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3 weeks, 4 days ago

Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun eats banana artwork worth $6.2 million: ‘Much better than…’

You might think twice before eating a banana that cost you $6.2 million. However, Justin Sun, a cryptocurrency entrepreneur, announced a date on which he planned to eat the banana, or the "art", he bought for $6.2 million at an auction. The artwork featuring a yellow banana duct-taped to a wall, created by renowned Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, was sold …

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1 month ago

Duct-tape banana artwork sold for $6 mn, buyer is crypto entrepreneur who will have to ‘replace rotting banana himself’

Hindustan Times

A banana taped to the wall was sold for USD 6.2 million at an auction in New York on Wednesday, with the winning bid coming from a prominent cryptocurrency entrepreneur. Crypto entrepreneur paid more than 40 times for duct-taped banana artwork Justin Sun, the founder of the cryptocurrency platform TRON, is the buyer of the artwork by Maurizio Cattelan. Reportedly, …

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1 month ago

Duct-taped banana artwork by Maurizio Cattelan fetches USD 6.2 million in Sotheby's art auction

Hindustan Times

A piece of art that is little more than a banana duct-taped to a wall sold at auction for $6.2 million on Wednesday to cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun, Sotheby's said, furthering the universal conversation about what constitutes art. "Comedian," by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, first rocked the art world upon its debut at Miami's Art Basel in 2019, drawing such …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

The Tour de France champion who saved hundreds of Jews

BBC

The Tour de France champion who saved hundreds of Jews Getty Images Italian champion cyclist Gino Bartali risked his life to rescue hundreds of Jews during WW2 With this year's Tour de France starting in Florence, it's the perfect opportunity to celebrate the city's cycling hero: two-time Tour de France winner, Gino Bartali. And for Florence, it's the perfect opportunity …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

A provocative new work from the artist behind that duct taped banana tackles gun violence in America

CNN

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by The Art Newspaper, an editorial partner of CNN Style. — The Italian artist and provocateur Maurizio Cattelan shines a light on gun violence and the divisions in US society in a new installation at Gagosian in New York City. Cattelan’s piece “Sunday ” consists of 64 stainless-steel panels plated in 24-carat gold …

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8 months ago

Maurizio Cattelan, Zoe Saldana join iconoclastic Vatican Biennale exhibition inside women’s prison

Associated Press

VENICE, Italy — A pair of nude feet — dirty, wounded and vulnerable — are painted on the façade of the Venice women’s prison chapel. It’s the work of Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan and part of the Vatican’s pavilion at the Venice Biennale contemporary art show in an innovative collaboration between inmates and artists. The Vatican’s culture minister, Cardinal Jose …

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8 months, 4 weeks ago

What made Maurizio Pollini a piano god? Even his late recordings are a revelation

LA Times

In 1960, an 18-year-old Italian pianist, the youngest contestant, won the prestigious International Chopin Piano Competition, held every five years in Warsaw. Although Pollini did record Chopin’s First Piano Concerto upon accepting his prize, he otherwise kept the sharks at bay for close to a decade. Daniele was a talented piano student, Pollini said, adding that his son didn’t need …

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9 months ago

Acclaimed Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini dies at age 82

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Maurizio Pollini, a Grammy-winning Italian …

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9 months ago

Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini, who played frequently at La Scala, dies at age 82

Hindustan Times

ROME — Maurizio Pollini, a Grammy-winning Italian pianist who performed frequently at La Scala opera house in Milan, has died. La Scala defined the pianist as “one of the great musicians of our time and a fundamental reference in the artistic life of the theater for over 50 years.” Pollini was considered a pianist with unique intellectual power, whose unrivalled …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Serie A 2023-24: Maurizio Sarri steps down as Lazio coach after poor run of games - reports

The Hindu

Lazio coach Maurizio Sarri has resigned after a poor run of form left the Serie A team off the pace in the race for European football, Italian media reported on Tuesday. Monday night’s 2-1 home defeat to Udinese left Lazio seven points from Atalanta which sits in Italy’s Europa Conference League place and a further four away from the final …

