Over 130 of the greatest depictions of the kiss in art are accompanied by insightful commentary in this handsome volume. The depiction of the kiss has held special significance throughout the history of art, from classical antiquity to the present. A symbol of erotic passion or maternal love but equally […]
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ART WYNWOOD PREPARES TO OPEN IN MIAMI FEB 16-20, 2012
The Art Miami, LLC partnership team has elected to focus its efforts on the burgeoning Miami art market with its launch of the inaugural Art Wynwood Fair for President’s Day Weekend, February 16 – 20, 2012 in Miami. The five-day fair has already attracted a list of well-respected international dealers […]
Three Tales of a City A clutch of recent books casts new light on the Nazi looting of art in Vienna.
By Sara Evans Have you read it yet?” “You have got to read it!” Last summer, there was so much buzz about a book called “The Hare with Amber Eyes” that I bit the bullet and borrowed it from my local library. When I opened the first few pages to […]
New Orleans Treasure Hunt M.S. Rau Antiques celebrates its Centennial in March, and continues to raise the bar on collecting
by Isabelle Kellogg As owners of the country’s largest and oldest antiques, fine arts and estate jewelry dealers in the US, the Rau family has seen its share of ups and downs over the decades at its historic gallery located in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Three generations of […]
Lily, Duchess of Marlborough (1854—1909): A Portrait with Husbands A new book casts light on America’s unknown “Buccaneer.”
by Sally E. Svenson Jennie Jerome, mother of Winston Churchill, was one. Consuelo Vanderbilt, wife of Winston’s cousin, the Duke of Marlborough, was another. But it is not widely known that there were three American women who married into the illustrious Churchill family of England in the last third of […]
LA FIGA
Visions of Food and Form To Envision New Art Form Fusion of Food and Form Give Life to La Figa F or Tiberio Simone and Matt Freedman, two of the most beautiful things in the world are food and the human body – not necessarily in that […]