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A Picasso in New York

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A Picasso in New York A large, vibrantly colored portrait by Pablo Picasso of his lover and muse Marie-Thérèse Walter fetched $ 103.4 million at a Christie’s auction held in New York on Thursday. The bidding for Femme assise près d une fenêtre (Woman sitting by a window)   started at $ 45 million and soon after surpassed $ 55 million, the approximate value that the auction house experts had given it, to end in a price $ 90 million hammer, …

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The Statues of Liberty by the Sculptor Bartholdi

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The Statues of Liberty by Auguste Bartholdi New York    +     Buenos Aires    +     Paris    +   Bordeaux   +  Washington The Statue of Liberty is that huge bronze statue that dominates the mouth of the Hudson River and is located south of Manhattan. It was a good gift that the French people made in 1886, to the American people to commemorate the Declaration of Independence of the United States of 1776   The First: New York City …

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Yayoi Kusama in NY Botanical Garden

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Yayoi Kusama exhibits at NY Botanic Gardens

The New York Botanical Garden will exhibit works by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama From May 2 to November 1, 2020.

This exhibition was specially designed to capture and illuminate the artist’s commitment to nature during the seasons. This is from spring to fall.

Yayoi Kusama in NY Botanical Garden
Yayoi Kusama exhibits at NY Botanic Gardens

The exhibition will be distributed among the 250 acres of the NY Botanical Garden. There they will show Yayoi Kusama’s fascination for the natural world. Nature-based paintings, paper works and botanical sketches will be present.

In addition, exclusive mirrors and a horticultural showcase at the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory. In addition, new works created by the artist will be exhibited. One of them
It is a great pumpkin made exclusively for the Botanical Garden of NY. A participatory greenhouse facility will also be designed throughout the exhibition.

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Ancient Collectible Coins: Spanish Pillar Dollar

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Spanish Pillar Dollar: Influence on American Currencies

A collaboration of Marty Martinez

Spanish Origin of Sign $

The beliefs of the fifteenth century included, among other things, the absolute danger of sailing past the Pillars of Hercules. Thus they were called at that time two promontories located in the Strait of Gibraltar: Mount Calpe to the north (Gibraltar) and the Rock of Abila to the south (Ceuta).

This was the obligatory passage of the mare nostrum (the Mediterranean) to the greater and unknown part of the enormous Atlantic Ocean. And according to the mythology of Antiquity, the colossal Hercules would have written in both columns the lapidary warning. Nec plus ultra “not beyond” (ie: do not trespass).

Spanish Pillar Dollar: Influence on American Currencies - Bank Tennessee 50

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New York News

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New York city about   New York News on Broadway to the opening of classic attractions and other new ones, to a gastronomy that represents all the places in the world to an ecological proposal. A whole world to discover Here are the highlights of the five boroughs that include city classics as well as new hotels, attractions, Broadway plays, restaurants, infrastructure, arts and culture, and neighborhood experiences. The novelties are proposed by NYC & Company, the official New York …

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