 29 — A portrait by Italian renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli sold for US$92 million (RM372 million) at an online Sotheby’s auction yesterday, smas...

NEW YORK: A portrait by Italian renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli sold for $92 million at a Sotheby's auction in New York Thursday, smashing the record price for the artist.

ARTS / ART By AFP Published: Jan 28, 2021 06:03 PM The artwork Young Man Holding a Roundel by Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli in London on December 2, 2020 Photo: AFPA portrait by Italian renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli is expected to sell for more than $80 million when it goes up for auction at Sothebys in New York on Thursday. Young Man Holding a Roundel, believed to have been painted in the 1470s or 1480s, is considered one of Botticellis finest portraits and is the ...

NEW YORK, Jan 28 — A portrait by Italian renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli is expected to sell for more than US$80 million (RM324 million) when it goes up for auction at Sotheby’s in New York today. “Young Man Holding a Roundel,” believed to have been painted in the 1470s or 1480s, is...

Rare Botticelli portrait sells for $92m at NY auction Updated / Thursday, 28 Jan 2021 16:47 Young Man Holding a Roundel shows a man with long golden hair sitting holding a disc featuring a bearded saint A rare Botticelli portrait has sold for $92 million (€75.9m) at auction at Sothebys in New York. The Renaissance artists "Young Man Holding a Roundel" is one of only around a dozen of his portraits known to survive today. Sandro Botticellis large-scale "Birth of Venus" and "Primavera" paint...

Sandro Botticelli Portrait Sells For $92 Million At US Auction "Young Man Holding a Roundel," believed to have been painted in the 1470s or 1480s, is considered one of Botticellis finest portraits and is the highlight of Sothebys Masters Week sale. Updated: January 28, 2021 10:11 pm IST The painting shows a man in teenage years with golden hair sitting holding a disc featuring bearded saint New York: A portrait by Italian renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli sold for $92 million at a Soth...