Modern Masters Claim Their Values, But Do Not Inspire Competition

Some may think blockbuster auctions of Impressionist and modern art are a thing of the past, but the most famous names of the European avant-garde can still attract impressive prices, if not new collectors. At Sotheby’s in Manhattan on Tuesday night, a legendary 1932 painting by his teenage lover and muse, Marie-Thérèse Walter, was sold …

Modern Pentathlon Horses Craft For Obstacle Course

Since its creation more than a century ago, the modern pentathlon has always wanted its champions to be great at five things: running, swimming, shooting, fencing, and horseback riding. But now one of the pentagon’s points is changing: Horseback riding will be replaced by steeplechase races, the international federation of sport said Monday. The decision …

‘I Love America’ Review: The Gauche Rituals of Modern Romanticism

After years of Americans seeing romantic epiphanies on screen in Paris, “I Love America” returns for favor by releasing Sophie Marceau on Tinder in Los Angeles. Marceau plays Lisa, a 50-year-old filmmaker and mother of two loving daughters who are attempting a personal reset by leaving France. Originally broadcast in France, this is a decidedly …

Review: In ‘Lucia’ at the Met, A Modern Woman Returns

It seems that the Metropolitan Opera’s new production “Lucia di Lammermoor” has little in common with the production that replaces it. old staging, which premiered in 2007 and most recently revived in 2018, Donizetti’s work – about a girl driven into murder by forced marriage – is set in the late Victorian era with sumptuous …

House Hunting in Peru: A Modern Mountain Perch Above Lima

There is no central database for property transactions in Peru. Mr. Becerra estimated average prices in the city’s Lima Top sector, which includes La Molina, Miraflores, San Isidro, San Borja, Surco and Barranco, at about $2,288 per square foot ($215/sq ft). In less affluent neighborhoods of the Modern Lima sector, such as Jesús María, San …

Modern Love Podcast: A Couple Walked to City Hall

2022 is the year of matrimania. Approximately 2.5 million weddings are expected (A lump not seen since 1984) and other trends are rising wildly — ceremonies for pets, weekday weddingsa revival epic puffy dresses. We are visiting again as the wedding business flourishes. Post by Pauline Miller About a tried-and-true approach from 2017: Tying the …