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3 years ago

House of Gucci movie review: Lady Gaga shines in this brilliant Italian soap opera on cocaine

Hindustan Times

The subtitle of the non-fiction book Ridley Scott’s new film House of Gucci is based on is ‘A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed’. Watch House of Gucci trailer: Scott’s film begins in the 1970s, when the Italian fashion house Gucci is under the control of brothers Rodolfo and Aldo. When she meets the impossibly polite Maurizio at …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Review: ‘House of Gucci’ is pure, unapologetic decadence

Associated Press

Everything in “House of Gucci” is over the top. And this is where we pick up with the Gucci family, with the business being run by founder Guccio Gucci’s sons Rodolfo and Aldo. After a brief honeymoon period in which Maurizio gets to play poor and work at her family’s truck company, an opportunity back in opens when Aldo invites …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Review: Lady Gaga brings down the ‘House of Gucci’ in Ridley Scott’s lavish couture-clash drama

LA Times

The Times is committed to reviewing theatrical film releases during the COVID-19 pandemic. And now along comes “House of Gucci,” Ridley Scott’s canny and engrossing movie about an Italian luxury brand and a family brought low by greed, fraud and vicious infighting, plus a notorious black widow played by a coldly electrifying Lady Gaga. Adam Driver and Lady Gaga in …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Lady Gaga plugs House Of Gucci by dancing to Donna Summer in her premiere frock

Daily Mail

Lady Gaga plugged her upcoming murder drama House Of Gucci with a retro chic Tik Tok dance this Tuesday. Looking fab: Lady Gaga plugged her upcoming murder drama House Of Gucci with a retro chic Tik Tok dance this Tuesday Her outfit just so happened to be the won she was wearing to the movie's world premiere that evening at …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Lady Gaga, Adam Driver attend House of Gucci world premiere in London — and reveal the methods to the madness

ABC

The red carpet was rolled out in London on Tuesday for the world premiere of House of Gucci, Lady Gaga's second major film role. Exploring the 1995 murder-for-hire of Maurizio Gucci, the heir to the Italian fashion dynasty, the film has Gaga playing Patrizia Reggiani, his ex-wife who was subsequently convicted of orchestrating the hit. Donning an Italian accent, Gaga …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Camille Cottin looks chic as she steps out for the House of Gucci UK premiere

Daily Mail

Camille Cottin looked chic as she attended the UK premiere of House of Gucci on Tuesday evening. Looking good: Camille Cottin, 42, looked chic in an monochrome ensemble as she attended the UK premiere of House of Gucci on Tuesday evening Her brunette locks were styled to the side and in a natural, loose wave which fell over one shoulder. …

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3 years, 4 months ago

House of Gucci: The true story of Maurizio Gucci and Patrizia Reggiani played by Adam Driver and Lady Gaga

The Independent

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The pair star respectively as Maurizio Gucci, the one-time heir to the Gucci fortune, and …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Lazio hires Maurizio Sarri as coach

The Hindu

Lazio hired Maurizio Sarri as its new coach on Wednesday, shortly after the Italian club strongly hinted at the appointment with a series of cryptic posts on social media. “Lazio announces that Maurizio Sarri is the new coach of the first-team squad,” the Serie A club said in a one-line statement on its website. Italian media reported that the former …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Lazio hint at Sarri appointment with cigarette emoji

Hindustan Times

Lazio all but confirmed the appointment of Maurizio Sarri as their new head coach on Wednesday by posting a cigarette emoji on social media. Maurizio Sarri The Serie A club's post was a reference to the chain-smoking manager, and numerous Italian media reports say the 62-year-old has signed a two-year deal in Rome. The capital club have been in talks …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Gucci heirs worry over family depiction in Ridley Scott film

