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Close Gazette Drouot An Abstract Score by Richard Mortensen Richard Mortensen (1910-1993), The Yellow Sound, 1957, gouache and graphite drawing from a series of 91 based on the libretto by Wassily Kandinsky, 33 x 50 cm/13 x 19.7 in. Estimate: €50,000/80,000 (the set)

An Abstract Score by Richard Mortensen

Art & Art Market

Some €50,000/80,000 will be needed for The Yellow Sound, a series of 91 gouache and graphite drawings by the Danish...
Ton Zijlstra

Moody's confirms 'Aaa' rating for Microsoft

Business & Finance

International rating agency Moody's has affirmed Microsoft Corp.'s "Aaa" credit rating with a stable outlook after the...
piqsels

Rolls-Royce, Bentley sales hit record highs in 2021

Business & Finance

Sales of luxury cars, including Rolls-Royce, Bentley and Porsche, were at record highs in 2021, despite chip shortages...
Yannick Lintz, Director of the Islamic Arts Department at the Louvre Museum. © Florence Brochoire

Louvre Curator Yannick Lintz: An Islamic Art Tour de France

Art & Art Market

The director of the Department of Islamic Arts at the Musée du Louvre reveals what is at stake with 18 exhibitions...
Marco Verch

Japan's central bank keeps discount rate negative

Economics

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) has once again kept its interest rate negative at minus 0.1%, the regulator said in a statement...
Chinese Growth Rate In 2021 Highest In A Decade

Chinese Growth Rate In 2021 Highest In A Decade

Economics

The economic growth of China staged a major turnaround in 2021, with the highest rate of growth in a decade which was...
A Clever Monkey Cigar Lighter by Fabergé

A Clever Monkey Cigar Lighter by Fabergé

Art & Art Market

Although the imagination and craftsmanship of Fabergé goldsmiths no longer need proving, their timeless creations...
public domain pictures

China lowers key rate to support economy under "triple pressure"

Economics

The People's Bank of China lowered its key rate by 10 basis points. It did so shortly before the publication of the...
Mohamed Yahya

Start of 2022 becomes the best ever for European banks' shares

Economics

European banks shares gained 10% in early January, growing nine days in a row. The start of 2022 was the best ever for...

Management

Art & Art Market

Dubuffet and Kopac: An Obsession with Material

Dubuffet and Kopac: An Obsession with Material
An oil painting by the master of Outsider art speaks of his friendship with the Croatian painter, whose work is poised for rediscovery This painting, Petit paysage avec personnages (Small Landscape with Figures), sheds an interesting light on the friendship between Jean Dubuffet...

The Rise of the Korean Art Market

The Rise of the Korean Art Market
The success of the 2021 KIAF (Korea International Art Fair) is hardly an accident. With 88,000 visitors in October for its 20th anniversary, the fair saw its admissions jump by 7% compared to 2019, and its sales double (some €48 M compared to €23 M in 2019). The phenomenon has been noted by foreign...

District 13 at Drouot: A Young Fair Already Mature

District 13 at Drouot: A Young Fair Already Mature
Though the two previous editions were canceled, the third edition of District 13—purely French this year—now consolidates the happy marriage between street art and Drouot. While the announcement of the creation of an urban art fair at Drouot prompted surprise at its inception in 2018, it must...

Science & Technology

Flu Returns To Europe, Threatens A Prolonged 'Twindemic'

Flu Returns To Europe, Threatens A Prolonged 'Twindemic'
After nearly disappearing last winter, influenza has arguably made a comeback in Europe at a...

Hyundai Heavy Unit Claims Tech To Transport Hydrogen By Ships To Be Ready By 2025

Hyundai Heavy Unit Claims Tech To Transport Hydrogen By Ships To Be Ready By 2025
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE) wants to be able to develop the technology to...

The European Drug Agency Questions The Need For A Fourth Booster Dose

The European Drug Agency Questions The Need For A Fourth Booster Dose
Doubts about the usefulness of a fourth booster dose of covid-19 vaccine were expressed by the drug...

