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Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Richard Gere’s Guitar Collection Sells for $936,000 at Christie’s Auction
A Gibson styla A-1 mandolin owned by actor Richard Gere. An auction of the actor's guitar collection fetched a total of $936,000. Source: Christie's via Bloomberg
A Gibson ES-335TD guitar owned by actor Richard Gere. An active philanthropist for Tibet and HIV-AIDS education, Gere has said the proceeds will go to causes he supports. Source: Christie's via Bloomberg
A C.F. Martin D-28 guitar owned by actor Richard Gere. Source: Christie's via Bloomberg
A 1958 Gibson Flying V guitar owned by actor Richard Gere. It sold for $74,500. Source: Christie's via Bloomberg
A 1960 Les Paul solidbody guitar owned by actor Richard Gere. It sold for $98,500. Source: Christie's via Bloomberg
By Katya Kazakina - Oct 12, 2011 2:00 AM GMT+0700
Richard Gere’s vintage guitar and amplifier collection brought in $936,438 at Christie’s in New York today.
The top lot was a 1960 Gibson Les Paul that fetched $98,500, surpassing its presale high estimate of $90,000. The winning bid came by telephone. The room was full of quiet guitar aficionados, including musician Steve Miller and redhead model, singer and songwriter Karen Elson.
“You are being too quiet,” said auctioneer Andrew McVinish. “If you want to rock ‘n’ roll -- rock ‘n’ roll.”
The 107-lot group, amassed by the “Pretty Woman” male star since he was a kid, was expected to realize about $1 million. Only 4 percent of the lots failed to find buyers.
“Without ever thinking I was putting a collection together, there seems to be one,” Gere said in his catalog statement. “I just bought what I liked, what sounded good -- what played well.”
An active philanthropist for Tibet and HIV-AIDS education, Gere has said the proceeds will go to causes he supports.
Other notable guitars in the sale included a 1931 Martin D- 28 that fetched $62,500, in the middle of its presale range of $50,000 to $70,000.
A 1934 archtop made by John D’Angelico and later owned and played by James D’Aquisto, two of the premier New York luthiers, sold for $20,000, above its top estimate of $15,000.
A 1958 Gibson Flying V sold for $74,500, also within its estimate range of $60,000 to $90,000.
After placing the winning $9,500 bid ($11,875 with the buyer’s premium) on a Gibson ES-335TD with Sunburst finish, Scott Forman hollered: “Yes!”
B.B. King
“It’s gorgeous and the sound is amazing,” said the New York ophthalmologist. “B.B. King plays a guitar he calls ‘Lucille.’ It’s the same model.”
What attracted him to the sale was the quality of guitars not the provenance.
“It’s not about Richard Gere. It’s about the instrument,” Forman said. The sale prices include the buyer’s commission; the estimates don’t.
Miller, who sat in the back of the room wearing sunglasses, kept his paddle idle. His appearance at Christie’s was being filmed for a documentary titled “Burst: In Search of a Perfect Guitar,” about his quest to find a pristine 1959 Les Paul Standard Sunburst.
“I wasn’t tempted by anything,” he said. “I have 450 guitars.”
Gere, who won a Golden Globe for his performance in the movie version of “Chicago,” studied trumpet as a child and is a self-taught guitarist and pianist.
A March auction of Eric Clapton’s guitars, amplifiers and other memorabilia at Bonhams in New York raised $2.2 million for the musician’s Crossroads Centre Antigua, for drug and alcohol rehabilitation, almost four times its presale total of $400,000 to $600,000. The priciest item was a 1948 Gibson L-5P guitar that fetched $82,960.
To contact the reporter of this story: Katya Kazakina in New York at kkazakina@bloomberg.net.
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Manuela Hoelterhoff at mhoelterhoff@bloomberg.net.
