By Madeleine Muzdakis on February 14, 2021
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is a must-see for art lovers who happen to find themselves in New York City. An abstract, modern building on Fifth Avenue north of the Metropolitan Museum, the institution contains works from legendary artists of the past century. Color field abstraction paintings by Helen Frankenthaler, early landscapes by Piet Mondrian, and dramatic colors from Wassily Kandinsky are just some of the stunning works to be found within the spiral-shaped galleries of the museum. The building itself designed by Frank Lloyd Wright was the fantastic product of over 700 sketches, six working drafts, and 13 years from commission to ribbon-cutting.
Synopsis of âNoraâ by Nuala OâConnor
Dublin, 1904. Nora Barnacle is a twenty-year-old from Galway who left school at twelve and became a chambermaid. On June 16th, Bloomsday, Nora meets James Joyce, a brilliant dreamer who changes her life forever. Full of passion and lust, the two leave Ireland for Europe, to chase Jamesâ hopes of becoming a writer. Although James refuses to marry, much to Noraâs dismay, their union turns into a lifelong love.
Through their years together, James and Nora surround themselves with a buoyant group of friends that grows to include Samuel Beckett, Peggy Guggenheim, and Sylvia Beach. Nora follows James throughout Europe as he doggedly pursues publication and literary notoriety. But their life is not without challenges. As the years unfold, Nora is torn between her intense desire for James and the constant strain of living in poverty. A selfish drunk, James spends their money on nights out and a string of bad choices force them t
The US socialite set to make a splash in London! Glamorous divorcée whose ex-husband s family owns a $5billion in art says she wants to be the new Peggy Guggenheim of Mayfair and support the likes of the Tate and V&A
Libbie and David Mugrabi split in what was dubbed NYC s nastiest divorce
The couple argued over a $72m Manhattan home and a $9million Hamptons pad
The Mugrabi family also own an art collection thought to be worth $5billion
Now Libbie is bringing philanthropy to London, where she wants to spend time
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Times reports that it was recently discovered that Laveryâs 1938 oil painting, âThe Viscountess Castlerosse, Palm Springsâ, features the socialiteâs much-admired legs twice in one scene. Lady Castlerosse is pictured seated with her legs dangling off a diving board, while to the left of the painting a second figure is visible with their legs crossed on a bench, their face just beyond the range of the picture. It had previously been thought that the second figure was either a Hollywood director, or the Viscountessâs brother, Edward Delevingne (known as Dudley to his friends and family) â the grandfather of Chloe, Poppy and Cara.
Ten of the best art documentaries to watch right now
With many museums temporarily shuttered, now is a great time to catch up on some of the superb films that have been made about art and artists. Spanning London, Beijing and New York, Picasso, Basquiat and Stella, here are 10 of our favourites
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Jacqueline Weld spent the summers of 1978 and 1979 interviewing Peggy Guggenheim, gathering material for her biography of the revolutionary art patron,
Peggy: The Wayward Guggenheim. The tapes, however, were lost and never heard by the public.
When the director Lisa Immordino Vreeland set out to make a film about Guggenheim decades later, she never dreamt of discovering them. But during a fortuitous visit to Weld’s apartment, Vreeland found them languishing in a basement, in a box full of books. The recordings became the framework of this compelling documentary.