THE DISCREET COLLECTORS

Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller Collection in Framingham, Massachusetts

The Framingham Centre Common is dotted with historical buildings, including the one that houses the Danforth Art Museum. Although not as large or renowned as other art museums near the Boston area, the Danforth has something in their collection no other museum has; the largest collection of works by Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller who was one of the first Black American female sculptors and the first artist to be commissioned by the U.S. government to do a series of dioramas on African-American histor

Emerging artist Li Hei Di breaks auction record at Phillips in New York.

Artsy Vanguard 2023–24 artist Li Hei Di’s Unfolding a flood (2022) sold for $127,000 at Phillips’s modern and contemporary art auction in New York yesterday, setting a new record at auction for the Chinese artist. The vibrant landscape painting kicked off the Phillips evening sale, which realized $54.1 million. That total was short of its anticipated $60 million low estimate and 23 percent below last year’s November sale that realized $

Il-Gardjola Guard Tower in Senglea, Malta

From when the Knights of St. John controlled the islands of Malta in 1530 to after they were removed by Napoleonic forces in 1798, they embarked on multiple construction projects across the archipelago. Some of these projects focused on municipal buildings for the general populace, while others were defensive fortifications. The Knights of St. John initially settled in and worked to fortify the area around two peninsulas known as the Three Cities on the south side of the Grand Harbor in Malta.

The 'Mushroom Color Atlas' Captures the Palette and Potential of Fungi

In Trout Lake, a small community in southwest Washington, the peaks of nearby volcanoes and canopies of old-growth forests draw the eyes up. But when Julie Beeler sets out into the surrounding woods, her gaze points downward. Beeler, an artist, describes her home as a “fungal paradise.” Here, mushrooms are her muse. Hundreds of species of fungi grow throughout the Pacific Northwest, feeding upon the consistent rain of the damp forests. Each fall, the prime season for the edible mushrooms that a

Anne Samat’s Kaleidoscopic Weavings Find Beauty in Unexpected Places

Anne Samat often wanders the salvage yards near her home in Cold Spring, New York. The 51-year-old Malaysian artist, who recently moved to the Hudson Valley from Kuala Lumpur, isn’t necessarily searching for anything in particular; any item—doorstoppers, discarded silverware, or metal pipes—might catch her eye. For Samat, these abandoned objects are a means to add dimension to (or “doll up,” in her words) her monumental textiles.“Someti

Novak Djokovic and Hublot's first collab together is a straight-sets success

<div><div><img src="https://media.gq-magazine.co.uk/photos/673b12e3ed1ef95162057614/16:9/w_1280,c_limit/1811%20Hublot%20HEADER_1.jpg?mbid=social_retweet" style="width: 100%;"><div>The tennis ace teams up with one of the watch world's greatest disruptors to create a new lightweight Big Bang Unico Novak Djokovic made out of his rackets</div></div></div>

Computer und Gaming Museum Wien in Vienna, Austria

This Vienna museum was created to keep the history of computers and video games alive. It features a huge collection of gadgets, software, and memorabilia from different decades. The displays show the journey of computing, starting with early machines like the Commodore 64 and Atari 2600 to newer systems like the PlayStation and Xbox. And these classic machines aren't just for looking—you can also play games on them. The museum has a wide collection of early European and Japanese computing his

Masters of Disguise

Like tiny grapes tethered together by a vine, a clump of Caribbean two-spot octopus eggs (Octopus hummelincki) huddles under the watchful gaze of a magnified camera lens. The cluster, which measures just under 1 centimeter in diameter, holds the lives of dozens of fragile, weeks-old embryos. Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . The Caribbean tw

Merka Red Dunes in Jazeera, Somalia

The striking nature and relative rarity of red sand dunes means they're usually tourist attractions wherever they occur. Well known examples include the Red Sand near Riyadh in Saudi Arabia, Sossusvlei in Namibia, and the Mui Ne Red Sand Dunes in Vietnam. While the Merka red dune complex is practically unknown by comparison, it has a unique feature that sets it apart: red and white sands run side-by-side, in places overlapping, with one burying the other. Driving south from Mogadishu, you can s

At GQ Men of the Year 2024, Cole Palmer debuted a killer Presidential Rollie

<div><div><img src="https://media.gq-magazine.co.uk/photos/673df2ef4f606a50ca085ff7/16:9/w_1280,c_limit/MOTY-cole-palmer-x-rolex.jpg?mbid=social_retweet" style="width: 100%;"><div>Like some of his England teammates, the Chelsea goal machine has a crush on Rolex classics, too</div></div></div>

