ArtInstagram Echoes Artists Past - Richmond Hill
16/12/2018Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823 - 1900) Richmond Hill in 1862
Richmond Hill 2016 - Follow Felicia on Instagram @annafeliciaphoto
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ArtOpinion | The Writer Who Destroyed an Empire
11/12/2018When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, pundits offered a variety of reasons for its failure: economic, political, military. Few thought to add a fourth, more elusive cause: the regime’s total loss of credibility.
This hard-to-measure process had...[Read More]0 Comments
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EuropeanRemains of US Revolutionary War frigate discovered off...
11/12/2018John Paul Jones "Give me a fast ship for I intend to sail her into harms way". Upon hearing Captain Pearson was knighted for losing his ship the Serapis, Jones said, "If I meet him on the high seas again I will make him a lord".
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ArtTrove of Crusader-era gold coins found at massacre...
11/12/2018Archaeologists in Israel have uncovered a trove of rare gold coins and a 900-year-old gold earring at the site of a Crusader massacre.
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ArtThe Head of MCH Group, Art Basel's Parent Company,...
11/12/2018Watch market imploded. Swatch pulled out. They subsidized MCH to the tune of $50m per year.
Does the resignation of a top executive at a trade fair have broader implications for the realm of art fairs? As with in other industries, the increased...[Read More]0 Comments
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ArtYellowstone Steamboat Geyser breaks historical yearly...
11/12/2018Interesting when paintings can better illustrate a news story. Painting by Thomas Moran which sold for $1.935 million on Nov. 16, 2018.
Yellowstone - Thomas Moran (1837-1926) - learn more about the artist here
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ArtThe Modern Art collection of Iran
10/12/2018Fascinating story of art in an unexpected location.
A new book reveals a collection bought by the wife of the Shah of Iran in the 1970s. Alastair Sooke talks to Farah Pahlavi, who was known as the Jackie Kennedy of the Middle East, about works by the...[Read More]0 Comments
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Art TheftA Yacht, a Monet, a See-Through Piano: The U.S....
10/12/2018The van Gogh and the Monet are safely in storage in Switzerland. The Oscar that once belonged to Marlon Brando is in a federal warehouse in Texas. Those were easy enough to corral.
But when the $250 million yacht was finally captured in Bali, the...[Read More]0 Comments
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AntiquesBoom in antique furniture driven by...
10/12/2018Millennial have finally learned press cardboard IKEA furniture is a hustle. More value in antiques.
A boom in antique sales has been driven by eco-conscious millennials who are rejecting “fast furniture”, auction houses have said.
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EuropeanVive La France; Vive La Jaune Uprising
09/12/2018Hope is alight, best seen at night from the Champs Elysees to the Hague, the real heart of Europe is burning.
Daumier, Honoré, The Uprising (L'Emeute), 1848 or later, Oil on canvas 34 1/2 x 44 1/2 in.; 87.63 x 113.03 cm.. Phillips Collection,...[Read More]0 Comments
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