London is still the centre of connoisseurship of fine Chinese objects, with about 30 specialist dealers, more than there are in the whole of Europe and America combined. So it is not surprising that the biggest treat for anyone interested in Chinese fine art this week lay within the discreet dealer showrooms a few hundred yards north and south of Piccadilly and around Kensington Church Street. ...

... high estimate to reach £305,600. “Nothing demonstrates more clearly the art-market axiom that art goes to where the money is,” Mr Sheaf said afterwards. London is still the centre of connoisseurship of fine Chinese objects, with about 30 specialist dealers, more than there are in the whole of Europe and America combined. So it is not surprising that the biggest treat for anyone ...

... of the original singles, painstakingly replicated in the original label logo sleeves! This one goes way past some of the silly "decade" sets from Rhino, and really displays a new level of cool and connoisseurship -- one that finally appreciates the rich depths of funky work at their fingertips, most of which has not been properly reissued in the US! The singles include "Gangster Of ...

... and I’m not sure how relevant they would be even in the best of circumstances – it appears to be limited to only the most superficial formal aspects of a painting. And while certain aspects of connoisseurship may be aided by computer analysis of high-resolution digital images, Manovich’s example was far from that. What do we learn about Rothko or about art in general from an analysis of the ...

... at the de Young when the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco presents “Amish Abstractions: Quilts from the Collection of Faith and Stephen Brown” in the Caroline and H. McCoy Jones Textile Gallery. The show, which opens Saturday, features 48 full-size and crib quilts that showcase the diversity of the Amish quilt tradition, as well as the connoisseurship of collectors Faith and Stephen Brown.

... News:  not     The word “audiophile” has always struck me as one that carries two messages. One speaks of appreciation, connoisseurship, a passion for great sound and the equipment that delivers it, the closest thing indeed to the absolute sound of live music—while the other seems loaded with elitism, ...

Unused exhibition poster design for A Lifetime of Connoisseurship: Graham Pollard and the Study of the Medal My Department have just recently opened a new exhibition commemorating the boss-before-the-boss-before-my-boss, Graham Pollard, who was a connoisseur of and expert in medallic art of the Renaissance. He sadly died two years ago, and his medal collection subsequently came to the Fitzwilliam ...

... doesn't forget that in her film, and what's more she depicts sexuality at this point in life as being not only rooted in physical desire, but affection, love, a kind of connoisseurship of experience. In the end we see that sexuality for Miyano and her friends is a much more fluid thing, which I think is an important thing to be stated. "The Lily Festival" is an entertaining, ...

Mastering Cheese: Lessons for Connoisseurship from a Maître Fromager by Max McCalman and David Gibbons (Clarkson Potter, 384 pages $40, hardcover) There are many great cheese books available these days. You've got books about French cheese, Italian cheese, pairing wine and cheese, and American artisan cheese. There's even a book about Northwest cheese, of all things. But I'm ...

... ) or cranberry sauce. But one year a friend and I were invited to a couple's home for Thanksgiving dinner. These women were famous in our circle for their foodiness and wine connoisseurship so we were pretty jazzed about the invitation. When we came to table the food looked and smelled fantastic. We had grace and a toast and I brightly said, "Pass the gravy, please". " ...