The dilapidated Binny Mills complex, once a landmark of Chennai’s industrial legacy, becomes a poetic accompaniment for art The dilapidated Binny Mills complex, once a landmark of Chennai’s industrial legacy, becomes a poetic accompaniment for art As you drive into SPR Origine on Perambur Barracks Road, inside to your left is a posh complex of…Continue Reading

Iconic Madonna dress and pre-Beatles drum kit go up for auction in CaliforniaThe pink Marilyn Monroe-style dress worn by pop star Madonna in her 1984 “Material Girl” music video and a drum kit used by the prototype Beatles are some of the items going under the hammer at a music memorabilia auction in California.The Madonna…Continue Reading

Iconic tapestry of Picasso’s ‘Guernica’ is back at the United Nations

The anti-war painting was commissioned in 1955 by former U.S. vice president and New York governor Nelson Rockefeller and offered to the U.N. on loan in 1984 The iconic tapestry of Pablo Picasso’s “Guernica,” which is considered by numerous art critics as perhaps the most powerful anti-war painting in history, returned to its place of…Continue Reading

Westons sell iconic Selfridges chain to Thai-Austrian Group

Central and Signa will own the chain in a 50-50 partnership, according to a statement late Thursday London time. Topics acquisition | Retail The billionaire dynasty behind Selfridges & Co. has sold the British department store operator to a consortium led by Thai conglomerate Central Group in one of the biggest U.K. retail deals for years. The…Continue Reading