Month: March 2013

The Essential Cecil Beaton: Photographs 1920-1970 by Philippe Garner and David Alan Mellor
Art, Books

The Essential Cecil Beaton: Photographs 1920-1970 by Philippe Garner and David Alan Mellor

The Essential Cecil Beaton: Photographs 1920-1970 by Philippe Garner and David Alan Mellor (Schirmer/Mosel: $65). The 265 images in this beautiful book trace the flamboyant photographer’s high-low vision of the world, his strange self-positioning between the upper-classes of aristocrats and celebrities, the milieu of international, British and Hollywood royalty, to […]

Ben Uri Gallery  & Museum  in London:‘Curates world class exhibitions and is now ready to bring them to America’, ‘from Russia to Paris: Chaïm Soutine and his contemporaries’by Sarah MacDougall
Art, Art Gallery

Ben Uri Gallery & Museum in London:‘Curates world class exhibitions and is now ready to bring them to America’, ‘from Russia to Paris: Chaïm Soutine and his contemporaries’by Sarah MacDougall

To celebrate the museum’s recent acquisition of Soutine’s stunning painting La Soubrette, c. 1933, the exhibition, From Russia to Paris: Chaïm Soutine and his Contemporaries, recently unveiled this important portrait together with a small selection of work from the Ben Uri collection by a number of Soutine’s peers: all either […]

This Year in Jerusalem: The hills of this ancient city are alive with joyous music and dance. by Sara Evans
Art, Art Shows, Dance, entertainment, Museum Show

This Year in Jerusalem: The hills of this ancient city are alive with joyous music and dance. by Sara Evans

2013 marks the third annual Jerusalem Season of Culture (JSOC), a summer-long celebration of all aspects of the arts. Known as the ancient center of Israeli history and biblical culture, the Festival was launched to demonstrate that, along with its ancient history, Jerusalem is a city with a vibrant and […]

LES MISÉRABLES
Dance, entertainment, featured

LES MISÉRABLES

The sweeping and spectacular musical extravaganza Les Misérables has been seen by more than 60 million people in 42 countries around the globe. Now the motion picture adaptation that grossed more than $340 million worldwide arrives on Blu-ray™ Combo Pack, DVD and On Demand on March 22, 2013, from Universal […]