Mes: septiembre 2019

...

Turner’s “Bamborough Castle,” a watercolor not seen in public since 1889, went on exhibit at Sotheby’s in New York on Friday before its Dec. 5 sale in London. Considered Britain’s greatest watercolorist, 진주콜걸 Turner executed his painting of a castle on the edge of the North Sea in the mid-1830s. In 1890, the painting passed into the hands of the Vanderbilt family, where it remained for several generations, becoming effectively lost to much of the art world. The work is considered one of the finest watercolor drawings in the world, according to the auction house, and is expected to fetch from $3 million to $5 million. The highlights of Sotheby’s sale of impressionist and modern art next Wednesday and Thursday in New York include Paul Gauguin’s “Te Poipoi” (“The Morning”), a portrait of a Tahitian woman expected to bring up to $60 million. Van Gogh’s “The Fields (Wheat Fields),” painted in early July 1890 in Auvers-sur-Oise, France, may be the last landscape ever painted by the artist, who died later that month. Its sale price was estimated at between $28 million and $35 million. The sale also includes Pablo Picasso’s 31½-inch sculpture of artist Dora Maar – Picasso’s muse, model and lover – that Sotheby’s describes as the finest sculpture by the artist ever to appear at auction. It could sell for as much as $30 million. 2Christie’s sale...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CBS/ AP) Country star Trace Adkins will get a partner this year when he hosts the second American Country Awards on Fox television. Emmy-winning actress Kristin Chenoweth will join the multi-platinum singer as co-host for the fan-voted awards show airing live from Las Vegas on Dec. 5. Pictures: Kristin Chenoweth Adkins say s he signed on to host last year’s inaugural event because he thought it would be a challenge that would take him out of his comfort zone. But he said he didn’t start to enjoy it until about halfway into the two-hour show. “Up until that point, I was pretty scared and nervous that I was not doing very well, and I probably didn’t do well, but at least I became comfortable with the fact that I probably wasn’t doing well,” the 49-year-old “Ladies Love Country Boys” singer told The Associated Press in a recent interview. This time, he won’t be as self-conscious. “When you’re just stumbling through something, everything’s a blur. I don’t know if you learn a whole lot, but I’m looking forward to it,” said Adkins. Emmy winner Chenoweth , 43, has hosted the Critics Choice movie awards ceremony on VH1 and has been a presenter at numerous awards ceremonies. Her career has included award-winning roles in movies, TV and the stage Fans will pick the winners in traditional categories as well...

For the first time in eight years, Palestinians are receiving international mail. Letters, packages, presents and even a wheelchair have arrived in the West Bank after Israel released 10 tons of undelivered mail to the Palestinian territory. A dusty mailroom in Jericho buzzed back to life as thousands of mail sacs from around the world were sifted through and sorted, reports CBS News’ Jonathan Vigliotti. They were then loaded onto scooters and ferried through the winding streets of Ramallah to their final destinations. Recipients like father Khaled Al-Adaman looked like they’d just received a message in a bottle. He thought the now-old back-to-school backpack for his daughter was long lost. In a way, 카지노사이트 it’s survived stormy seas. More than 10 tons of mail had been held in Jordan since 2010 because Israel — which controls the West Bank’s borders — wouldn’t allow its transfer. Postman Ramadam Ghazawy now acts as an investigator, piecing together addresses faded by time. “Some of them were damaged. Some of them have no identifiers or addresses,” he said. “It takes for me and my colleagues maybe two weeks. I hope [in] two weeks we will finish it all.” Israel calls the mail transfer a one-time gesture as it works to implement a 2016 agreement that would allow a direct delivery between the West Bank and Jordan. For now, extra mail carriers have been...