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...Bisila Noha, who is a generation removed from Odundo and two from Kwali, looks to a range of pottery traditions including the Native American ceramicist Maria Martinez, Japanese ceramics and the Ivorian...
...Last month it said it would close its oil refinery in Martinez, California, and explore repurposing it to make renewable diesel....
...evening’s better-performing lots — Maurizio Cattelan’s disturbing sculpture of a young girl nailed to a crate (“Untitled” 2007), which sold for £1.25m (£1.5m with fees, est £600,000-£800,000) and Eddie Martinez...
...This season, demand also grew for a new generation of western contemporary artists, including Genieve Figgis (b1972, Dublin) at Phillips, Eddie Martinez (b1977, Connecticut) at Christie’s, and Nicolas Party...
...For tickets go to npg.org.uk Katy Grannan will be in conversation with Phillip Prodger, Head of Photographs at the National Portrait Gallery, at Somerset House, May 19, at 4:00pm Katy Grannan is represented...
...The price ($118,750) achieved for John Gerrard’s 3D video “Oil Stick Work (Angelo Martinez, Richfield, Kansas)” (2008) at Phillips last year was a market peak....
...And Phillips’ Latin America sale (November 24) include Alejandro Obregón’s “Souvenir of Venice” (1954) and Roberto Obregón’s 17-part, cut-rubber “Pétalos” (1993)....
...A Lucio Fontana made $20.9m, going to the New York dealer Dominique Levy, who buys for the Mexican collector David Martinez; Levy was highly active at the sale at the top levels, also underbidding the de...
...As Ms Martínez puts it, “manufacturing in Mexico ends up allowing companies to reduce their overall costs of financing”....
...Florida's two senators - Bill Nelson and Mel Martinez - both defied the sugar lobby by voting in favour of Cafta - and Governor Jeb Bush is strongly in favour....
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