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Chic contemporary furnishings and stellar fine art are in Nye & Companys online auction slated for April 21st and 22nd Superb pochoir in colors by Joan Miro titled Femme et Chien devant la Lune, 1936, a fantastical portrait of a woman and dog in front of the moon with bold primary colors (est. $15,000-$25,000). Included is a large selection of modern furniture, rugs and lighting from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Long Island, starting at 10 am EST both days. Our Chic and Antique Estate ...

12 podcasts to binge over Easter weekend We asked the newsroom what they love listening to and here are some of their recommendations. With the podcast market exploding during the pandemic, it can be hard to know where to start when you open your streaming app of choice.   Apr 1, 2021 – 12.00am Share Podcasts are big business. In March, iTunes hosted 47 million episodes of 1.96 million podcasts (730,635 of which are active). In 2018, there were just 550,000 podcasts on iTunes. A market anal...

Ben Lewis, the author of the 2019 publication The Last Leonardo, has created an NFT (non-fungible token) of Salvator Mundi by Leonardo da Vinci showing Christ with his right hand raised in blessing—and his other hand clutching a fistful of dollars. The NFT will be minted today on the Opensea platform and auctioned over the Easter weekend (UK). The controversial Leonardo painting sold for $450m at Christie’s New York in November 2017; any profits from the NFT sale will be split between L...

Sotheby’s will auction Portrait of a Youth (left), attributed to Piero del Pollaiuolo, seen next to Botticelli’s Young Man Holding a Roundel Photo: Julian Cassady Photography; Courtesy Sotheby’s “When we say, ‘This is a Botticelli,’ what do we mean? If the phrase implies that the master conceived the work and executed it without assistance, few paintings would qualify,” writes Jonathan Nelson, teaching professor at Syracuse University, Florence, in his 2009 ...

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- At the end of January, an impeccably preserved painting by Italian Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli sold for a record $92.2 million.

Fine Art Shippers Specializes in Shipping Crystal Chandeliers Interstate Fine Art Shippers specializes in packing, crating, and shipping all sorts of valuables, including fragile crystal chandeliers of any kind and size. NEW YORK, NY, US, March 14, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The art logistics company Fine Art Shippers specializes in shipping all sorts of valuables across the United States and worldwide. The company’s expertise includes packing, shipping, and delivering fine art, antiques, des...

The Library at Strawberry Hill, c. 1790. Photo: The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University. LONDON .- Last October London Art Week introduced a new series of interim online events: Art History in Focus. Another impressive line-up of insightful and lively talks will be taking place this March. 16 March – The Female Artists, Actresses, and Playwrights of Strawberry Hill Theatricals This webinar will explore the role of female artists, actresses, and playwrights involved with theatre at Horace...

From the traditional  bruin cafés still firmly rooted in once-working-class Jordaan to the trendy hipster hotspots of East Amsterdam, the Dutch capital is certainly not short on places to grab a drink or three – as might be expected of the city that birthed one of the worlds brewing superpowers (Heineken). Naturally, beer is the drink of choice for most Amsterdammers, but you dont have to look to hard to find swish wine bars, bouncing nightclubs, or even little hole-in-the-wall ta...

When Pablo Picasso’s “Les Femmes d’Alger (Version O)” sold at Christie’s in New York for $179 million dollars in May 2015, it was only the 36th time in the past 315 years that a world auction record had been set, and the sale raised questions well beyond the art world. How could a single painting be worth so much? Why is art so important to wealthy households? What economic and social factors could lead to enshrining Picasso’s colourful near-abstract portrait as the most valuable pi...

John Thompson: An Artist Collects BOSTON, Massachusetts Subject Line Please provide verification code Email is invalid David Row, American (b.1949), Untitled, 2006, Oil on paper, 26 x 33 1/2 inches John Thompson: An Artist Collects at Childs Gallery explores the fascinating connection between an artist’s practice and the artwork they choose to collect. This unique exhibition showcases the private art collection of artist John Thompson alongside examples of his own work. An accomplished pai...