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  • $35 M. Velázquez Portrait of Spanish Queen Pulled by Sotheby’s

    01/09/2024 4:03:08 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 9 replies
    ARTnews ^ | Francesca Aton
    A Diego Velázquez portrait of Spanish Queen Isabel de Borbón, which was expected to break the artist’s previous records, was quietly withdrawn from auction by Sotheby’s in New York. The court painting, which has been owned by a private family trust in the US since 1978, was pulled due to “ongoing discussions” on behalf of the sellers. The painting did not appear in the auction house’s digital sales catalogue released on December 21. There is speculation that a US museum may have put in an offer, however, Sotheby’s declined to comment, the Art Newspaper reported Friday. The 1620s painting was...
  • Dem Threatens Teenage Conservative, Says He Should ‘Learn Her Name’ and Be Afraid of Her

    02/07/2019 4:32:55 AM PST · by DFG · 77 replies
    gateway pundit ^ | 02/06/2019 | Cassandra Fairbanks
    Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez went after conservative teenager CJ Pearson on Tuesday, saying that he should “learn her name” and that he’s “right to be afraid of us” — referring to herself and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. During the State of the Union address, Pearson, a 16-year-old political commentator, noted on Twitter that Ocasio-Cortez was talking through President Donald Trump’s “entire speech and the woman next to her keeps trying to look the other way.”