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...Now this rare masterpiece, “The Deposition from the Cross”, has been sold to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in a transaction brokered by Sotheby’s....
...“With its dark, murky tones, just one big pewter plate on a table or dresser looks like a Dutch master still life,” she says. “It’s instant chic.”...
...The process of traditional upholstery, Gibb says, “breathes new life into existing furniture and creates a piece that is totally unique”....
...to our podcast Life and Art wherever you listen...
...The curator of that show, Maynard Walker, trumpeted “real American art . . . which really springs from American soil and seeks to interpret American life”....
...Freeman’s writing has Ede’s flair, grace and insight....
...And finally, establish boundaries between your work and home life that allow you to switch off and improve your wellbeing....
...February 4, 8 and 10; further information and tickets here Mahler: Symphony No 10, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre The Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra will be performing the Cooke version of Mahler’s...
...Latterly, she was immersed in the musical life of Salzburg, where she moved in 2002 with her partner Jack Lunzer....
...Lantink’s work has been acquired and shown by museums, including London’s V&A and the Costume Institute at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, while celebrities such as Beyoncé, Billie Eilish and Janelle...
...“They all have these backgrounds, these life stories where they have overcome something. It’s not illustrated in their work but their work draws from it in some way. So that was one of the criteria.”...
...On TikTok, #grandpacore — a trend describing clobber synonymous with seniors, such as V-neck novelty knits, pleat-front trousers and tweed blazers — has had almost 16mn views....
...June 20 to September 8; further information and tickets here ‘Naomi’, V&A South Kensington An ode to the life and work of supermodel Naomi Campbell....
...It’s equality in action here; we have made it a part of life and incentivised it as the norm.”...
...London is about the grand gesture planning of the new Stratford, where the V&A East museum is taking shape, and it is about Mare Street market, which maintains a lively balance between street food vendors...
...As a result, she says, the V&A has acquired works including the Beautiful ring from the A Beautiful Life series by London-based American jeweller Jacqueline Rabun and an Ebony Revolution necklace by Simone...
...Lest that sound like metropolitan snobbery, take note that another newspaper crops up in Caret....
...learn about the origins of the evening’s menu with a tour of the garden, which was created in 1891 by the industrialist Frederick Peel, son of Robert Peel, former prime minister and founder of London’s Metropolitan...
...Family life and professional life were mixed together, which meant we shared so much. That’s what I miss the most.”...
...The Korean Wave” exhibition at the V&A Lola Shoneyin Writer and festival organiser by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Lola Shoneyin’s subversion is deliciously sly, her humour mordant, her eyes pitiless and...
...“The beauty of African fashion is that it is as varied as the continent itself,” says Dr Christine Checinska, who curated the V&A’s recent exhibition Africa Fashion (now at the Brooklyn Museum until October...
...Gone is McVicar’s twist on Verdi’s deus-ex-machina ending: rather than having the ghost of emperor Charles V spirit Don Carlo away from the Inquisitor’s vengeance, as written, McVicar had earlier resurrected...
...As we tuck in and those of us who were fasting come back to life, conversations merge and the group finds its dynamic....
...To July 23, musee-orsay.fr; then Metropolitan Museum, New York, September 24-January 7 2024...
...“Pieces come to life there, rather than in a sketchbook.”...
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