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CANNES – “Behind the Candelabra” is Steven Soderbergh’s 30th film and according to the filmmaker, the last feature-length movie he’ll make.Soderbergh’s farewell to the cinema takes the form of a fabulous and pleasurable feast for the senses. The biopic spans...
Gallerist Eric Landau will exhibit the artwork Gâteau dans les nuages (in English “cake into the clouds”) by painter and sculptor Bernard Quentin until May 28. Created on the request of pastry star Pierre Hermé and...
Michael Landy has a knack for the spectacular. For his best-known performance piece, Break Down (2001), the artist destroyed all his worldly possessions, including his passport, in a former store on Oxford Street. In 2010, he set up a huge Art Bin at the...
Sotheby’s London wine auction on April 17 reached a total of £1.35million (pre-sale high £1.28) and was dominated by the Burgundy wines owned by the late Henri Jayer, which represented six of the top ten lots. A nine-bottle vertical of Cros...
There will be plenty of drinks consumed during the Cannes Film Festival at the numerous parties and ephemeral bars. ARTINFO reviews what will be on offer to the VIPs:On the rooftop of the Palais des Festivals, the Mouton Cadet Wine Bar is set up by the...
Anne-Sophie Pic heads the kitchen at Pic in Valence (about 60 miles south of Lyon), a French institution which has held onto its three Michelin stars for three generations. But the longevity of this honor doesn’t mean that things haven’t...
BRUSSELS — Changes are afoot at Art Brussels following the passing of previous director Karen Renders, an almost 20-year veteran of the fair who put it on the international map.For this year’s edition, April 18 to 21, a two-director team splits the duties....
Not since the Musée d’Orsay’s 2010 “Crime and Punishment” has Paris received a show with as much darkness and density as the museum’s new exhibition, “The Angel of the Odd: Dark Romanticism from Goya to Max Ernst” (on view through June 9). With over 200 works...
The Arceau was first designed by Henri d’Origny 35 years ago. Now, to celebrate this anniversary, La Montre Hermès is offering a smaller, more feminine version with a 38mm diameter and adding a new complication displaying moon phases.The Arceau Petite...
BRUSSELS — In contrast to the VIP stampedes of top-tier art events, Brussels Antiques and Fine Arts fair, or BRAFA, has an unassuming charm; this year’s edition opened with a trickle on Wednesday, and it wasn’t until Thursday night that well-heeled hordes...
