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Michael Venutolo-Mantovani
1+ hour, 51+ min ago (92+ words) Michael Venutolo-Mantovani'observer.com We get it: you like to have control of your own internet experience. How Do I Whitelist Observer? Below are steps you can take in order to whitelist Observer.com on your browser: Click the AdBlock button…...
Meet the Collector: Yasmine Berrada Wants to Change the Way the World Sees Moroccan Art
4+ hour, 12+ min ago (1209+ words) Meet the Collector: Yasmine Berrada Wants to Change the Way the World Sees Moroccan Art'observer.com "When it comes to art, I've always followed my intuition," Yasmine Berrada tells Observer. We are at Loft Gallery in Casablanca, surrounded by the…...
One of the World’s Rarest Watches Is Coming to Auction in May
5+ hour, 56+ min ago (525+ words) One of the World's Rarest Watches Is Coming to Auction in May'observer.com There are watches, and then there are watches. The 1953 Patek Philippe Ref. 2523 Heures Universelles belongs firmly to the second category, so exceptionally rare that its appearance at…...
When It Comes to Licensing, Some Artists Cash in While Others Push Back
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (1360+ words) When It Comes to Licensing, Some Artists Cash in While Others Push Back'observer.com Can you tell the time on that Swatch watch, or does the look of splattered paint on the dial and wristband make the time hard to…...
La Biennale de Québec: What Shifts When Ice Splits
22+ hour, 2+ min ago (1803+ words) La Biennale de Qu'bec: What Shifts When Ice Splits'observer.com Ice is a charged word globally. For many Americans, it is the acronym for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, that harbinger of xenophobia, along with a cold indicator of weather changes,…...
One Fine Show: “Ming Smith: Jazz Requiem—Notations in Blue” at the Portland Museum of Art
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (315+ words) One Fine Show: "Ming Smith: Jazz Requiem'Notations in Blue" at the Portland Museum of Art'observer.com Though excellent at capturing these broad scenes of life, her portraits of people like Sun Ra and Pharoah Sanders are able to burrow deep....
The Best Steakhouses in Los Angeles
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (1182+ words) L.A.s Best Steakhouses: The Top Spots for Steak in Los Angeles'observer.com The Best Steakhouses in Los Angeles Though old-school chophouses are a quintessential part of American cuisine, some of the best meats are found at Argentine, Brazilian and Japanese…...
Collecting Art Is Easy. Running a Museum, Not So Much.
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (1346+ words) Collecting Art Is Easy. Running a Museum, Not So Much.observer.com At some point this fall, a new art exhibition space devoted to contemporary Native American art will open in Katonah, New York, with the name of the place…...
Luxury Auctions Surged Last Year, With Jewelry, Ferrari and Hermès Driving Record Results
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (1623+ words) Luxury Auctions Surged Last Year, With Jewelry, Ferrari and Herm's Driving Record Results'observer.com End-of-year results from the major auction houses confirmed that the luxury segment is becoming vital to expanding secondary market volume across age groups and price tiers,…...
The Priest Inside Anthropic’s A.I.
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (133+ words) He is not, in other words, an outside critic. He is something more complicated: a true believer in both God and technology, trying to hold them in the same hand. "I left the tech industry, but it never really left…...