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...At Sotheby’s on July 6, the top-priced lot — a marine battle painting by Willem van de Velde the Younger (1633-1707) estimated at £4mn-£6mn — failed to sell, while at Christie’s the next evening, a rediscovered...
...Thirty founders of unicorns including Adalberth, Zennström, Olugbenga Agboola of Nigerian fintech unicorn Flutterwave, Carl Manneh of Minecraft developer Mojang, Jacob de Geer of Zettle, Niklas Östberg of...
...The sophisticated Catalan culture and quality of life attracted Ashleigh Moolman Pasio, the South African professional racer, and her triathlete husband Carl to the region, rather than opting for a base...
...… A Way of Living: The Art of Willem de Kooning, by Judith Zilczer, Phaidon, RRP£59.95/$100 “Any kind of painting, any style of painting – to be painting at all – is a way of living . . ....
...Four works by Marden – two oils, two drawings – shine among a spectacular collection of American postwar paintings by artists such as Rothko, Willem de Kooning and Ad Reinhardt....
...Carl Wilkinson...
...The other significant artist lured by the Stuart kings was Willem van de Velde, paid £100 a year by Charles II for “taking and making draughts of sea-fights”....
...Carl Emmerson, Deputy Director,Institute for Fiscal Studies: The combination of a lack of suitably binding fiscal rules and the reliance on pencilled-in tight figures for public spending from April 2011...
...Howard Archer, IHS Global Insight If the ”de-leveraging” process drags on, the output losses could last a long time....
...Carl Emmerson, Deputy Director,Institute for Fiscal Studies Not going to tackle this one directly....
...“Margaretha de Geer” is fragile, sad, dignified, impressive....
...The total of $240m broke through the $200m barrier for the first time and there was an auction record for any postwar work of art when Willem de Kooning’s “Untitled XXV”, a dazzling abstract landscape, sold...
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