TEFAF Turns From the Classic to the Contemporary

[ad_1] The European Fine Art Fair in Maastricht describes itself as a fair that spans 7,000 years of art history. For a long time, those 7,000 years mainly encompassed pre-20th-century objects: Egyptian figurines, Roman busts, African masks and Rococo clocks. In the last decade, responding to a major shift in collecting patterns, TEFAF has embraced … Read more

TEFAF Maastricht Courts Young Collectors

[ad_1] In the art world, getting younger people to look at very old paintings and sculptures has proved challenging. How can a delicate Renaissance sculpture compete with the immediacy of artists posting on Instagram about work they’re doing right now? The art fair put on by the European Fine Art Foundation in Maastricht, the Netherlands, … Read more

Marianne Faithfull, a Pop Star Turned Survivor, Is Dead at 78

[ad_1] Marianne Faithfull, who went from being a fresh-faced, feather-voiced pop star, as well as muse and girlfriend of Mick Jagger, to a homeless heroin addict, only to re-emerge radically altered in her early 30s as a critically acclaimed cabaret performer singing songs of dark honesty, died on Thursday in London. She was 78. Her … Read more

Predicting the Oscar Nominations in a Wild and Wide-Open Season

[ad_1] Sometimes, when I poll Oscar voters about the films and performances they plan to nominate, they turn the tables on me. “What do you want to happen?” they ask. Maybe they’re expecting me to advocate for an underseen movie or steer them toward a performance that hasn’t gotten its flowers. Usually, though, my answer … Read more