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...In 2022, 41 of the top 50 lots were sold in New York, including last year’s bestseller, Andy Warhol’s “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn” (1964) for $195mn, including fees....
...Blue spheres of musical notes float up from his saxophone on to Warhol’s gold ground, reminiscent of his golden “Marilyn”s....
...Andy Warhol painting of Marilyn Monroe sells for record The iconic Andy Warhol silkscreen portrait of Marilyn Monroe, “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn”, sold for $195mn at Christie’s last night....
...Photographer: Thomas Chene/SevenSix; Stylist: Marine Chaumien; Talent: Sheryl Bennett @Marilyn Agency; Hair and Make-up: Sophea Yen Find out about our latest stories first — follow @financialtimesfashion...
...With likeable leads and sharp banter, the film hits some serious dramatic beats in its final stretch, ending with a surprising gut punch....
...The playing, though, is full of feeling, poetic and rhapsodic at turns, and in Scriabin’s Etude in D Sharp Minor, Op. 8 No. 12, it rises to a tempestuous close. ★★★☆☆ carnegiehall.org...
...(FT) Himalayan border clash At least 20 Indian soldiers were killed in clashes with Chinese troops, a sharp escalation of the long-running border dispute between the nuclear-armed neighbours....
...The WGAW’s criticisms in some ways evoke the story of MCA, which enjoyed dominion over Hollywood in the days of Alfred Hitchcock, Ronald Reagan and Marilyn Monroe....
...In both motherhood and stepmotherhood have come sharp reminders that I am the grown-up....
...And there are scores of often comic fan artworks and memes putting famous figures in the sweater and shades, from Papa Smurf and Bart Simpson to Marilyn Monroe and Donald Trump....
...The glossy auction catalogue distributed to attendees during the evening included multiple images of Marilyn Monroe dressed in revealing, tight dresses....
...Pleats have good fashion pedigree — just think of Marilyn Monroe standing above the subway grate in The Seven Year Itch, her pleated white dress billowing....
...“It has been painful, no question,” said Marilyn Cohen, president at Envision Capital, a fixed income manager, of the rout in bond prices that sent yields rising....
...The end of the week saw sharp falls for almost all equity markets except the US, with emerging markets taking a particularly sharp fall....
...Amid all the kitschified Marilyns and Maos manufactured by Warhol’s prolific assembly line, it’s easy to forget how razor-sharp his most acute takes on the meretricious vanities of the powerful could be....
...Frieze might now be an art world behemoth operating in a hugely expanded market, but its founders, Amanda Sharp and Matthew Slotover, are keen to reiterate that the magazine is still at the centre of what...
...While this situation is likely to be uncommon, it throws into sharp focus some perverse behaviours that recent changes to pension taxes are incentivising....
...The sale demonstrated a sharp division between the best, highly desirable prizes such as the Modigliani or Lichtenstein’s 1964 “Nurse” which set a new auction high for the artist at $95.3m, and the rest....
...That’s totally changed,” says Los Angeles fashion PR Marilyn Heston, who launched Jimmy Choo, Elie Saab and Roland Mouret on the red carpet. “There’s a huge emphasis on it now,” she says....
...Even though Loos co-wrote the musical’s book with Joseph Fields, and liked the lyrics by Leo Robin and the music by Jule Styne, she couldn’t prevent some of the novel’s sharp edges from being softened....
...He has also featured Marilyn Manson, Courtney Love, Kim Gordon (of Sonic Youth) and Ariel Pink in an advertising campaign featuring musicians wearing some well-known Saint Laurent pieces....
...The ostensible subject is near-parodic – an emaciated girl in a Rio slum tries to make like Marilyn Monroe. But Lispector was a fierce and singular talent....
...Fears that it could lead to sharp falls in the dollar – and higher inflation – have spooked investors into selling debt, despite the Fed’s presence as a big buyer....
...The lovelorn Nemorino, here a petrol pump attendant, could be a James Dean in the making, while the blonde bombshell running Adina’s Diner has the look of Marilyn Monroe and the voice of Dolly Parton....
...Pope Benedict XVI waves from a white 4x4, flanked by a dozen youths in sharp suits and sunglasses....
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