“The power of music to convey a certain emotion can now be predicted by a mathematical model, an Australian psychologist has found.”
Tag: 05.26.04
Wynn On An Art Buying Binge
Vegas casino owner and collector Steve Wynn has regained his appetite for high-end art. “Last week in New York Mr Wynn bought John Singer Sargent’s 1885 portrait Robert Louis Stevenson and his Wife. for $8.8m (£4.8m). He plans to hang it in his new casino, Wynn Las Vegas, due to open next year. With a Cézanne and a Renoir, purchased last year for $40.9m and also destined for Las Vegas, it looks like Mr Wynn has recovered his appetite for blue-chip art, and that the market is recovering after disappointing sales in recent years.”
Court: Van Gogh Painting Is Authentic
“France’s highest court ruled today that an atypical Van Gogh landscape rumoured to be fake was, in fact, real – ending an eight-year-old squabble over the sale of the painting.”