Warhol, Monet, Rockwell…on Amazon
Amazon has launched Amazon Art, a marketplace that includes more than 40,000 works of art from over 150 galleries and dealers. Among the first batch of artworks on sale are Andy Warhol’s “Sachiko”, Claude Monet’s “L’Enfant à la tasse”, Norman Rockwell’s “Willie Gillis: Package from Home”, and a selection of Clifford Ross photography from $200 a pop. “We’re thrilled to bring the excitement and emotional connection of art to our customers,” said Amazon Marketplace VP Peter Faricy in a public statement.
FASHION HOUSES TO MAINTAIN ITALY’S BEAUTY
Fendi will finance a renovation of Rome’s famous Trevi Fountain, becoming the latest luxury group to fund repairs to priceless heritage in times of austerity. The 2.12 million euro ($2.85 million) repairs on the nearly 300-year-old fountain will be finished by 2015, Rome’s city hall and Fendi said in a note. Fendi’s artistic director Karl Lagerfeld, who is also a celebrated photographer, said he would be publishing a book on the fountains of Rome that will feature some of his daguerreotypes — an antique type of photograph. The “Fendi for Fountains” project will also include funding to restore Quattro Fontane, late Renaissance fountains gracing each corner of a busy intersection […]