Monthly Archives: July 2015
Adele Bloch Bauer, portrait by Gustav Klimt 1907. Woman in Gold (2015) FILM
PG-13 | 109 min | Drama 10 April 2015 (USA)Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family.
Director: Simon Curtis
Writers: Alexi Kaye Campbell, E. Randol Schoenberg (life story), 1 more credit »
Stars: Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Brühl. Excellent supporting cast.
Tattersalls Book 1 graduates were in winning form today at the Qatar Goodwood Festival. MUTHMIR, trained by William Haggas, held on strongly to win the Group 2 King George Stakes, ridden by Paul Hanagan.
The son of INVINCIBLE SPIRIT was sold at Book 1 of Tattersalls October Yearling Sale by Mount Coote Stud to Shadwell Estate Co. for 130,000gns.
Muthmir winning the Group 2 King George StakesEarlier in the day, the Mick Channon-trained MALABAR beat the boys by an impressive three lengths in the Group 3 Thoroughbred Stakes, under jockey Silvestre de Sousa.
The daughter of RAVENS PASS was bought by Gill Richardson for 70,000gns at Book 1 of Tattersalls October Yearling Sale and consigned by Woodcote Stud who will offer a half brother by RIP VAN WINKLE at this years sale.
Further Group-race success at Goodwood today came from DUBDAY, a graduate of Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale, who won the Group 3 Glorious Stakes. The son of DUBAWI was bought for just 11,000gns by Trybuhl in 2012 and his half-brother by SIR PERCY will be offered by Redpender Stud at Book 2 of this years October Yearling Sale.
Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale takes place from October 6 8 and will feature the only yearlings eligible for the all-new Tattersalls October Book 1 Bonus which offers a £25,000 bonus to any two-year-old graduate who wins a Class 2, 3 or 4 Maiden in Great Britain or an Open Maiden in Ireland. Press Release info with thanks courtesy Tattersalls.
PICTURE: Edward Whitaker (racingpost.com/photos)
Muthmir (blue cap) lands his second Group 2 under Paul Hanagan
PICTURE: Edward Whitaker (racingpost.com/photos) Courtesy Racing Post with thanks
Muthmir lands George under inspired Hanagan
BY LYDIA SYMONDS 3:46PM 31 JUL 2015
Report: Goodwood, Friday
Qatar King George Stakes (Group 2) 3yo+ 5f
MUTHMIR put in an impressive performance to deny last year’s winner Take Cover and land the valuable Group 2 under an inspired ride by Paul Hanagan. Courtesy Racing Post with thanks.
A fantastic win for @HH_ShkHamdan as Muthmir is victorious in the day’s feature race! #GloriousGoodwood #QGFWATCH – William Haggas on MUTHMIR: “He was the best horse today.” #GloriousGoodwood
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WATCH – MUTHMIR and Paul Hanagan win the Qatar King George Stakes. #GloriousGoodwood
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Nothing like a glass of champagne & the great British sunshine! The only way to spend the breaks at #GloriousGoodwood
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Betfred Mile result:
1st So Beloved 10-1
2nd Belgian Bill 20-1
3rd The Rectifier 20-1
4th Basem 5-1f
5th Munaaser 7-1Glorious Goodwood as though u were there .Tweets with thanx courtesy Goodwood Racecourse
Clairefontaine Racecourse
Clairefontaine Racecourse welcomes flat, trotting and jump races.
History
In 1864, the Duke of Morny created flat races in Deauville. Due to the success of races which took place in Deauville-La Touques Racecourse, it became obvious to extend the season by creating a Racecourse for jump races in the heart of the “pays d’Auge”. In 1875, the “Société des courses de Pont-l’Évêque” was created at the Croix-Brisée Racecourse in Pont-l’Évêque. It quickly appeared that this Racecourse was much too far from Deauville and was too restricted. The “Société des Courses de Pont-l’Évêque” activities were bought out by the “Société des Courses du pays d’Auge” (S.C.P.A) in 1924. Quickly, the creation of Saint-Arnoult Racecourse was proposed. This project failed because ofthe impossibility of buying lands. Thus, the “Société des Courses du Pays d’Auge” was looking for another place, Clairefontaine was chosen.
In 1924, Deauville’s city bought the Clairefontaine land at Tourgéville and stands, 44 boxes, and bedrooms for lads has been built.
