David Hockney, Nichols Canyon, 1980, photo artsy.net David Hockney’s 1980 Nichols Canyon Landscape will go on sale at the next Phillips Evening Sale on December 7. The painting is valued at around $ 35 million, according to a press release from Phillips, and is touted as “by far an artist’s most important landscape in a […]
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The brilliant epoch. Jewelry art of ...
When is there the light of hundreds of candles, diamonds flash, rubies and spinels gently flicker, sapphires and emeralds contrast with them with the cold brilliance. The precious stones, skillfully inserted into gold and silver, like the stars, sometimes the whole constellations shimmer on the surfaces of heavy silk, rich velvet and finest lace. […]
Ford vs Ferrari. Review of the film
Ford vs Ferrari, the film based on real events with real characters, primarily about human nature, about the destruction of hope, about a newfound dream, about disappointment, about love, friendship, about big ambitions, about potentially vulnerable vanities, bloated vanity, which gave the course of this story. The plot is based on how one insulted […]
Photographer Atom: “Please think abo...
Every true artist, creator, no matter in what area, always has an idea, and his message. Without a concept, there is no art, without it, it is just a craft or meaningless performance. A Japanese photographer working under the pseudonym Atom (1980, based in Tokyo ) invites the viewer to look at our planet, at the world […]
When design inspires #14. Nike and tr...
In the run-up to Roland Garros, the only tennis tournament of the year on clay, Roland Garros, Nike launched a collection based on toile de jouy ornaments. Tennis – sport is beautiful, smart, where many things are conservative, with its own traditions. It’s not a secret to anyone that in the UK at the main […]
Samuel Salcedo. Hyperrealism or life ...
Perhaps at first glance, the hyper-realistic sculptures of Samuel Salcedo seem unattractive and even repulsive in some places. But after looking closely, you can understand and accept his message – it s about us, people who are not covered under masks of goodness, this is when we don’t strive to appear to be the […]
Five design things of this week #18
April. The nature begins to adorn our reality by gentle colors. The sun is still not so bright for dazzling, but tries to heat everyone with its warmth. The grass is freed from the snow cover finally, climbs up and pleases the any eye with its positive green shades, symbols of youth and freshness. In this compilation there are 5 things that delicate, fresh, […]
Five design things of this week #17
February. The time when the winter will play for a long time with us in “to leave or to stay” and the thaws will be replaced by gusts of winds, but thoughts run inexorably in the direction of spring. Plans, hopes, travels, meetings, impressions. It’s ahead, but now you can just dream about flights, […]
Paul Sontag. On the verge of light a...
Paul Sontag (1987-2012) Cravingbird I 2010 oil on canvas, this very picture made me stop at the exhibition of Estonian artists in the New Tretyakov Gallery. In the dark depths of the picture there is a similarity of grids like a cage, a girl is on the foreground surrounded by people in white bird […]
Green book. When the movie is not onl...
When I was asked about this film, “can you formulate it by one word?”. Almost without hesitation, it immediately appeared the word “dignity” in the head. Then, “nascent friendship that knows no prejudices, class or racial differences” and the third one “music”. And with all that, “The Green Book” is a film – comed-drama or […]