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Billionaires Lured by $350 Million Art as Frieze Fights Investors’ Concern
"Joel" (1993) by Chuck Close. The painting will be shown by the New York-based Pace Gallery at its debut appearance at the Frieze Art Fair in London. The event previews in Regent's Park on Oct. 12. Source: Pace Gallery via Bloomberg
"Abstraktes Bild" (1982) by Gerhard Richter will be shown by the London dealers Simon Dickinson Fine Art at the Pavilion of Art & Design fair in Berkeley Square, London, previewing on Oct. 11. Source: Simon Dickinson Fine Art via Bloomberg
A model of the new-look Frieze Art Fair designed by architects Carmody Groarke. The event previews to VIP visitors on Oct. 12. Photographer: Richard Davies/Carmody Groarke via Bloomberg
"Hermaphrodite" by Thomas Houseago. The 2011 bronze will be shown by the London and Zurich dealer Hauser & Wirth in the sculpture park of the Frieze Art Fair, which will preview in London on Oct. 12. Source: Hauser & Wirth via Bloomberg. Photo by Fredrik Nilsen, copyright Thomas Houseago. bronze ``Hermaphrodite'' will be shown by the London and Zurich dealers Hauser & Wirth in the sculpture park of the Frieze Art Fair. The event will preview in London on Oct. 12. Photo courtesy the artist Hauser & Wirth via Bloomberg. Photo by Fredrik Nilsen. Copyright Thomas Houseago.
A 1/250th-scale replica of "White Horse" by Mark Wallinger. Made in epoxy resin in an edition of 35, they will be offered by the London dealer Anthony Reynolds at the Frieze Art Fair in London, previewing on Oct. 12. Source: Anthony Reynolds Gallery via Bloomberg
By Scott Reyburn - Oct 11, 2011 6:00 AM GMT+0700
Billionaire collectors are gathering for the contemporary-art market’s latest test as volatile financial markets threaten to slow big-ticket spending.
Dealers are watching to see if demand holds up at the Frieze fair in London. This year, the five-day Regent’s Park event is offering $350 million worth of art, $25 million less than last year, according to the estimates of insurer Hiscox Ltd. (HSX) The VIP preview tomorrow is the centerpiece of a crowded week of satellite fairs, museum shows, gallery openings and auctions valued at more than $500 million.
Frieze is Europe’s biggest commercial event focused primarily on the work of living artists. The ninth edition comes after stocks dived amid worries about government debts.
“Collectors are being more cautious,” said the London-based adviser Tania Buckrell Pos, who has Russians and Asians among her clients. “A few indicated they thought prices may even come down a little. Nonetheless, Frieze will attract a lot of attention and there will be some solid buying activity.”
Frieze, sponsored by Deutsche Bank AG (DBK), will look different this year. The architecture firm Carmody Groarke has designed a series of interlinked temporary structures to house dealer booths and hospitality functions, replacing the single tent of previous years. The number of galleries is unchanged at 173.
New York-based Pace is one of four dealerships making their debut at the fair. The Manhattan gallery’s booth will show Chuck Close’s 1993 portrait “Joel,” priced at about $5 million.
New works priced at less than $500,000 tend to be the main draw for collectors who fly in for Frieze and its satellite events. Sculpture looks set to be the flavor of the week.
White Horse
London exhibitor Anthony Reynolds has already sold 10 of an edition of 35 apartment-friendly replicas of Mark Wallinger’s “White Horse” sculpture planned for Ebbsfleet in Kent. Initially pitched at 10,000 pounds ($15,660), the 1/250th scale polyester resin and chalk powder versions have yet to be priced.
London and Zurich dealer Hauser & Wirth now represents the British sculptor Thomas Houseago. His bronze “Hermaphrodite” will be shown in Frieze’s sculpture park, priced about $400,000.
The bronze “Ghost of Humankindness” by New York State-based sculptor Huma Bhabha will be shown on the booth of the London dealer Stephen Friedman. The unique sculpture will be priced at about $250,000.
Works by emerging artists can be snapped up for less than $20,000 at events like the SUNDAY fair at 35 Marylebone Road, or the Saatchi Gallery & Channel 4 New Sensations and The Future Can Wait show at Victoria House in Bloomsbury Square.
American Buyers
“My clients are ready and itching to buy work,” said the New York-based adviser Heather Flow, who will be visiting Frieze and its satellite events. “The majority are American and our focus is on works under $30,000.”
Others are less confident about the outlook for contemporary pieces. Robert Read, fine art expert at specialist art insurer Hiscox, regards the “cutting-edge” material on offer as the most volatile and speculative sector of the market.
Next year, as well as opening a new fair in New York in May, Frieze will be bolstered in London in October by its own separate “Masters” event with dealers offering pre-1950 works by artists with established reputations.
In the meantime, the boutique Pavilion of Art & Design London fair in Berkeley Square will be the shop window for such classic works.
Barcelona dealer Manuel Barbie will be offering three pieces by Pablo Picasso. Acquired from the German-based collection of Richard von Radack, they include a 1922 Synthetic Cubist still life painting at 2 million euros ($2.73 million) and a 1915 Analytical Cubist collage at 1.8 million euros.
