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National Portrait Gallery plans Dame Laura Knight exhibitLONDON – The National Portrait Gallery will be holding a major exhibition of portraits this summer by Dame Laura Knight (1877-1970), one of the leading British artists of the 20th-century. The exhibition spans her life-long career and celebrates the centenary of the creation of Knight’s innovative Self Portrait. The exhibition will include commissioned portraits alongside […]
Miscellaneana: Setting the table with ‘Circus’ SARASOTA, Fla. – It’s impossible to visit Sarasota on Florida’s Gulf Coast and not come into contact with the legacy left to the city by the circus impresarios the Ringling family. We’ve left behind the rain-sodden United Kingdom and are here for our traditional annual holiday in the sun. In contrast to the UK, […]
Gordon S. Converse arranges East Meets West auction Oct. 4MALVERN, Pa. – Asian objects, such as Chinese furniture, fine arts and porcelains, will be sold alongside items from Western culture, like traditional artwork, antique clocks and period furniture, at an East Meets West auction slated for Friday, Oct. 4, by Gordon S. Converse & Co. at 1 p.m. Eastern. LiveAuctioneers.com will provide Internet live […]
London Eye: March 2010It was reported this week that London has relinquished its hallowed status as the world’s leading financial center, ceding that coveted title to New York. Quite how important or indeed enduring that shift will be in the longer term — particularly given the inexorable rise of China as a trading hub — remains to be […]