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In 2018, an anonymous Op-Ed in the New York Times, âI Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration,â described internal efforts to curb the Presidentâs impulses, and became a book the following year, âA Warning.â The author eventually revealed himself as Miles Taylor, the former chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security.
The non-selling show, called Eye Contact: An Invitation to the Pinault Collection, is set to run from 22 January to 28 March, coinciding with the art world's migration to Los Angeles for the annual Frieze fair starting on 20 February.
A double-sided portrait by the folk portraitist Ammi Phillips from around 1815, found in a storage unit in California before being submitted to Christieâs via its public website, is a highlight of its Important Americana auction on 24 January (est $40,000-$80,000).
In 2002, then Vancouver mayor Philip Owen issued a civic proclamation to designate 3 November as âJoe Average Dayâ, acknowledging his efforts to fight homophobia and assist Aids charities such as A Loving Spoonful.
Pippa Shirley, a member of the reviewing committee, says: âThe panels have much to tell us about links between artistic workshops and practices, the trade in precious materials, patronage and taste, not to mention the connection to the highly significant Fairhaven collections.
Depending on who you ask, the memorial complex is either a bad idea, an ugly thing, pushed through by well-meaning but incompetent (and mainly non-Jewish) politicians, who talk in bromides about British values and âthe need to fight hatred and prejudice in all its forms,â or a powerful new landmark, a venue for difficult conversations about the Holocaust and the current climate of antisemitism, catalyzed by the war in the Middle East.
Years in the making and 300,000 square feet in scale, the museum has been steadily acquiring top-dollar artworks, including a Frida Kahlo self-portrait, a Robert Colescott painting of George Washington, and archives related to Black cinema and Judith F. Bacaâs Great Wall of Los Angeles.
The collection was littered with homages and references to Rudi Gernreichâs topless monokini, Alexander McQueenâs ultra-low-rise âbumsters,â Azzedine AlaĂŻaâs jewel-tone hoods, aughts-era graphic slogan tees, Jean-Paul Gaultierâs bandage bodysuit from the 1997 film The Fifth Element, and Barbieâs stiff tall ponytail.
Where there will be room for improvement is in the middle market, where current geo-political issues, the slowing down of Asian engagement and the tightening of belts in Europe has led to a softening of prices and lower sell-through rates of the day sales at the major auction houses.
There, a young real-estate agent named Thomas Hutter (played by Nicholas Hoult) is dispatched by his boss, Herr Knock (Simon McBurney), to a castle in Transylvania, to conclude the sale of a decrepit manor in Wisburg to the mysterious, reclusive Count Orlok.
Audrey Azoulay, the director general of Unesco, adds in a statement: "In times of war, international solidarity is crucial to protect threatened cultural heritage.
President Joe Biden recently announced the establishment of a new national monument acknowledging the history of the residential school system, which oppressed thousands of Indigenous children and their families during the course of more than 150 years.