Salvador Dali

Opinion | The 5-star hotels with the best art collections: Dali, Botero and Murakami thrown in for the price of a night’s stay, or African contemporary art if you prefer

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The Peninsula Hotels chain is a fan of the latter. A rendering of Kingsley Ng’s Esmerelda installation on the facade of The Peninsula Hong Kong. Photo: Handout Last week, the five-star brand announced the return of its “Art in Resonance” programme – originally introduced in 2019 – through which artwork is commissioned and sent travelling … Read more

SF company sells attic treasures to Michelin Guide restaurants

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Diana Ferlini could have become a household name. Instead, she nearly vanished from history.  Born in Switzerland in 1911, the surrealist painter immigrated to the United States with her family at the age of 11, eventually settling down in Hollywood. In the eighth grade, her parents pulled her out of school to work, and she taught … Read more