Namo Buddha Stupa in Simalchaur Syampati, Nepal

Once upon a time, Prince Semchen Chenpo took a recreational sojourn to the forests of the Himalayan foothills with his parents and two brothers. After finding a place to rest and set up camp, the three brothers went exploring and discovered an ailing tigress lying in a nearby cave. Endowed with extraordinary compassion, Semchen stopped his brothers from killing the tigress who had just given birth to two cubs resting next to her. Upon further examination, he realized the tigress was starving an

Long Seen as Omens, Comets Do Tell Us Something About Ourselves

In April of 1066, a streak of cool fire appeared in the heavens. The comet, called a “bearded star” back then, had appeared before. There are mentions of it around the world dating as far back as the fifth century B.C. It’s now called Halley’s Comet, for the 18th-century scientist who first calculated its return. But in the spring of 1066, the people of England saw this particular comet as a bad omen. Across the English Channel, Duke William of Normandy viewed the bearded star as a good sign.

Futago Park in Inzai, Japan

Despite its name, Futago Park in Inzai City isn't much of a park. It was designed to be a rest stop for cyclists riding along Lake Imba. There's not much to see, except for a pair of elephant statues and a public restroom. Both, however, happen to be noteworthy for different reasons. The statues, to begin with, are not of ordinary elephants but of Palaeoloxodon naumanni, an extinct species of elephant that lived in Japan around 330,000 to 24,000 years ago. The fossils, believed to be from an a

A 1/1 Patek Philippe Ref. 5711 Nautilus Is Being Auctioned Off For Charity

Proceeds from the hand-engraved watch's sale will benefit Children Action, a charity that supports impoverished children.

The Legal Battle Over John Lennon’s Legendary Patek Philippe Is Finally Over

Of course, following not only the horrific nature of Lennon’s death, the protracted legal battle surrounding the watch, and ...

New Video: Brief introduction to Rudis Sylva in Les Bois

DEPLOYANT - The watch magazine for collectors, by collectors We visited Rudis Sylva, tucked in a small village known as Les Bois, some 12km from La Chaux-du-Fonds. What is fascinating is the history of watchmaking from the turn of the 20th century, and the importance of this little settlement. New Video: Brief introduction to Rudis Sylva in Les Bois I was introduced to Jacky [...] The post New Video: Brief introduction to Rudis Sylva in Les Bois appeared first on DEPLOYANT.

At GQ Men of the Year, Harris Dickinson’s really rare Rolex Day-Date steals the show

<div><div><img src="https://media.gq-magazine.co.uk/photos/673dcb77b00110fe22c690ef/16:9/w_1280,c_limit/MOTY-Harris-dickinson-hp.jpg?mbid=social_retweet" style="width: 100%;"><div>The Babygirl actor hit up London watch and jewellery experts Kettle Kids to source this stunning banger of an '80s watch</div></div></div>

$121 million Magritte painting smashes artist's auction record at Christie’s.

René Magritte’s L’empire des lumières (1954) sold for $121.16 million at Christie’s yesterday, setting a new record at auction for the late French Surrealist. L’empire des lumières(“The Empire of Light”) is one of 27 similarly-titled works that the artist painted between the 1940s and ’60s. Each work in the series depicts a scene that appears to be simultaneously day and night. The artist’s previous auction record, set in 2022, was also

Audemars Piguet and KAWS just collaborated on the hypiest watch of 2024

<div><div><img src="https://media.gq-magazine.co.uk/photos/673dbf208ebaf9c90868331d/16:9/w_1280,c_limit/watches-layered.jpg?mbid=social_retweet" style="width: 100%;"><div>AP’s new release with artist Brian Donnelly, a.k.a. KAWS, brings high-art hype to the world of pop-watch collabs</div></div></div>

Decolonizing knowledge: Boaventura de Sousa Santos' vision

<div><div><img src="https://media.meer.com/attachments/e9311e13cfa2fea8707a071c9c005b78ca8f25cc/store/fill/860/645/70bf54d650681ccc3d41e8aa33f0e9ca1f38e41d54300bb0d5bc16fc403f/Struggles-of-the-economically-disadvantaged-in-the-Global-South.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Exploring Epistemologies of the South: decolonial perspectives and global justice movements</div></div></div>