September 8th, 2009
Cartier is organizing an exhibition event from September 5 to November 22 at the Palace Museum in Beijing, in a sacred place: the Forbidden City.
The exhibition includes more than 350 items, including archives dating from the founding of Cartier to its creations from the 1970s.
Partly dedicated to royal jewels, the exhibition will be illustrated by historical documents relating to European royal courts.
August 3rd, 2009
This Rolls Royce, popularly known as the “Star of India” is a one-off 1934 Phantom II 40/50 HP Continental “All-Weather Convertible” that was custom made for the Maharaja of Rajkot.
The car was in the collection of Hans-Günther Zach, who had his own museum in Mühlheim, Germany and is now selling off the entire collection.
The “Star of India” alone is expected to fetch a sum of €10 Million ($14.1 million); if it does that would make it the most expensive car in the world.
July 23rd, 2009
Nomiya, a Japanese word for “little bars”, is a chic new restaurant that is located on the roof of one of the coolest museum in Paris - Palais de Tokyo.
Nomiya looks like a rectangular glass box as big as a shipping container, holding a dozen guests who want to spice up their lunch/dinner with excellent views of Eiffel Tower.
One of the interesting experiences is about the reservation as there is only one table available.
June 11th, 2009
A Pablo Picasso sketchbook worth several million dollars has been stolen from a museum in Paris.
There is no sign of a break-in at the Picasso Museum in the Marais area of the city, yet the red notebook containing 33 pencil drawings disappeared on Monday night, police said.
The sketchbook has been valued at $9.8 Million to $14 Million.
June 9th, 2009
In 2007 Vacheron Constantin introduced the Metiers d’Art Les Masques collection of timepieces featuring the miniature reproductions of primitive art masks.
This year sees the launch of the third and final set (limited like the others to a 4 piece set of 25).
The timepieces are inspired from artwork found in the Barbier-Mueller collection - a collection of over 7,000 pieces which includes artwork from tribal, classical and other primitive civilizations from around the globe.
June 5th, 2009
The Hergé Museum has officially opened in Louvain-la-Neuve, a small town near Brussels, Belgium. The museum is dedicated to the work of Hergé (Georges Remi), who created the Tintin comic-books.
The hero of the series is Tintin, a young Belgian reporter. He is aided in his adventures from the beginning by his faithful fox terrier dog Milou (Snowy in English).
The first adventure was published in 1929. Over 200 million copies have been sold worldwide. Even today Tintin and Snowy are making waves in recently translated Chinese copies in Asia.
