Upmarket wholesaler polishes up the art of auctioneering
The Australian
In 1990, the entire Qintex collection -- 651 lots of art nouveau, art deco and antique furnishings from Christopher Skase's sprawling empire -- was dispersed to curious buyers. A few months later, Leonard Joel auctioned the furniture and ar...
Artist inspired by long wait
The New Zealand Herald
Pop artist Billy Apple is working on a new work entitled Nine years, three months, three days and 18 hours - marking the time it has taken the University of Auckland to reinstate a pair of art deco lanterns outside its school of creative an...
Preserving the Merritt Parkway's bridges to the past
Los Angeles Times
In addition to dozens of Art Deco bridges, the Merritt is cherished for the thick woods that grow along the roadside and the trees that dot its median. Arching branches form a leafy canopy over sections of the road. Deer nibble on grass alo...
Buy it, frame it at Signature’s/Japonica Gallery
McComb Enterprise-Journal
Aromas of green apple and warm vanilla from hand-crafted soaps and candles invite visitors into the foyer of a cottage-style house on Sixth Street across from the McComb Post Office.
STAR BREAK: MIAMI
Daily Express
Learn more about the area’s history with a visit to the Art Deco Welcome Center where, as well as signing up for guided walking tours, you can peruse the small museum and pick up a whole host of souvenirs from jewellery to posters. ● GETTIN...
Arrowhead Springs Hotel was 'Draperized' in glamor
San Bernardino Sun
Guests arriving at the gala grand opening of the fourth and current Arrowhead Springs Hotel on December 16, 1939, stepped out of the crisp winter evening and into a luxurious showplace.
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner pose for wedding photos after ceremony ...
New York Daily News
The Donald's oldest daughter wore a Vera Wang wedding gown designed to resemble Grace Kelly's, a $45,000 hair clip, $130,000 diamond drop earrings and a $90,000 Art Deco-inspired bracelet from her own jewelry line. The groom, who is Jewish,...
Review: `Astro Boy' never takes flight
Forbes
... David Bowers ("Flushed Away"), who co-wrote the script with Timothy Hyde Harris ("Kindergarten Cop," "Space Jam"), gets some help from a lively voice cast that includes Freddie Highmore, Kristen Bell, Bill Nighy and Nathan Lane, and the...
Q&A with Barbara Covell, historic preservationist
LoHud.com
A: My favorite period of art is classical. The Bronxville Women's Club clubhouse is one of my favorites in the area, designed by Bronxville resident and architect Penrose Stout. It borrows from Art Deco with classical, Italian and French in...
New Disney Ship has unique water coaster
Chatham Daily News
A state-of-the-art addition to Disney Cruise Line's fleet will set sail in 2011. The new ship, which debuted this week, features a first-of-its-kind water coaster that sends guest racing above the upper decks of the ship.[...]
PULSE: Holiday display at Ellen Noel Art Museum Features 100 years of quilts, buttons
Midland Reporter-Telegram
Pattern, texture, color and design are the focus of “Masterpiece of Memories: A Century of Quilts and Buttons,” an exhibit of antique quilts and buttons opening Saturday at the Ellen Noël Art Museum, 4909 E. University Boulevard, Odessa.
A lore unto himself: Owen Sheers is having his way with an ancient myth
Independent
There is something incongruous about interviewing Owen Sheers amid the rooftop haunts of Piccadilly. Sipping mint tea, blue-eyed and improbably boyish, he sits perched in a private room on the forelock of the old Simpsons building. With its...
Kate Moss Goes Vintage
Luxist
The bottle was inspired by the Art Deco perfume bottles of the 1920s and 30s. The smoky glass flacon is finely faceted on the front, sides and cap with a rose-gold collar around the neck of the bottle, decorated with vintage inspired filigr...
