John Ackert | Luxury Living, August 2023

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style and class in pacific highlands ranch

6183 summit crest circle, san diego see pAGes 10-13

paul smith’s playful picasso exhibition highlights celebration picasso 1973-2023

Around The World: cascais, portugal

Welcome to Coldwell Banker West. John has over 29 years of real estate experience helping buyers and sellers throughout San Diego County. As award-winning Top Producer. John’s expertise and understanding makes the house hunting or selling experience enjoyable for his clients.

John works with first-time buyers starter homes, high-end designer homes, suburban family homes, city center condos, equestrian properties with vineyards and groves, trust and probate sales, and many more. Johns experience covers all the bases of your real estate

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needs. I know ALL of San Diego-from the beaches to the foothills, North to South-and I can help you pinpoint the neighborhoods where you and your family will be happiest.

John has extensive knowledge of ranches and strong ties to the equestrian community. He has also been an awardwinning horseman for nearly 40 years! His family is well known in the Real Estate community as property developers who have a vast portfolio of referrals for all your home needs.

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So happy to have met John! He was a referral for an area I knew very little about. He was so informative, knowledgeable and patient with me! We looked at various areas and he advised me what was best to purchase.. He had contacts to help with finding a loan and even vendors to help with remodeling. Hopefully someday I will able to upgrade and I will call John to help. You will be very happy with his service!

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Guiding You

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PACIFIC HIGHLANDS RANCH STYLE AND CLASS IN

6183 Summit Crest Circle | San Diego, CA 92130

6183 SUMMIT CREST CIRCLE

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Paul Smith’s Playful Picasso Exhibition Highlights Celebration

Picasso 1973-2023

What would a Picasso exhibition look like if it was curated by acclaimed British artist and fashion designer Paul Smith?” That question is answered emphatically — and in living color — in Picasso Celebration: The Collection in a New Light .

This can’t-miss exhibition, at the Musée Picasso Paris through August

27, 2023, is one of approximately 50 special events taking place around the world as part of Celebration Picasso 1973-2023 , recognizing the 50th anniversary of the artist’s death on April 8, 1973.

Smith’s art direction, in partnership with curators Cécile Debray and Joanne Snrech, showcases Picasso’s work “through a contemporary

The Picasso Celebration: The Collection in a New Light, under the direction of Paul Smith at the Musée National Picasso Paris, from March 7 to August 27, 2023

© Vinciane Lebrun/Voyez-Vous

lens and underlines the continuing relevance of Picasso’s work in today’s world,” says the museum. It does so in a way that untethers Smith from the more traditional exploration or “academic approach,” he says. Instead — and noting he’s an art lover but in no way an expert — Smith emphasizes the exhibition is a “free expression” to showcase Picasso’s art in a new and exciting way.

This manifests in some superbly creative, visually stirring, whimsical, and memorable displays. Think: a room swathed in blue to set off paintings from Picasso’s Blue Period. A pink room for the rosehued Les Demoiselles d’Avignon . Blood red in the bullfighting room. A floor of green astroturf for an homage to Manet’s Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe — apropos when you consider the painting’s name translates to Luncheon on the Grass

Picasso’s Paul en Arlequin hangs on a harlequin-covered background, its blue and yellow diamonds a near replica of the subject’s costume. His famous Bull’s Head sculpture, formed by the union of a bicycle seat and handlebars, is accompanied by a wall of handlebars. Picasso’s famed marinière Breton gets the celebrity treatment, with a photograph of the Breton-cloaked

artist sitting beneath an umbrella of striped jerseys suspended from the ceiling.

Clearly, Smith had fun with this assignment. Or, as Debray calls it, a “joyful invitation to rediscover all of Picasso’s creative fields, painting, sculpture, ceramics and graphic arts, through the sharp and mischievous eye of a great contemporary creator.”

Picasso Celebration: The Collection in a New Light also has its pensive moments; most notably where his Civil War-inspired works are

exhibited alongside Mickalene Thomas’ Resist #8, a modern battle cry targeting systemic racism and police brutality. Thomas is one of several contemporary artists whose work is showcased throughout Celebration Picasso.

Events Around the World

Celebration Picasso kicked off last year with a dual announcement from the French and Spanish Culture Ministers in front of the anti-war masterpiece Guernica at Madrid’s Reina Sofía Museum. It wraps up in early 2024. In between, exhibitions will be held throughout Europe and North America. The following is a selected list of those events.

Picasso Landscapes: Out of Bounds

Cincinnati Art Museum

Cincinnati, OH.