The fifth edition of the French-owned Pavilion fair will preview on Oct. 11.
London dealer Simon Dickinson Fine Art will be showing two Gerhard Richter abstracts at the fair to coincide with the artist’s retrospective at Tate Modern. Both offered on consignment from collectors, the 1976 monochrome “Grau” is priced at 1.4 million euros and the 1982 turquoise, green and red “Abstraktes Bild” at 4.2 million pounds.
(Scott Reyburn writes about the art market for Muse, the arts and culture section of Bloomberg News. Opinions expressed are his own.)
To contact the writer on the story: Scott Reyburn in London at sreyburn@hotmail.com.
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Manuela Hoelterhoff at mhoelterhoff@bloomberg.net.
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Dragons, Virgins Beguile in Paris Fra Angelico Exhibit: Jorg von Uthmann
"Virgin with Child" (1450) by Fra Angelico. The painting is on view at the Musee Jacquemart-Andre through Jan 16. Source: Musee Jacquemart-Andre via Bloomberg
"St. George Slaying the Dragon" (1440) by Paolo Uccello, at the Musee Jacquemart-Andre through Jan. 16. Source: Musee Jacquemart-Andre via Bloomberg
"Scenes from the Life of St. Nicholas" (1447-49) by Fra Angelico, at the Musee Jacquemart-Andre. Source: Musee Jacquemart-Andre via Bloomberg
By Jorg von Uthmann - Oct 11, 2011 6:00 AM GMT+0700
Painters are no saints, except perhaps one: In 1984, Pope John Paul II beatified Fra Angelico, the first step in the process toward sainthood.
The pope also appointed him the Roman Catholic Church’s official patron of the arts.
Exhibitions of Fra Angelico’s work are rare events. His masterpieces -- especially the frescoes in the dormitory cells at the convent of San Marco, one of Florence’s most popular tourist attractions -- don’t budge. His large altarpieces are too delicate to travel.
That explains why the show at the Musee Jacquemart-Andre in Paris is the first organized in France.
To bring together 25 of Fra Angelico’s works, mostly from Italian collections, is no mean feat: Many curators strongly object to lending paintings on wood.
They are embedded in an equal number of paintings by contemporaries such as Lorenzo Monaco, Fra Angelico’s teacher, Filippo Lippi and Benozzo Gozzoli.
It’s a small yet delightful show.
Fra Angelico (ca 1395-1455) was born near Florence as Guido di Pietro. Around 1420, he joined the Dominican order adopting the name Fra (Brother) Giovanni.
The name by which we know him was inspired by Giorgio Vasari’s 1568 “Lives of the Painters,” which praised his luminous colors as worthy “of a saint or an angel.”
Much of his fame rests on the elaborate golden haloes around the heads of divine or holy figures.
Naive Image
Vasari portrayed Fra Angelico as a naive artist of endearing simplicity who worked directly from divine inspiration, even refusing to retouch his pictures because he believed them to be “the will of God.”
That image was further sentimentalized by the Nazarenes and the Pre-Raphaelites in the 19th century, who claimed to pick up where Fra Angelico and other “Primitives” had left off. Research has shown that to be mostly wishful thinking.
The painting monk may have been humble, yet he also was a professional artist of great subtlety and sophistication.
Looking at his Virgins, Crucifixions and Last Judgments, you realize that neither the style nor the choice of subjects was revolutionary. The Dominicans were known for conservative views. It’s no accident that the popes, after having launched the Inquisition, entrusted them with administering it.
While Fra Angelico was busy decorating his monastery in Fiesole, his fellow Dominican Pierre Cauchon oversaw the trial of Joan of Arc that ended with her death at the stake.
In the 1440s, the painter was twice called to Rome to decorate two chapels at the Vatican. Here, far from the strict rules of his order, he opened up and took new artistic risks, even toying with the great novelty of his age -- perspective.
One of the inventors of that novelty was Paolo Uccello (1397-1475). His “St. George Slaying the Dragon,” from the museum’s own holdings, is the most original -- and the most amusing -- picture in the show.
“Fra Angelico et les Maitres de la Lumiere” is supported by GDF-Suez (GSZ) SA and runs through Jan. 16, 2012. Information: http://www.musee-jacquemart-andre.com or +33-1-4562-1159.
