Hints and tips:
...Last autumn, I began each day in front of Joachim Patinir’s “Landscape with Saint Jerome”....
...Varo’s “Harmony (Suggestive Self-Portrait)” (1956), a self-depiction as a mystic in a hallowed space, evocative of Renaissance depictions of St Jerome, fetched $6.2mn in 2020....
...(Armstrong & Wu) One good read How much would you pay for Joan Didion’s sunglasses, which her estate is now auctioning off? The $400 to $800 suggested bid strikes us as low....
...Now this painting — its full title “Saint Michael Triumphant over the Devil with the Donor Antoni Joan” (1468) — is the centre of a small but splendid show at London’s National Gallery devoted to Bartolomé...
...Included in their collection at Christie’s are Vincent van Gogh’s “Laboureur dans un champ” (1889), est $50m and Joan Miró’s “Peinture” (1933, est $18m-$25m)....
...Head chef Jérôme Waag explains: “Since we change the menu daily, we have chosen to serve the staff the same food as the diners....
...John Updike and Philip Roth pop their heads in once or twice to make a passing remark; Joan Didion, Alfred Kazin and Lionel Trilling make equally brief appearances to offer much-quoted aperçus....
...Pablo Picasso, Juan Gris, Joan Miró and Salvador Dalí represent the 20th century....
...Begins postgraduate studies at Columbia but drops out and accepts job at National Industrial Conference Board. 1952: Marries Joan Mitchell but obtains annulment after 10 months....
...And nothing could be more delicious than a sugary-sweet Tina LeBlanc and bouncy Joan Bonda in Balanchine’s Harlequinade....
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