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NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER
08, 2008 |
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ART IN LONDON
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DESIGN CITIES
Design Museum, London |
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DESIGN
CITIES
Design Cities tells the story of
contemporary design through seven key cities at their creative height:
London (1851), Vienna (1908), Dessau (1928), Paris (1936), Los Angeles
(1949), Milan (1957), Tokyo (1987) and London (2008).
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THE EXHIBITION OF THE MONTH
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FRANCIS BACON
Tate Britain, London |
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FRANCIS BACON
Francis Bacon was one of the greatest
painters of the twentieth century and this unmissable exhibition will
bring
together the best and most important paintings from throughout his
turbulent life.
Head VI, Francis Bacon © The Estate of Francis Bacon
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ART IN PARIS
THE EAGLE AND THE
BUTTERFLY
Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris
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THE POWER AND ORNAMENTS UNDER
NAPOLEON
A new Vigour permeated the Decorative Arts during
Napoleon’s Reign. Furniture and objects were embellished with
simple,
forceful Imagery drawn from classical Mythology, whose role far surpassed
the Merely decorative.
Photo © Philippe Renaud
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THE AUCTION
PEARLS OF ANNA THOMSON DODGE
16 december 2008, BONHAMS New York
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THE
MYSTERIOUS PEARLS OF ANNA THOMSON DODGE
16 december 2008, BONHAMS New York
In 1920, Horace E. Dodge - US founder of the eponymous automobile company
- bought a natural pearl necklace from Cartier for his wife Anna Thomson
Dodge for an unprecedented US$ 825,000.
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