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16h ago
In the 1960s, a 12-string acoustic guitar was the instrument of choice for John Lennon as he recorded and performed hits like Help! Despite its historic importance, the guitar was missing for decades until it was recently discovered in an attic in the rural British countryside. Now Lennon’s 1965 Fenton Hootenanny is expected to set a record for the most valuable Beatles guitar when it is sold next month with the Los Angeles-based Julien's Auctions.
In addition to being used by Lennon on the recording of the Beatles’ 1965 Help! album and film, the acoustic guitar can be heard on tracks like&nb ..read more
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16h ago
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In the 1990s, curator John Szarkowski was tapped by PaineWebber’s CEO Donald Marron to amass a collection of photography for the stock brokerage firm’s art holdings. Szarkowski, who died in 2007 and was the former director of photography at New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), dedicated years to selecting images that told a story of land use across America. Now, 166 of the photographs—which joined the art collection of UBS when PaineWebber was acquired by the Switzerland-based global financial service ..read more
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20h ago
Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) recently celebrated its 25th anniversary with a sold-out gala performance and black-tie dinner at Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater. The evening attracted an international crowd of balletomanes and dancers, as well as celebrities, fashion designers and prominent philanthropists.
YAGP, founded in 1999 by former Bolshoi Ballet dancer Larissa Saveliev, has transformed the ballet and contemporary dance world by opening its doors to more students of diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds. The organization hosts a prestigious international competition and trave ..read more
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1d ago
For Tracy Anderson, movement is both a career and a way of life. Anderson is best known as the founder of the Tracy Anderson Method, a fitness program beloved by celebrities like Gwyneth Paltrow and Jennifer Lopez, but staying active is simply in her ethos. “It’s part of my character to move my body,” Anderson tells Observer. “It’s built in and it’s a belief system. I believe that to honor our health and our life and to optimize our mood, we have to move. I’m a naturalist person and I always look at the natural thing first.”
The latest addition to Anderson’s ever-growing fitness empire is her ..read more