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...That first collection he showed in 2003 came after periods spent working as head designer at Bottega Veneta, and then at Gucci under former creative director Tom Ford....
...Christie’s also reports a strong market for “the rare or unusual, iconic motifs, and ’60s and ’70s handbags”....
...As well as Frieze, market support comes from Christie’s — which first sponsored the pavilion for its Golden Lion-winning year of 2022 — and Lisson Gallery, which represents Akomfrah....
...She has played a hand in the beauty offerings from Yves Saint Laurent, Christian Louboutin, Tom Ford, Burberry and Byredo. “And then I finally felt like there was a space for me to do my own thing.”...
...Other contenders for the nomination, such as Mike Pence and Chris Christie, have been more critical....
...The dazzling parties that were once the norm have been replaced with more intimate affairs, including gatherings at Christie’s and Verdura to launch her book....
...Among the offerings are wispy works by the in-demand Leonora Carrington and Remedios Varo, while Wolfgang Paalen and Gordon Onslow Ford — rarer at auction — also feature....
...Industrial action is also planned by Unite members at South Central, South East Coast and West Midlands ambulance trusts plus workers at Christies NHS Foundation Trust, the Christie Pathology Partnership...
...As a rolling representation of the American dream in the 1960s, the Wagoneer is on a par with cars such as the Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Corvette....
...Aside from the bombastic former New Jersey governor Chris Christie — who has spent relatively little time in Iowa and instead focused his campaign efforts in New Hampshire — most of the Republican presidential...
...Kurosawa himself loved Japanese traditional art and theatre (Noh is pervasive, especially in Throne of Blood), but he also loved John Ford and Shakespeare and American pulp fiction....
...The highlight, though, may well be a special edition of FP Journe’s Automatic FFC Octa Calibre 1300.3, designed in collaboration with film director Francis Ford Coppola; the watch’s face is distinguished...
...The tantalum piece is “quite revolutionary in design and technique” for Journe, says Remi Guillemin, head of the watch department at Christie’s in Geneva....
...I use Artprice to check on the market, ARTnews for updates and, of course, Christie’s and Sotheby’s....
...My favourite websites are those of auction houses, such as Christie’s, Phillips and Sotheby’s, as well as smaller regional ones....
...The Great Gatsby (1974) was re-scripted by Francis Ford Coppola after Paramount deemed Capote’s version unusable....
...Which Agatha Christie novel — with a nursery-rhyme title — was the first to feature Hercule Poirot’s secretary Felicity Lemon?...
...Margaret Ford, international head of books at Christie’s, said the book came with an interesting provenance, since it included a letter from Edmond Malone, the celebrated Shakespeare expert, written to its...
...Ford O’Connell, a Republican strategist who is close to the Trump campaign, said the White House “wants to make the case that [the president] is leading the charge to combat the coronavirus and save American...
...One Nina Rindt sold at Christie’s for $47,500 in 2015....
...The Isokon, neglected by the end of the 1990s but restored and reopened in 2005, became synonymous with artistic life in Hampstead, boasting illustrious tenants — from Gropius to Agatha Christie — and an...
...The work was made to benefit the Art for Justice Fund, a charity that campaigns for reform of the US criminal justice system and was founded by philanthropist collector Agnes Gund and Ford Foundation president...
...“This really was a textbook for merchants and businessmen,” said Margaret Ford, international head of books at Christie’s, which is showing the book in London, Hong Kong and San Francisco ahead of its sale...
...The American artist Frank Stella has revealed the six works from his collection that he has chosen to sell through Christie’s in the coming months....
...Buying an island for private use is similar to buying an expensive house, says John Christie, who, as chief executive of Bahamas agency HG Christie, “sells islands all day every day”....
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