June 24 to October 11, 2023

See more than 45 of Picasso’s landscape paintings, a genre he explored throughout his career, from his art school days at 15 years old to just before his death.

Picasso 1906: La Gran Transformación

Museo Reina Sofia

Madrid, Spain

November 14 to March 4, 2024

This exhibition examines how Picasso contributed to the advancement of modern art as a pioneer of Cubism. Picasso’s time in the Catalonian village of Gosol in 1906 marked a period of optimism and evolution — hence, the “transformation.” This was especially compelling as it came on the heels of his highly symbolic Blue and Rose Period artworks.

Picasso Escultor: Materia y Cuerpo

Museo Picasso Málaga

Málaga, Spain

May 8 to September 9, 2023

Museo Guggenheim Bilbao

Bilbao, Spain

September 29 to

January 14, 2024

Picasso may be most well-known for his paintings, but he also crafted around 700 sculptures focused on the human body. Several of them will be on display during this exhibition, which is devoted to his sculptural artworks.

The Picasso Celebration, Musée National Picasso Paris

Pablo Picasso, Tête de taureau, 1942. Courtesy of Musée National Picasso-Paris, Dation Pablo Picasso, 1979.

Formes et Métamorphoses: The Ceramic Creation of Picasso

Magnelli Museum, Museum of Ceramics

Vallauris, France

May 6 to October 30, 2023

The largest-ever exhibition of Picasso’s drawings, this retrospective traces the artist’s entire career. More than 2,000 drawings and prints — some unpublished — will be shown, including early sketches of some of his most recognized and lauded work.

Picasso: Dibujar Hasta el Infinito

Centre Pompidou

Paris, France

October 18 to January 22, 2024

The largest-ever exhibition of Picasso’s drawings, this retrospective traces the artist’s entire career. More than 2,000 drawings and prints — some unpublished — will be shown, including early sketches of some of his most recognized and lauded work.

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Copa de absenta Spring 1914 Oil painted bronze and white metal absinthe spoon 21×14×7cm Almine and Bernard Ruiz-Picasso Foundation, Madrid. Temporary loan at the Museo Picasso Málaga © FABA Foto: Hugard & Vanoverschelde Photography © Succession Pablo Picasso, VEGAP, Madrid, 2023

Source: https://blog.coldwellbankerluxury.com/paul-smiths-playful-picasso-exhibition-highlights-celebration-picasso-1973-2023/

Museo Picasso Malaga, Sala XII

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AROUNDTHE WORLD

Cascais PORTUGAL

For our inaugural Coldwell Banker Around the World blog post back in January 21, 2021, we headed to the sunny climate of Cascais, Portugal. In addition to becoming a popular international travel destination for leisure over the years, Pedro Abecassis, the broker-owner of the office who we spoke with, notes the area is ripe for quality investments too.

Calm breezes, crunchy coastline, clear waters, whether you are looking to purchase a second home on the Iberian Peninsula, or fantasizing about your next travel destination, we present Cascais, Portugal for your consideration.

For our inaugural Coldwell Banker Around the World blog post, we are heading to the sunny climate of Cascais, Portugal. Known for its beautiful weather and beaches, Cascais is home to Coldwell Banker Luxus, part of our Coldwell Banker Portugal network. In addition to becoming a popular international travel destination for leisure over the years, Pedro Abecassis, the broker-owner of the office who

we spoke with, notes the area is ripe for quality investments too.

The clear, pristine beaches, and the clean, modern lines of design and architectural style are appealing to folks from all areas on the globe. “Portugal is recognized internationally for the high quality of the work done by its architects. Proof of this are the two Pritzker Prizes that have already been awarded to the architects Eduardo Souto Mouta and Álvaro Siza Vieira,” Abecassis states. “Likewise, very attractive prices have made real estate in Portugal into a competitive and trustworthy sector.”

Portugal is a country in Southern and part of the Mediterranean. It north and east. It has been a member 1926 and 1974. It has since prospered

Territory Summary

Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe

It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the member of the European Union since 1986. It was under a dictatorship between prospered but was hit hard by the 2007-2008 recession.

KEY FACTS

POPULATION: 10 Million

LANGUAGE(S) SPOKEN: Portuguese

CLIMATE: Soft Weather

CURRENCY: Euro

INDUSTRY FACTS

TYPES OF ARCHITECTURE: Modern / Contemporary

AVERAGE SALE PRICE: €1.000.000 to €5.000.000

AVERAGE YEARS IN HOUSE/APT: 5 – 10 years

To read the full interview, visit https://blog.coldwellbanker.com/coldwellbanker-around-the-world-january-2021/

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