Cinema · New York · Pop Culture
Oh, my God! So we really did it! You maniacs, you blew it all up! Damn you all to hell! The closing shots of «Planet of the Apes», filmed with a model of the ruined Statue of Liberty, were a director's decision not foreseen by the original screenplay,
Cinema · Books · Observations · New York
Do you remember the ending of the 1968 film Planet of the Apes? When the ruined Statue of Liberty appears on screen, we learn that the action is taking place not on some distant heavenly body but on Earth, which has fallen under the rule of cruel and narrow-minded
NB! · Archive · In the Press · Mores · New York · Humour
The New York Daily News observes that gentlemen do not wear conspicuous socks. 1931
Art · Museums · New York · Society
The first, "Before America", was a group show devoted to the transatlantic slave trade and the African diaspora, featuring work by contemporary Afro-Latin American, Caribbean and African American artists. Museum staff reported that the Trump administration had withdrawn funding from the exhibition, due to open on 21
Archive · New York
Life magazine, October 1915
NB! · Archive · Faith · Art · New York
Archaeology · Faith · Art · New York
A landmark event for the history of art and culture and for collectors alike. The oldest known tablet bearing the “Ten Commandments” from the Book of Exodus has been sold at Sotheby's in New York, fetching twice its pre-sale estimate. The artefact is considered the only surviving
NB! · Archive · New York · Humour
Unexpected. The New Yorker, December 1939
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Art · New York · Society
Bank of America has compiled a new report on the state of the art market. Despite the anxiety expected among art market participants over Trump's re-election, conditions for buying art are improving. As the report explains, in the past two presidential election years sales of art at
Art · New York · Society
Sotheby's will pay New York State $6.25 million to settle a tax fraud suit brought by Attorney General Letitia James. The suit accused the auction house of helping its clients to evade taxes. Attorney General James alleges that the investigation uncovered, among other things, a scheme that
NB! · Art · Observations · New York · People
Portrait of Maggie Smith by the Broadway caricaturist Al Hirschfeld. 1971: so in more than 50 years she has scarcely changed