(Jorg von Uthmann is a critic for Muse, the arts and leisure section of Bloomberg News. The opinions expressed are his own.)
To contact the writer on the story: Jorg von Uthmann in Paris at uthmann@wanadoo.fr.
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Manuela Hoelterhoff at mhoelterhoff@bloomberg.net.
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Monday, October 10, 2011
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SO SPARKLY!!!, September 9, 2011By mrsjrb -
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This has to be the sparkliest polish ever! I have "Last Friday Night" too. It is pretty, but it's more sheer with glitter instead of the intense glitter of this shade. It's so FUN to wear!
Great topper polish, July 30, 2011By celticelle "trickortreat"
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I love this as a top coat over another light shade to add sparkle. It's so beautiful. Or also to add a French nail tip on the nail -- this is really pretty with a gold polish. I would definitely purchase again. Maybe will buy another bottle soon in case they decide to discontinue it.
Gorgeous bling for your nails, July 1, 2011By A. Turner
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I absolutely love this nail polish! I will admit it's a little different then the picture, but that's more then likely the lighting or camera. However I completely recommend this for any ones collection! The little glitter specks sparkle like tiny diamonds when the light hits! Gorgeous!!!
Wonderful glitter and color, April 28, 2011By Lynn Baker (Monson, Ma. USA) -
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Just love this polish! Lovely pink color with tons of glitter and it wears very well. I get lots of compliments on my nails. This is my main polish...goes with most everything!
cute polish!, April 20, 2011By rblb2009 -
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Great polish, but my nails chipped after a few days. However, because of the color, chipping didn't look as bad or obvious as it usually does. I love it!
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This is my new favorite color. I love love love it. You don't even need to put on multiple coats. Sometimes you need to with glittery polish but this stuff is wonderful! OPI is great. I really want black shatter but they didn't have it at the store :(
LOVE THE BLING!!!, March 29, 2011By mz. kel -
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i love love love love the katy perry polish. i was afraid it would be so clear it would be more of a top coat but its amazing. it is so blingy but still very soft at the same time. It is so cute and looks great on toes too. i have gotten so many compliments. DEF a must have for this spring/summer!!!
Love OPI, September 2, 2011By Dina M. Amato (CICERO, IL, US) -
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I have been using cheap store brands of nail polish all my life. I tried a friend's OPI Teenage Dream polish over the summer and now I am hooked. I love the sparkle in this color. My only complaint is in removing the polish. You basically have to scrub your nails with the remover and cotton ball. Beautiful and long lasting color though.
Super sparkles!, March 8, 2011By Crystal -
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This a very appealing to the eye polish. It has a lot of glitter effect and is a softer pink. The polish stays on a good amount of time. My only negative is that it is hard to get off my nails.
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I LOVE LOVE LOVE holographic glitter polishes. I was actually wearing Sally Hansem Strobe Light when I bought this, and I love this so much more. there's 10x more glitter in this so I don't have to use a base coat of color, it's all glitter. BUT, it is hard to remove.
Love it!, September 20, 2011By JenF -
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I love this nail polish! The color is really cute although the color in the picture looks to be only one light coat. With two coats, the color is a lot more sparkly and more glittery. The only thing about this color is that the larger glitter pieces are hard to remove. I have to use one nail to scrape them off after and during the use of nail polish remover.
Wear it over another color, August 1, 2011By Vanessa Wingerath "vwinger" (Brooklyn, NY) -
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This is a very pretty sparkly nail polish from OPI but I made the mistake of painting it on my nails by itself. I think it would be better with another color underneath.
Pretty color but SO hard to remove!, May 3, 2011By Pink Warrior "I Believe in PINK!" (Fairview Heights, IL) -
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I LOVE this polish! I actually bought 2 bottles so that I have it to take when I get my pedicures after it is no longer in the salon. However be aware ... this is SO hard to get off ... my nail tech has to really work at it, and even then, some glitter remains. But to be honest, it is worth it. The color is really pretty and in the sun, the glitter is really cool!
Color not what is quite pictured, March 21, 2011By Halrleygranny -
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Color of product not as shown in pic, Pic is darker.
Received very quickly ordered on 3/17 received 3/21
overall its fine.
pretty polish, August 28, 2011By ldr -
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I bought this nail polish to share with my granddaughter. We both love the look, but I had not anticipated the abrasive quality the silver flecks have. It is a real challenge to put on pantyhose without snagging it with the nail polish!
