Glossy “girl power, Missy Elliott and the Spice Girls were bursting into our consciousness. Models like Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell swaggered into New York’s hippest clubs, blew air kisses and retreated to shadowy corners to avoid paparazzi. The Night and all …
Diamond has not only a financial asset value but also an enormous energy value (in the context of a electromagnetic field)..The word “diamond” is derived from the Greek “adamas”, which means “not to be destroyed” and certainly it is the…
The erotic was taboo. Though Marilyn Monroe was baring all, sex was hidden, a pleasure rarely discussed in polite 1950s company. All Shook Up Elvis was suggestively shaking, but talk was never about frolicking in the bedroom. Postwar America was…
It’s a unique form of travel. One from a land of innocence and carefree joys to a subterranean haunt of bafflement and foreboding. Such an exploration demands an insightful Eye, an acute sensitivity, for a Birthday Party (2007) can be…
For as long as we have been able to communicate, we have been making sense of the world by telling stories. As consumers, we can engage with a story, creating a “story” with displays does not really mean making a visual that…
One of life’s most coveted treasures, the Paul Newman Daytona is the sexiest of trophies. A grand object of desire, it whips men into a frenzy of spending. At auctions and on questionable Internet sites their ardor knows no bounds.…
Plunging deep into their psyches to create absurd stories, André Breton, Man Ray and other Surrealists were enchanted by the game, the drawings that reflected “the exquisite corpse will drink the new wine.” It was a collegial fun fest, combining…
The Best and the Brightest will be there, spinning their unique art fantasies in the California sun. Fashionistas, Hollywood stars and moguls, sports legends, they’ll be waiting to realize their long-time dreams–waiting for the auction at this August 13th-14th extravaganza…
There was never any doubt. His rebellious nature, refusal to listen to most people, convinced him that he was destined to “swim with turtles,” to glorify them in his paintings. Raised on Saint Lucia in the Caribbean, amid deep green…
It is a city of Bautas, harlequins playing tricks in the shadows, and beaked puncinellas jumping aboard gondolas. Apparitions and decadents join the illusionary theatrics and pretenses. Nothing is real, not in this kaleidoscope of blurred appearances and false identities. At Carnevale time…
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