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...No doubt the recession of the early 1990s and the forces of nationalism let loose by the end of the cold war were partly to blame....
...He wasn’t really interested in a market-led view of art,” Jacques says....
...“We connected through Instagram in early 2021,” says Jacobs. “It wasn’t until recently that I finally visited his gallery, and it was a delight....
...Using lavish materials and high-craft finishes, he specialises in emblematic period furniture and objects, particularly from the early 20th century....
...’s biggest luxury brand with more than €20bn in annual revenues, US sales were roughly flat and those in Europe were “slightly negative” in the quarter, according to LVMH’s chief financial officer Jean-Jacques...
...She tells me she chose this location because the Cinéma du Panthéon is owned by Why Not Productions, which produces her films and has a reputation for nurturing talents such as Ken Loach and Jacques Audiard...
...Over the years, French ping-pong legends such as Jacques Secrétin and Jean-Philippe Gatien were consulted on modifications....
...Now Phillips has two of her early soft-sculpture works — three-dimensional pieces that hang on the wall — which have been in the collection of the Dutch couple Agnes and Frits Becht since they were made...
...Carlo Fidanza, a Meloni ally and leader of her party in the European parliament, told the Italian newspaper La Stampa that “it was too early to say” what Meloni might do....
...Europe was facing a “Delors” moment, he added, referring to the late Jacques Delors, former commission president and architect of the EU’s single market....
...Institution The death at 81 this week of the centre-right statesman Wolfgang Schäuble, one of Germany’s most ardent Europeanists (only a day before the passing of another great European and friend of Germany, Jacques...
...The burgeoning fashion industry of the early 20th century was a haven for queer creatives, from the American-English designer Charles James onwards....
...Early fans included Jack Nicholson, while the great Canadian maverick David Cronenberg would later speak warmly of Kent’s formative influence on him....
...The industry experienced a boom in the three years since early 2020 pandemic lockdowns....
...“It’s often those early forecasts [we provide] that help them get loans,” said Venkatesh....
...New York, always thirsty for the next big thing, has been an early adopter of niche cuvées....
...so-called “Snow Dictator” in charge of the government scheme to develop resorts like Les Ménuires and Les Arcs, was dismissive of Avoriaz, saying the ski area was bound to fail and likening one of the early...
...“Demand [for cognac] is pretty soft in the US,” LVMH CFO Jean-Jacques Guiony told analysts....
...The 1930s cohort, which included Jacques Mieses, Ernst Klein and Paul List, were my opponents in several games in my distant 1950s chess youth, and I learnt much from competing against them....
...“It’s a good idea on paper even if it’s a bit early to judge the results.”...
...“Early electronic music was tape music.”...
...In flurried zigzags he depicts “Jacques de Nittis”, little son of a painter friend, energetically drawing; laying down pastel on monotype, like painting on a curtain of black ink, he reveals the instant...
...Others, including Anat Ebgi, White Cube, Stephen Friedman, Alison Jacques and Selma Feriani, took advantage of the availability of real estate since the pandemic to grow their global footprints....
...Both will be filled with design artefacts from the early 20th century to the present day, on offer from 27 galleries....
...That’s when Stout found himself jolted awake in the early hours before seeking refuge in the underground garage that doubled as his hotel’s bomb shelter....
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