Anna Paolo Cibin’s Take Away Art concept….Anna Paola Cibin’s latest Site specific installation , in Milan, strung together by fine velvet ropes. Take away art for fragments of velvet maps composing our World given to participants of a colloque who are now returning photos & images of their map fragments photographed pinned to a wall (for example) in situ in their environment around the world, take away art……..bringing us closer together………
Bestiario di Marco Polo , La via dell’erotismo.Courtesy Anna Paola Cibin
Postponed wins epic King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot
• Luca Cumani-trained colt beats Eagle Top after sustained battle
• John Gosden withdrew Golden Horn after walking the rain-softened course
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Postponed, left, beats Eagle Top in a thrilling renewal of the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot. Photograph: David Davies/PA
Courtesy Greg Wood at Ascot
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Saturday 25 July 2015Dettori, who was due to ride Golden Horn, switched to Eagle Top when the Derby winner was scratched. Kirby, though, was at Newmarket on Saturday, having been replaced aboard Postponed by the colt’s owner, Sheikh Mohammed Obaid al-Maktoum. Instead, it was Andrea Atzeni, the Sheikh’s retained jockey last season, who stepped in for the winning ride and the most prestigious success of his career.The Luca Cumani trained POSTPONED broke through for a well deserved victory at the top level when winning the Group 1 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot under jockey Andrea Atzeni.The son of DUBAWI was bought for 360,000 guineas by agents Charlie Gordon-Watson and John Warren on behalf of owner Mohammed Obaid at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, having been consigned to the sale by Highclere Stud.
Racing Yachts
Artist: H. L. Iddes
The racing cutter Arrow being challenged, probably in the solent. Attributed to H. L. Iddes. Oil on canvas, circa 1890, in a period gilded oak and gesso frame.
w.25 in x h.18 in
Item Code: 122 www.walpoleantiques.com
The Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series is a protracted qualifying in the buildup to the 35th America’s Cup itself. Points scored this weekend will help decide who will take on Oracle Team USA, the team Ainslie inspired to a 9-8 victory over New Zealand in 2013 – they were 8-1 when he was parachuted in to rescue them..Portsmouth. Image courtesy The Guardian..Getty Images.
Two years after the last competition, and 18 months after they started building the boat for the America’s Cup proper, the battle for the Auld Mug, in Bermuda in 2017, Ainslie and his all-British Land Rover BAR team finally gave some credence to the vast investment, both financial and emotional, that has gone into the project. Suddenly, all that hype and optimism looks well placed. The world’s greatest sailor has raised the BAR. Courtesy The Guardian. America’s Cup World Series racing comes to Great Britain! Sportsworld are the Official Hospitality Provider to this prestigious event, which will take place in Portsmouth during July 2015.
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) Piano Concerto no. 3 in C minor, Op.3 in C minor. Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Leif Ove Andsnes Piano. The audience of the Royal Albert Hall appreciated the virtuoso performance at the BBC Proms, this friday evening 24th July 2015. With Leif Ove Andsnes both playing the piano, and conducting the Mahler Chamber Orchestra.Truly stunning performance. Thank you so much.
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The Pope’s Ferrari Enzo heads £100million RM Sotheby California auction
Images courtesy Sothebys. c. SAM SHEEHAN4 JUN 2015Digsby
RM Sotheby’s Monterey sale expected to break records
Two Bugatti Veyrons, an immaculate Ferrari 250 LM and Pope John Paul II’s Ferrari Enzo will join more than 20 other incredibly valuable supercars in RM Sotheby’s 2015 Monterey Auction. Titled The Pinnacle Portfolio, the collection’s cars will go under the hammer in California on 13 August.
Amongst the most valuable cars on sale is a 1964 Ferrari 250 LM. Chassis number 6105 was the 23rd 250 LM to be built, and was used in multiple hill climb events with British racing driver Ron Fry at the helm. It’s joined by the second-to-last road-going McLaren F1 LM to ever be built, a car that’s also one of just two to be built by McLaren Special Operations (MSO) with an LM-spec engine and ‘
Even amongst such an alluring line-up of cars, eyes will likely be drawn to the collection’s 2005 Ferrari Enzo. As the 400th and final Ferrari Enzo to make production, the car was gifted to the late Pope John Paul II, before being auctioned off to raise money for tsunami victims. Aside from the car’s Catholic links, the tiny 180km total mileage should help it secure a previously unprecedented sale price.
