Have there ever been better bedfellows than art and luxury? Both are based on the sale of objects that have little inherent use or value, but which retail at high prices. For both, branding is vital. They both rely on the wealth of the world’s…
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“Greedy schmuck”, “So what”, “Other people think”: the walls of Art Basel Miami Beach seem noisier than usual this year, with a profusion of text-based works. Barbara Kruger’s huge vinyls, inspired by advertising slogans, can’t help but catch the…
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Today is the last chance to bid on art in the silent benefit auction to support the art publisher Gigi Giannuzzi. The two-part auction titled “Situation Gigi”, which included a live sale on 20 September hosted by Sotheby’s auctioneer Oliver Barker…
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london. Maintaining free entry to the UK’s national museums, as the secretary of state for culture Jeremy Hunt blogged in December on the tenth anniversary of its introduction, doesn’t come cheap: it costs around £44m a year to maintain free…
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After a delay of more than five years, progress is finally being made on the project to extend the Uffizi galleries, housed within the Vasarian building complex. Eight new rooms dedicated to French, Dutch, Flemish and Spanish artists from the 16th,…
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Excitement over the Olympics is hotting up, with more than six million visitors expected to pour into London for the Games. But if sport is set to have a fantastic year this summer, will the arts lose out? Nearly all of London’s arts venues expect…
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