During her reign as the first crowned Empress in Iranian history, Empress Farah Pahlavi amassed one of the world’s greatest collections of modern art for her country, including works by van Gogh, Picasso, Bacon, Rothko and de Kooning.
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Great contemporary art journeys of the world : BASEL ART FAIR on from 16th – 20th June 2010
Image:SUPERFLEX | Flooded McDonald’s, 2009 Film (RED 16:9) | Courtesy: Peter Blum / Nils StaerkI www.artbasel.com Basel is a great cultural/artistic destination all year round. The advantage of visiting Basel outside the art fair week is that accomodation would be much easier to obtain. Cheap flights can be obtained via easyjet www.easyjet.com and accomodation via […]
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Lucian Freud Designs Wine label
Lucian Freud, has joined the ranks of a select group of artists: those who have designed labels for Château Mouton Rothschild wine. The commission, for Mouton’s 2006 vintage, was announced yesterday at the opening of an exhibition of previous labels at the Wolfsonian-Florida International University, on view through March 8. Château Mouton Rothschild has featured […]
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