Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri’s most valuable and iconic painting, Warlugulong 1977, (lot 114, estimate £755,000-1,050,000) will be exhibited in London, 23-26 June, prior to auction with Sotheby’s in Australia. This painting is set to break Clifford Possum’s current record of £170,000 for Man’s Love Story 1993-1994, set by Sotheby’s in 2005, and to break the record [...]
17/06/2007
The lion in winter – Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal says that when he meets strangers, ‘I invent a new character for myself.’ At 81, his potential repertoire of new roles has become limited by age and infirmity, but he still contrives an impressive entrance, descending from the upper floor of his villa in the Hollywood Hills like a deus ex machina.
The experience [...]
17/06/2007
The Injustice Collector
June 16th marks the hundred-and-second anniversary of Bloomsday, the date on which the events in James Joyce’s “Ulysses” take place. There will be the customary commemorative celebrations surrounding Leopold Bloom’s famous walk through Dublin: public readings and festivals in cities around the world, including Dublin, New York, Berlin, Paris, St. Petersburg, and Melbourne. In Budapest, [...]
17/06/2007
Igor Stravinsky – Lullaby and Final Hymn from the Firebird Ballet Suite (1965)
On 17 June 1882 was born the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky, son of the principal bass at the Imperial Opera at St Petersburg.
He studied with Rimsky-Korsakov. Having met Diaghilev he was invited to compose for the Ballets Russes, and there followed Firebird, Petrouchka, and The Rite of Spring. From thereon his career blossomed and demand [...]
