Archive for January, 2009
Do Americans Really Need a “Secretary of the Arts”?
Just as I began to put my mind to this commentary, the results from the first of this year’s old master sales, The Scholar’s Eye: Property from the Julius Held Collection Part I, at Christie’s began coming in—a most gratifying confirmation of the time-honored forces of the market in the arts: 85% of the modestly [...]
Old Master Week I: Master Drawings New York 2009
As the world economy began to unravel in September and October, the art market continued to prosper for a week or two before entering a volatile phase which has generally been hard on the major auction houses and dealers. However, the most important and desirable objects continued to sell at prices one would have expected [...]
Abord the Queen Mary 2: a Reminiscence with Photographs
The Queen Mary 2 is a floating retirement home, but if you need a break from your frenzied life ashore the Isle of Manhattan, retiring for a week isn’t such a bad idea. The QM2 is no ordinary cruise ship. Cunard, the same company that built the Titanic, constantly makes the distinction that the QM2 is a voyager, a cruise ship is something else entirely. She is not only the greenest, most technologically savvy ship on the sea, she is also the sexiest ship ever built.
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