Associated Press

MILAN — The great-grandchildren of Guccio Gucci, who founded the luxury fashion house that bears his name a century ago in Florence, are appealing to filmmaker Ridley Scott to respect their family’s legacy in a new film that focuses on a sensational murder. One of Maurizio’s second cousins, Patrizia Gucci, is worried that the film goes beyond the headline-grabbing true-crime …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Gucci Heirs Worry Over Family Depiction in Ridley Scott film 'The House of Gucci'

News 18

The great-grandchildren of Guccio Gucci, who founded the luxury fashion house that bears his name nearly a century ago in Florence, are appealing to filmmaker Ridley Scott to respect their family’s legacy in a new film that focuses on a sensational murder. One of Maurizio’s second cousins, Patrizia Gucci, is worried that the film goes beyond the headline-grabbing true-crime story …

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3 years, 9 months ago

How Gucci's Black Widow dressed to kill

Daily Mail

That spring morning had broken clear and warm, and it was just after 8.30am when Maurizio Gucci, handsome scion of the famed fashion house, stepped out of his Milan apartment to make the short walk to his office on Via Palestro 20, just a stone’s throw away from the city’s fashion district. Incredibly, the person who had sought a contract …

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4 years, 1 month ago

Italian man, 81, serenades his sick wife from outside hospital

CNN

Rome CNN — If music be the food of love, play on – especially when coronavirus restrictions leave you with little other option. Prevented from visiting his sick wife in hospital, 81-year-old Stefano Bozzini decided to take to the street outside to serenade her on his accordion. While Carla Sacchi, his wife of 47 years, watched from a second-floor window …

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4 years, 4 months ago

Serie A champions Juventus sack manager Maurizio Sarri following Champions League exit

Firstpost

Despite leading Juve to a ninth straight Scudetto, his first as a coach, Sarri paid for the club’s failure on the European stage. Milan: Juventus sacked coach Maurizio Sarri on Saturday after the Italian club’s Champions League last 16 exit to Lyon. Despite Cristiano Ronaldo’s double in a 2-1 home win on Friday, Juve fell 2-2 on aggregate to the …

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Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun eats banana artwork worth $6.2 million: ‘Much better than…’

Duct-tape banana artwork sold for $6 mn, buyer is crypto entrepreneur who will have to ‘replace rotting banana himself’

Duct-taped banana artwork by Maurizio Cattelan fetches USD 6.2 million in Sotheby's art auction

The Tour de France champion who saved hundreds of Jews

A provocative new work from the artist behind that duct taped banana tackles gun violence in America

Maurizio Cattelan, Zoe Saldana join iconoclastic Vatican Biennale exhibition inside women’s prison

What made Maurizio Pollini a piano god? Even his late recordings are a revelation

Acclaimed Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini dies at age 82

Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini, who played frequently at La Scala, dies at age 82

Serie A 2023-24: Maurizio Sarri steps down as Lazio coach after poor run of games - reports

House of Gucci movie review: Lady Gaga shines in this brilliant Italian soap opera on cocaine

Review: ‘House of Gucci’ is pure, unapologetic decadence

Review: Lady Gaga brings down the ‘House of Gucci’ in Ridley Scott’s lavish couture-clash drama

Lady Gaga plugs House Of Gucci by dancing to Donna Summer in her premiere frock

Lady Gaga, Adam Driver attend House of Gucci world premiere in London — and reveal the methods to the madness

Camille Cottin looks chic as she steps out for the House of Gucci UK premiere

House of Gucci: The true story of Maurizio Gucci and Patrizia Reggiani played by Adam Driver and Lady Gaga

Lazio hires Maurizio Sarri as coach

Lazio hint at Sarri appointment with cigarette emoji

Gucci heirs worry over family depiction in Ridley Scott film

Gucci Heirs Worry Over Family Depiction in Ridley Scott film 'The House of Gucci'

How Gucci's Black Widow dressed to kill

Italian man, 81, serenades his sick wife from outside hospital

Serie A champions Juventus sack manager Maurizio Sarri following Champions League exit