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June 2016

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Salvador Dalí Comes to Beverly Hills

Jun 17, 2016  |   Contributor: Jackie Bryant

Public art is getting taken to a whole new level in Beverly Hills with the unveiling of a new world-class exhibition, Dali Exhibit at Two Rodeo Drive. 12 statues, made by Surrealist icon Salvador Dalí, will be on display on Rodeo Drive from June 16 to September 23. This marks the first and largest outdoor showcase of the Spanish artist’s work and the exhibit will be free to the public. It highlights Dalí’s three-dimensional bronze sculptures that are up to 12-feet tall, as well as museum-sized sculptures that range in size from four to nine feet. Each sculpture highlights Dalí’s provocative and untamed imagination, for which he became infamous.... Read More

Rare Auction to Offer Signed Artifacts Dating From the Spanish Empire to George W. Bush's Presidency

Jun 14, 2016  |   Contributor: Jackie Bryant

Calling all history buffs! New York autograph and manuscript dealer Lion Heart Autographs is holding quite the sale on June 15. They are auctioning a collection of rare historical artifacts they are calling “Five Centuries of Autographs: Ferdinand & Isabella (1492) to the Present.” The collection offers a piece of the original silver-colored cloth from the fuselage of the Spirit of St. Louis, which had been signed by Charles Lindberg just days after his historic trans-Atlantic solo flight. It’s considered extremely rare as no other examples signed by Lindbergh when he landed in Paris are known to exist. To paint a picture, thousands of spectators waited for the pilot to touch down at Le Bourget airfield and as the crowed stormed the plane, they tore of... Read More

Birds of a Feather: Why Designers are Flocking to Kate MccGwire

Jun 9, 2016  |   Contributor: Holly Howe

When the directors of MoMu, Belgium’s leading fashion museum, contacted British artist Kate MccGwire to ask her to produce work for its 2014 “Birds of Paradise: Plumes & Feathers in Fashion” exhibition, she thought they were... Read More