Pretty, but impossible to remove, September 5, 2011By giseigo -
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This is a beautiful color, and it is hard to imagine something more sparkly. Someone commented that it was like liquid gem stones. After a week of great fun wearing it, I set about the task of removal. Yowza! It was such a pain, I don't think I will ever wear it again. The smaller glitter and larger reflective chunks make for a very nice visual effect, but it basically shredded the cotton I used to take it off, and I had to drape cotton soaked in polish remover over the nail for a few minutes to even attempt the onerous chore of getting it off.
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Sunday, October 9, 2011
Car Collectors Push 37 MPH Steam-Power De Dion to Record $4.6 Million Sale
An 1884 steam driven De Dion. Capable of a top speed of 37 mph, the car was sold by RM Auctions in a classic car sale in Hershey, PA, on Oct. 7. The car fetched $4.6 million, more than double the catalog estimate and is world record for an early motor car at auction. Photographer: Darin Schnabel/RM Auctions via Bloomberg
By Scott Reyburn - Oct 8, 2011 6:01 PM GMT+0700
The world’s oldest running automobile sold for $4.6 million in Pennsylvania last night. The price with fees was more than double the catalog estimate and is a world record for an early motor car at auction.
The steam-driven 1884 De Dion, capable of 37 miles per hour on a straight, was the most highly valued of 115 cars being offered by RM Auctions at Hershey on Oct. 6-7. The vehicle drew a standing ovation from the audience as it drove onto the auction stage.
The bidding started at $500,000 and immediately jumped to $1 million, before climbing to the record. RM didn’t identify the buyer. The four-seater was being sold by the estate of the Texas-based collector John O’Quinn, who died in 2009.
It was originally built for the French entrepreneur the Comte de Dion by the engineers Georges Bouton and Charles-Armand Trepardoux. Named “La Marquise” after the count’s mother, the quadricycle had only been through four owners.
It was restored in the late 1980s by the U.K. veteran car enthusiast Tim Moore who raced it four times in the annual London-to-Brighton run. Moore sold the vehicle in 2007.
(Scott Reyburn writes about the art market for Muse, the arts and culture section of Bloomberg News. Opinions expressed are his own.)
To contact the writer on the story: Scott Reyburn at sreyburn@hotmail.com.
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Manuela Hoelterhoff at mhoelterhoff@bloomberg.net.
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Friday, October 7, 2011
Marilyn Movie, Picasso, Jens Lekman, Mack the Knife at BAM: N.Y. Weekend
Michelle Williams in "My Week with Marilyn." The film about the making of the romantic movie starring Monroe and Laurence Olivier, "The Prince and the Showgirl," will be screened at the New York Film Festival. Source: New York Film Festival via Bloomberg
"17 h's" by David Smith, in "David Smith: Cubes and Anarchy" at the Whitney. Photographer: David Heald/Whitney Museum of American Art via Bloomberg
"Tanktotem IX" by David Smith, part of "David Smith: Cubes and Anarchy" at the Whitney Museum of American Art through Jan. 8, 2012. Photographer: David Heald/Whitney Museum of American Art via Bloomberg
"Pierrot and Harlequin" by Pablo Picasso is part of "Picasso's Drawings, 1890-1921: Reinventing Tradition" at the Frick. Source: Frick Collection via Bloomberg
Valery Gergiev and his Mariinsky Orchestra will be at Carnegie Hall on Sunday. Photographer: Alexander Shapunov/Carnegie Hall via Bloomberg
"Head of a Woman" by Pablo Picasso in the exhibition "Picasso's Drawings, 1890-1921: Reinventing Tradition," on view at the Frick Collection through Jan. 8, 2012. Photographer: Peter Schibli/Frick Collection via Bloomberg
The Mariinsky Orchestra from Russia will be playing at Carnegie Hall on Sunday. Photographer: Richard Termine/Carnegie Hall via BloombergBy Zinta Lundborg - Oct 7, 2011 11:01 AM GMT+0700
Jens Lekman brings his charmingly idiosyncratic brand of post-modern pop to Music Hall of Williamsburg on Friday.
His lush crooner’s voice soars over deftly arranged melodies that harken back to 70s-era love songs.
What saves Lekman from overwhelming sop is the droll specificity of his lyrics. Every song is a story -- some are tragic, all are sweet.
66 North 6th St., Brooklyn. Information: +1-718-486-5400; http://www.musichallofwilliamsburg.com.
Saturday
Take this last chance to see Nick Cave’s arresting Soundsuit sculptures at Jack Shainman Gallery.