Other key cars included in the auction include a Ferrari F40 LM, F50, a Koenigsegg CCXR, Lamborghini Reventón, Toyota 2000GT and the very first publically-sold Bugatti Veyron. Last year’s auction set a new benchmark, generating $143.4million in sales – about £93.4million. The 2015 sale is expected to do even better, with a strong chance of the total exceeding £100million.
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St Petersburg Ballet Theatre continues its 2015 international tour with its London Coliseum season.
Internationally acclaimed Irina Kolesnikova brings together stars of the Mariinsky Theatre and the Bolshoi Theatre in a spell-binding production of La Bayadère.
La Bayadère is an exotic and mesmerising tale of love, murder and vengeful judgement by the Gods, set in the perfumed gardens and lavish palaces of India. Although the complete ballet is seldom seen in the west, there is hardly a company around that can perform to this degree the mesmerising and revered Kingdom of the Shades sequence.
A powerful and dramatic ballet to the lyrical score by Ludwig Minkus, this full-length ballet is accompanied by The St Petersburg Ballet Orchestra.
With lavish costumes, beautiful sets and a company of 55, this magnificent production is not to be missed.Several performances of Swan Lake will also be given. Image courtesy the ColiseumThe Irina Kolesnikova London Season with*:
Irina Kolesnikova – St Petersburg Ballet Theatre: 22 & 23 August
Denis Rodkin – Bolshoi Ballet: 22 & 23 August
Nice, Soleil, Fleurs Marc Chagall et la baie des Anges
Musée national Marc Chagall
Nice, France
July 4–September 21, 2015
Opening Reception July 4, 2015
Nice, Soleil, Fleurs Marc Chagall et la baie des Anges
Courtesy of the Musée national Marc Chagall and the artist.
L’exposition organisée au musée national Marc Chagall dans le cadre de la manifestation Promenade(s) des Anglais présente ces liens forts noués entre Chagall et la ville de Nice. Au cœur de ce dialogue figure une oeuvre célèbre. Au début des années 1960, le maire Jean Médecin propose à Chagall de créer une affiche pour la ville. Chagall représente la baie des Anges, plongée dans une lumière azuréenne. Au-dessus de la ville, veille, telle une déesse tutélaire, une gracieuse sirène tenant un flamboyant bouquet de fleurs. Sous l’image figurent ces quelques mots manuscrits: «Nice Soleil Fleurs», accompagnés de la signature de l’artiste. Éditée en 1962
The Presqu’île de la Touques apartment collections, where distinction resides…
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Magnificent gardens created by Thierry Huau
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Ask for complete information about all of the services offered by this exceptional residence.Contact Jessica Enard Pierre et Vacances Deauville Presqu’ile. Images & info courtesy Pierre et Vacances.
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Arqana has just revealed their Internet site dedicated to thé first Yearlings of thé pheneomenal horse FRANKEL. The Yearlings will be presented during the famous Deauville August Yearling sales organised by ARQANA. 15/17th August at the seaside town of Deauville, 2 hours by train from Paris Saint Lazare train station. ARQANA vient de révéler un site internet dédié aux premiers yearlings par le phénomène Frankel, qui seront présentés dans le cadre de la Vente de Yearlings d’Août, du 15 au 17 août à Deauville.
Sur frankel.arqana.com, les internautes peuvent découvrir en images les 6 yearlings présentés par l’Ecurie des Monceaux, le Haras du Mézeray et le Haras des Capucines. Il leur est également proposé de revivre les plus grands moments de la carrière du crack du Prince Khalid Abdullah, demeuré invaincu en 14 sorties dont 10 au niveau Groupe 1, et de se remémorer les faits et chiffres qui font de Frankel le meilleur cheval de tous les temps Images Courtesy Arqana
Portofino is an Italian fishing village and vacation resort famous for its picturesque harbour and historical association with celebrity and artistic visitors. It is a comune located in the province of Genoa on the Italian Riviera.
CARTIER DOCUMENT. DESIGNS
Gouache designs of Cartier jewellery are accurate representations of the piece that realistically depict each of its stones. Here, Cartier’s Tutti Frutti may be worn as a bandeau or attached to the wrist. This cheerful hybrid piece cascades in a paving of delectable coloured stones. Image courtesy CARTIER
Chanel Couture for fall Winter 2015/2016. Karl Lagerfeld stages his show in a Gaming atmosphere with celebrity models. The Grand Palais Paris. Courtesy The Guardian Fashion. Kendall Jenner in a tux and veil.
Photograph: Stephane Mahe/Reuters
