Culture
Sotheby’s to hold Botticelli tax-free auction
Sotheby’s Auction House will auction a rare duty-free Botticelli to avoid high taxes. 92-year-old cement tycoon Sheldon Solow auctioned a portrait of a young man believed to belong to the Medici family. Solow bought it for just over $1 million about 40 years ago. The New York auction house now estimates it at […]
Read MoreGreece: Art Athina Fair to open on October 15
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the annual Athena Art Fair will be held this year and will open its portal on October 15 through www.aavirtual.gr. The Art Athina virtual platform is hosted by the President of the Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou and supported by the Ministry of Culture and Sports. Art Athina is one of the […]
Read MoreForlì to mark 700th anniversary of Dante Alighieri
The Uffizi gallery in Florence will organize a major exhibition in Forlì next year to commemorate the 700th anniversary of Dante Alighieri’s death. Director Heike Schmidt said: “A grand performance will be dedicated to the highest poet in a very symbolic place, because the author of “The Divine Comedy” has been in exile in those […]
Read MoreTom Cruise : Mission Impossible 7 to be filmed in Rome
Tom Cruise has started filming the latest outing in “Mission: Impossible Movie Franchise” in Rome. Mission: Impossible 7 is directed by Christopher McQuarrie and will be filmed in various locations in the historic center of Rome, including Via della Tribuna Campitelli, Via Corrado Ricci and Imperial Forums. The committee said that the first few […]
Read MoreValencia : chef Soler won World Paella Day Cup
Valencian chef Chabe Soler won this year’s World Paella Day Cup. He defeated the traditional Paella Valencian in the Valencia final on Sunday. Italy. Soler is the chef of El Pinedo’s family-run restaurant La Ferrera. She started the competition with squid, prawns and pumpkin rice, which was her first dish in La Ferrera. […]
Read MoreTunisia: Douz International Sahara Festival to kick off in December
The Steering Committee of Douz International Sahara Music Festival decided to organize the 53rd edition of the festival from December 25th to 28th. The head of the festival, Abdelmajid Boukhris, emphasized in a statement that the decision to maintain this edition of the organization was made after a series of consultations with some […]
Read MoreItalian Espresso Candidate to UNESCO Heritage List
Bidding for Italian espresso began on Thursday to be included in the UNESCO-protected intangible world heritage product list. The coalition protecting traditional Italian espresso coffee celebrated the first World Coffee Day. In the process, it announced the birth of Espresso Coffee etiquette community. The plan requires people to sign a petition on www.ritodelcaffe.it and […]
Read MoreFirst Modern Olympic Games Sold at Auction
The medal awarded at the first modern Olympic Games held in Athens in 1896 was recently sold at auction for $65,625 (EUR 55,375). The bronze medal was awarded to Georgios Tsitas, who was the runner-up in the Greco-Roman wrestling competitions at those games. At that time, the first-place winner received a silver medal, diploma […]
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