These are strange creatures constructed of buttons, wire, bugle beads, baskets and upholstery, some sporting jaunty bunny ears, others with tuba heads.
Here the palette is mostly black, white and gray. In one group, seven figures wear an interconnected poncho, covered with shimmering buttons. An upbeat video shows them hopping, twirling and dancing.
At Mary Boone, Cave’s Soundsuits erupt into color with the addition of such found objects as sock monkeys, pipe cleaners, recycled sweaters, dogwood twigs and lots of glitter.
“Ever-After” runs through Oct. 8 at 513 W. 20th St. Information: +1-212-645-1701; http://www.jackshainman.com.
“For Now” runs through Oct. 22 at 541 W. 24th St. Information: +1-212-752-2929; http://www.maryboonegallery.com.
Saturday Afternoon
Check out David Smith’s stainless steel totems at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Bringing together 60 sculptures, drawings, paintings and photographs, the exhibition focuses on geometry in the artist’s work.
Smith, who died at 59 in 1965, used found and industrial materials to stack up cubes, plates, rods and spheres into playful abstractions.
“David Smith: Cubes and Anarchy” runs until Jan. 8 at the Whitney, 945 Madison Ave. at 75th St. Information: +1-212-570- 3600; http://whitney.org.
Saturday Night
To get a real taste of class warfare, go to “Threepenny Opera” by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht, first produced in 1928 Berlin.
Goes one of the lines: “Who is the greater criminal: he who robs a bank or he who founds one?”
Robert Wilson’s production with the Berliner Ensemble evokes German expressionist art and sleazy Weimar night clubs.
Stefan Kurt as Macheath gets to sing the famous murder ballad “Mack the Knife,” while Stefanie Stappenbeck does “Pirate Jenny,” in which a lowly maid yearns for the massacre of all the townspeople.
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Howard Gilman Opera House, 30 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn. Information: +1718-636-4100; http://www.bam.org.
Then cross the street to Berlyn for some hearty fare, beginning with a refreshing Schwartzwald Spritz, a mix of gin, pine liquor and sekt. It’s autumn, so why not dive into the choucroute with pork loin and bratwurst?
25 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn. Information: +1-718-222-5800.
Sunday
See Picasso’s 1901 self-portrait, power practically streaming off his intense face and shoulders. It’s in a show of 60 drawings from his first three decades, now at the Frick Collection.
There’s the amusing “Hercules,” drawn by the artist in 1890 when he was nine years old and preserved by his proud parents.
You can see his quick mind exploring everything from the 1907 “Yellow Nude,” a study for “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon” and an early cubist “Bust of a Woman” (1909) to a consideration of African arts in “Standing Woman from the Back.”
At 1 E. 70th St. until Jan. 8. Information: +1-212-288- 0700; http://www.frick.org.
Sunday Afternoon
Valery Gergiev and his Mariinsky Orchestra are throwing a mini-festival at Carnegie Hall, part of a monthlong celebration of Russian composers and the venue’s 120 years of musical splendor.
Today there are two works by Tchaikovsky, the powerful Symphony No. 5 and the playful No. 2 or “Little Russian.”
57th St. and Seventh Ave. Information: +1-212-247-7800; http://www.carnegiehall.org.
To continue the Russian spirit, head over to Petrossian and feast on caviar with shots of icy vodka.
At 182 W. 58th St. Information: +1-212-245-2214.
Sunday Evening
During the filming of “The Prince and the Showgirl,” Marilyn Monroe royally annoyed director and co-star Laurence Olivier.
See the fireworks in “My Week With Marilyn,” as Michelle Williams portrays the Hollywood diva and Kenneth Branagh takes on the uptight, classically trained actor.
The rest of the cast is not too shabby either: Judi Dench, Derek Jacobi, Zoe Wanamaker, Dominic Cooper and Eddie Redmayne.
At Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center. Part of the New York Film Festival, crammed with movie-goodies, running until Oct. 16. Information: +1-212-875-5050; http://www.filmlinc.com.
(With assistance from Lili Rosboch and Katya Kazakina. Zinta Lundborg is an editor for Muse, the arts and leisure section of Bloomberg News. The opinions expressed are her own.)
To contact the reporter on this story: Zinta Lundborg at zlundborg@bloomberg.net.
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Manuela Hoelterhoff at mhoelterhoff@bloomberg.net.
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