International Excellence

An auction of Irish and international art to be held in Dublin at the end of April at the Royal Dublin Society, saw preview viewings held in New York, London, Cork and Dublin early this April with 161 lots to go under the hammer - featuring works by Andy Warhol, Francis Bacon, Georges Braque and Joan Miro.
Morgan O’Driscoll Auctioneers, founded in 1994 holds regular salesroom and online auctions of art, antiques and collectibles at the salesroom in Skibbereen, the hub of West Cork in County Cork, as well as ‘Irish and International Art’ auctions in Dublin twice a year.

The fashion world has been moving towards a more ambiguous way of dressing, seen across the industry from Givenchy’s use of campaign images and Saint Laurent’s unisex collection, to the rise of transgender model Andrej Pejic.
This trend is now hitting the streets of the UK, according to research released today from the luxury retailer Harvey Nichols which reveals that almost half of all Britons regularly wear items of their partners clothing (48%).

The first Monaco Symposium on Luxury, organized by the INSEEC Group and the International University of Monaco (part of the INSEEC Group), took place on the 10th and 11th April 2014 in Monaco. The event – a huge success - was attended by 50 university scholars and academics from 15 countries and 200 professionals from the luxury industry.

Produced by Airborne Assault – The Museum of the Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces with Helion Books
Tuesday 29 April to December 2014
Mezzanine Gallery, AirSpace
As part of their commemoration of the 70th anniversary of D-Day, the Imperial War Museum, Duxford present D-Day -The Last of the Liberators, a collection of photographic portraits featuring some of the last surviving British Normandy veterans.

Five Days In Paradise For Lovers Of The Highlife

‘Ebb and Flow’ is a photographic exhibition by renowned Chinese photographer, Qin Yuhai. Opening in the UK in London at the Saatchi Gallery 11, from 11 – 15 June 2014, it is presented by Fuhai Culture Development Ltd, an organisation engaged in art and culture from Beijing, China, and features a world exclusive of new studies of water taken from the Chinese landscape over a period of many years.

The Ramayana is one of the ancient epics of India, telling the stirring tale of Prince Rama’s quest to rescue his wife, Sita, following her abduction by the ten-headed demon king Ravana. The finest surviving illustrated manuscript of the Ramayana has now been digitised and is available online.

Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced the winners of the Lipper Fund Awards 2014 UK. The Lipper Fund Awards are part of the Thomson Reuters Awards for Excellence, a global family of awards that celebrate exceptional performance throughout the professional investment community.
 
Franklin Templeton Investments and Jyske Invest collected the top Group Awards. The full list of Group Award winners include:
 
Winner
Group Award
Franklin Templeton Investments

Spring is right around the corner and it’s the perfect time to clear out, organise and re-stock your skincare with some hard working skincare. Forget the house spring clean; Levanah Reyes-Wainwright dishes out the skin clean.

Dandyism transgressed: the necktie in the feminine .
For her new Autumn/Winter 2014/15 Collection, Fatima Guerrout has subverted the supreme accessory of male dandyism: the necktie, which we find knotted around the waist of a lace dress as a belt to slim down the silhouette, or feminising a masculine suit. Balzac said that the necktie "helps us to judge the person wearing it." This season, it will reveal the women who choose it as an emblem of elegance.