‘The Secret’s Out’: Bill Perkins, Buyer of Record-Smashing Ernie Barnes Painting at Christie’s, Tells Us About His Winning Evening

The ’80s were an exhilarating time for music, fashion, and culture. Young people were moving to big cities in droves and embodying the catchphrase “dress for success.” Fashion of the 1980s placed heavy emphasis on cheap clothes and fashion accessories and very big poofy hair. Apparel tended to be very bright and vivid in appearance.

Bees play an important role in our lives. They are the world’s most important pollinator of food crops. It’s estimated that one-third of the food we consume each day relies on pollination mainly by bees. It’s not easy being a bee, bees work hard and they need their beauty sleep as well. Recently, wildlife photographer

The story of The Little Mermaid was written over 180 years, in 1836, when Danish author Hans Christian Andersen wrote it. However, the best-known version of the story is probably the Disney movie from 1989. Many artists imagined Ariel in their own way and one German artist did the same. Stephanie Hermes, also known as

A multidisciplinary artist, Beau Stanton works on paintings, murals, large-scale installations, stained glass, mosaics and multimedia animations. Emphasizing his work on technique and meticulous craftsmanship, Stanton draws on historical ornamentation, religious iconography and classical painting. A keen interest in iconic visual symbols and Jungian archetypes is often the basis of his images. Originally from California