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...At her Warsaw home, Maria Katarzyna Krętowska is surrounded by memories of her grandmother — the Polish artist Barbara Levittoux-Swiderska (1933-2019)....
...I love it especially because I worked on it with my two sisters: Ana is a photographer, so took pictures of the objects, and María wrote poems and texts for each....
...Anna October feather boa, £425 Victoria wears Bottega Veneta wool sweater, POA, fringed jacquard skirt, POA, and leather shoes, £990 Victoria wears Ulla Johnson nylon puffer, POA....
...It features the work of 19 artists from Australia and around the world, including Louise Bourgeois and Maria Kozic. Free entry....
...Her gallery’s sales included a two-metre-high 1986 painting by Willem de Kooning for $9mn, while Victoria Miro gallery reported sales of three works by Yayoi Kusama, including an immersive “Infinity Mirror...
...And on the opening evening (11 August), a free performance of an experimental opera-film called History Of The Present by Maria Fusco and Margaret Salmon is taking place at The Queen’s Hall....
...Spanish wunderkind Carlos Alcaraz took home the trophy last year, exclaiming “Madrid is everything to me” post-match....
...The model and the pose He shows his lifelong companion Maria Boursin – who called herself Marthe de Méligny – in a post-coital position....
...and one of two designs from the collaboration. ize.info Cloud door handles by Sicis, £5,280 per set Featuring a micro-mosaic pattern, these are made in Italy. 1stdibs.co.uk Unsent brass door knob by Victoria-Maria...
...Inspired by the concept of death and the underpinnings of Queen Victoria’s mourning dress, corsetry and undergarments-as-outerwear formed her autumn/winter24 collection....
...A Texan family and a Victoria’s Secret model looking for a wedding venue are among dozens of early requests for “buyouts” of the whole hotel....
...Who Knight Frank Penthouse, Northumberland Avenue, £14.95mn Where Just off Victoria Embankment, on the north side of the Hungerford and Golden Jubilee bridges....
...Jet lag is something fans of the Commonwealth Games won’t have to worry about, after the state of Victoria pulled the plug on the 2026 event....
...Maria Sibylla Merian’s 1705 drawing of a pink-toed tarantula implausibly devouring a hummingbird likely mistook as fact west African Anansi folklore....
...Their association with mourning came from Queen Victoria, who eschewed coloured gems after Prince Albert’s death, so their prevalence could be read as a hard pivot away from bling....
...The bold statement necklaces displayed round the throats of a series of obsidian Nefertiti busts are genuine collector’s items. visit-gem.com Maria Shollenbarger Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein Next...
...Go for a box of Santa Maria Novella’s Melograno or mint soaps. Eco-minded?...
...Born in Canada, Miller went to the University of Victoria to study harp performance, but was immediately captivated by composition, later studying it at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague and completing...
...Other high-fashion exhibits include a Dior blouse and kilt ensemble designed by Marc Bohan in 1963-4 and worn by Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor; also from Dior comes Maria Grazia Chiuri’s T-shirt and...
...Stay: The Victoria is a restaurant with a great roast (and a very good burger), traditional clean-lined rooms, and next-door access to the wide and beautiful miles of Holkham Beach....
...U Ukraine Should Wimbledon really have banned Russian and Belarusian players, like Daniil Medvedev and Victória Azárenka?...
...Until August 25; further information and tickets here From Maria Callas to Elton John via Grace Jones and Cher, Diva celebrates “the power and creativity of iconic performers” across art, fashion, film,...
...And in Chiesa di Santa Maria della Visitazione, a lavishly painted Renaissance church, Czech artist Rony Plesl has created the site-specific installation Trees Grow from the Sky, in which glass sculptures...
...“With all that is going on with the economy, I thought that people would be more subdued, but from the start it has been incredibly busy and lively,” said the London gallerist Victoria Miro....
...The socks were an instant hit and became the bulk of the business; over the years the company has supplied Victoria Beckham and Louis Vuitton, among others....
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