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NYC restaurant serves $2,500 cocktail for National Margarita DayNEW YORK – Today is National Margarita Day, and to celebrate the auspicious occasion, New York’s Selena Rosa Restaurant is serving up a very special version of the classic Mexican libation. There’s only one catch. Its eye-watering price is $2,500.
El Museo del Barrio names Margarita Aguilar directorNEW YORK (AP) – El Museo del Barrio has named a new director. The museum says Margarita Aguilar will take up the position starting in September. Aguilar worked as a curator at the Manhattan museum from 1998 to 2006 and is currently vice president and senior specialist in Latin American art at Christie’s. She succeeds […]
Modernism and Asian art lead our five items to watchAnthony Caro ‘Story Book RENTON, Wash. – Modernism from Northwest collections at MBA Seattle Auctions on Friday, September 29 includes two works by the British abstract sculptor Anthony Caro (1924-2013). Both come from the estate of Anne Johnson, who was the co-owner of the Erica Williams and Anne Johnson Gallery that operated in Seattle from 1975-87. According to family […]
The peony and the peacock: classic motifs in Asian artNEW YORK — Asian art and antiques are rich in symbolism. Among the most beloved fauna and flora motifs in this region and culture are peacocks and peonies — so much so that the two have even become fixtures in Western art.