Andy Warhol’s famous portrait of Elizabeth Taylor was sold for over $12.6 million at the Sotheby’s sale in New York to jeweler Laurence Graff.
A painting by American artist Edward Hopper sold for $14 million, a record price for the artist’s work.
Hedi Slimane’s guest-edited issue of France’s newspaper Liberation has hit newstands there. Called “London Calling,” the front (and back) page featured a shot Slimane took of Pete Doherty, boyfriend of Kate Moss. wwd
And while you are in Paris head to the new revamped store of the Musee des Arts Decoratif in Rue de Rivoli where you can buy repro of designs by Karim Rashid, Yohji Yamamoto and 19th century toys.
Lovely, the perfume by Sarah Jessica Parker was launched at the Plaza Athené.
François Pinault is abandoning ambitious plans to build a foundation in Paris for his extensive collection of contemporary and modern art. But the French luxury and retail tycoon of PPR and Gucci Group, said he will buy 80% of Venice’s Palazzo Grassi with the view to organize exhibits of his collection of paintings, sculptures and videos in the 18th-century landmark on the Grand Canal.wwd
Stella McCartney will follow in Karl Lagerfeld’s footsteps and design a collection with the Swedish fashion giant Hennes & Mauritz. ( H&M) wwd.
Here is a cool new board game for those winter weekends away; ‘Winerd’ (that’s Wine Nerd,) what a fab idea: You drink, get pissed and play the game with ‘nearly 300 fun and interesting Q&A cards relating to just about every aspect of wine, US$36 http://www.winerdgame.com/tour.html
In Barcelona go to the groovy restaurante Moo http://www.hotelomm.es
Sick of London? head to Hell Bay in the Isles of Scilly ( silly) 28 miles off the coast of Cornwall http://www.tresco.co.uk/holidays/hell_bay_hotel.asp
Here is an ( American) charity doing great things for the Tsunami disaster : Architecture for Humanity ‘is a registered nonprofit organization, founded to seek architectural solutions to humanitarian crises and brings design services to communities in need’. http://www.architectureforhumanity.org
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