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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....
...The process of traditional upholstery, Gibb says, “breathes new life into existing furniture and creates a piece that is totally unique”....
...Victoria Beckham cotton V-neck top (worn underneath), £390. Santoni leather Penny loafer shoes, £505. Pantherella cotton ribbed socks, £16....
...Mechanic intervened to save the day, and warring parties emerged as life-long friends....
...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.”...
...Harris collected sports teams....
...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....
...Family life and professional life were mixed together, which meant we shared so much. That’s what I miss the most.”...
...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...
...She was following the advice of a friend who, following her divorce, had given her a three-step plan as to how to get her life together....
...Her enveloping wool coats and handsome V-neck jumpers, tucked into full skirts, had a cosiness and casualness that made them appealing for the office, something Wickstead said her customers are increasingly...
...If you have a shorter neck, choose an open-neck or V-neck style, and wear your hair up. Don’t fancy a tulle skirt?...
...In London, too, February is going to be a gala month, with the cream of the crop being the V&A’s hosting of the magnificent display of the works of Donatello — possibly the first ever in the British capital...
...We see “die-ins” and other attention-grabbing protests at institutions such as the Guggenheim, the Metropolitan museum and the V&A....
...It’s important for me in my actual day-to-day life to not feel constricted by my clothes. Life has to work.”...
...In the 70 years that Don Carlos has enriched the Metropolitan Opera’s repertory, the Schiller-based saga of familial and political conflict has become one of Verdi’s most treasured operas....
...In the case of her wrap dress, versions of which are now held in the Smithsonian and The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, it was designed for the “woman in charge”....
...Joel Edgerton and Viggo Mortensen play the cave divers Richard Harris and Richard Stanton with just the right degree of plain-spoken humility as to seem entirely plausible as regular dudes who happen to...
...In a sign of Democrats’ concern, vice-president Kamala Harris flew in to campaign with Hochul late last week and president Joe Biden is expected on Sunday....
...One of the most exciting names in fashion at the moment is Harris Reed, a 25-year-old British-American who has enjoyed huge success since graduating from Central Saint Martins in 2020....
...sculpture”, says a V-A-C statement....
...Part of Sunak’s problem, I fear, is that he may come across as too metropolitan....
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