Omicron Variant Spreading In Big Cities In India But Hospitalisations Remain Nominal

Omicron Variant Spreading In Big Cities In India But Hospitalisations Remain Nominal
Although there has been an increase in Covid-19 cases in the megacities in India - Delhi,...

Danish Study Concludes Omicron Able To Bypass Immunity More Than Delta

Danish Study Concludes Omicron Able To Bypass Immunity More Than Delta
According to a Danish study published last week, the Omicron coronavirus variant is stronger at...

Double Dose Of Sinovac Covid-19 Vaccine And Pfizer Booster Not As Effective Against Omicron, Shows Study

Double Dose Of Sinovac Covid-19 Vaccine And Pfizer Booster Not As Effective Against Omicron, Shows Study
A new study has shown that a double dosage of Sinovac’s Cvodi-19 vaccine followed by a booster shot...

Omicron Increases Neutralizing Immunity Against Delta, Says New South African Study

Omicron Increases Neutralizing Immunity Against Delta, Says New South African Study
Scientists of a new study emerging from South Africa claims to have discovered that an individual...

Study Finds Large Enhancement In Efficacy Against Omicron From mRNA Boosters

Study Finds Large Enhancement In Efficacy Against Omicron From mRNA Boosters
According to a Danish study published on Wednesday, administering a third dosage of either...

Study Shows Covid-19 Could Lower Sperm Count, Motility

Study Shows Covid-19 Could Lower Sperm Count, Motility
A study has found that people infected with Covid-19 could experience low sperm count and motility...

Moderna claims 37-fold increase in omicron antibody levels after booster vaccine

Moderna claims 37-fold increase in omicron antibody levels after booster vaccine
Moderna has presented preliminary data on the effect of a booster dose of its coronavirus vaccine...
World Politics

World & Politics

US threatens China with retaliation for flight cancellations

US threatens China with retaliation for flight cancellations
The US Department of Transportation has chastised China for canceling flights from US cities owing to passengers ill with the coronavirus, and has...

US Shatters Global Record For Daily Covid Infections With At Least 1.1 Million New Cases On Monday

US Shatters Global Record For Daily Covid Infections With At Least 1.1 Million New Cases On Monday
According to a report by the news agency Reuters, the United States reported at least 1.13 million new coronavirus infections on Monday, which was...

Global food prices hit 10-year high in 2021

Global food prices hit 10-year high in 2021
The global food price index for 2021 rose by 27.6 points in annual terms to 125.7 points, the highest since 2011, when the index was 131.9 points,...

Covid-19 Infections Are On The Rise All Around The World, Prompting Concerns About Testing And Quarantine.

Covid-19 Infections Are On The Rise All Around The World, Prompting Concerns About Testing And Quarantine.
As the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus seemingly gets out of control, keeping employees at home and overloading testing...

First Omicron Related Death Reported From Australia

First Omicron Related Death Reported From Australia
Despite another spike in daily infections, Australia's first recorded death from the new Omicron variant of Covid-19 was announced on Monday....

In The Face Of The Omicron Spread, Vaccines, Medications, And Data Provide Some Festive Cheer

In The Face Of The Omicron Spread, Vaccines, Medications, And Data Provide Some Festive Cheer
The global spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus continued unabated, prompting health experts to caution that the fight top end the...

Imports From China’s Xinjiang Region Banned By US Over Human Rights Abuses

Imports From China’s Xinjiang Region Banned By US Over Human Rights Abuses
On Thursday, President Joe Biden signed a bill aimed at combating human rights violations in China's Xinjiang region.   The law prohibits...

German Health Minister Lauterbach: Germany faces fifth wave of pandemic because of Omicron

German Health Minister Lauterbach: Germany faces fifth wave of pandemic because of Omicron
The fifth wave of a pandemic due to the spread of the omicron coronavirus strain is assuredly beginning in Germany, German Health Minister Karl...