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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – In the 1980s and ’90s, photographer Herb Ritts’ black and white portraits of movie stars and models like Cindy Crawford and Naomi Campbell created a look that was emblematic of the era, and now they are the subject of a major exhibit at Los Angeles’ Getty Center.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – A 75-year-old masterwork by Surrealist painter Salvador Dali is expected to fetch $10 million or more when it hits the auction block next month, Sotheby’s said on Wednesday.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – In the 1980s and ’90s, photographer Herb Ritts’ black and white portraits of movie stars and models like Cindy Crawford and Naomi Campbell created a look that was emblematic of the era, and now they are the subject of a major exhibit at Los Angeles’ Getty Center.
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BAKEWELL, England (Reuters) – Bent, pleated and curved steel structures in hues of rusty brown, bright orange and vibrant green adorn the grassy slopes around a pond at one of Britain’s oldest country estates in a new exhibit showcasing the creations of sculptor Anthony Caro.
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The abrupt cancellation of shows by a Singaporean ballet troupe in Malaysia has caused a tempest in a tutu, with the government saying the dancers applied too late for a permit to perform, and a local group blaming cultural concern over “indecent” costumes.
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The abrupt cancellation of shows by a Singaporean ballet troupe in Malaysia has caused a tempest in a tutu, with the government saying the dancers applied too late for a permit to perform, and a local group blaming cultural concern over “indecent” costumes.
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BAKEWELL, England (Reuters) – Bent, pleated and curved steel structures in hues of rusty brown, bright orange and vibrant green adorn the grassy slopes around a pond at one of Britain’s oldest country estates in a new exhibit showcasing the creations of sculptor Anthony Caro.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday filed suit demanding auctioneer Sotheby’s forfeit a 10th-century sandstone statue the government says was looted from a Cambodian temple.
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese authorities have told dissident artist Ai Weiwei he will not be given a public hearing to reconsider a 15 million yuan ($2.4 million) tax evasion penalty allegedly due from the company he works for, Ai said on Thursday, a move he denounced as “inconceivable”.
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese authorities have told dissident artist Ai Weiwei he will not be given a public hearing to reconsider a 15 million yuan ($2.4 million) tax evasion penalty allegedly due from the company he works for, Ai said on Thursday, a move he denounced as “inconceivable”.
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese authorities have told dissident artist Ai Weiwei he will not be given a public hearing to reconsider a 15 million yuan ($2.4 million) tax evasion penalty allegedly due from the company he works for, Ai said on Thursday, a move he denounced as “inconceivable”.
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MADRID (Reuters) – The epicentre of Madrid’s renowned intellectual cafe culture, the 124-year-old Cafe Gijon, has survived civil war, the Franco dictatorship and the Internet age, but could face extinction in a bidding war over the lease to its sidewalk terrace. Spanish literary giants such as poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca and “Generation of ’98″ writers Pio Baroja and Camilo Jose Cela sat at the white marble tables of the cafe on the wide Recoletos boulevard.
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Global auction house Sotheby’s kicked off its spring sales in Hong Kong by selling all lots in a two-day wine sale, outstripping expectations, but the picture was less clear for its Asian and Chinese art sales as buyers became more selective.
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese authorities have told dissident artist Ai Weiwei he will not be given a public hearing to reconsider a 15 million yuan ($2.4 million) tax evasion penalty allegedly due from the company he works for, Ai said on Thursday, a move he denounced as “inconceivable”.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Poet and essayist Adrienne Rich, a feminist literary figure celebrated as much for deeply personal reflections on her own life as for sometimes-biting social commentary, has died at age 82, family members said on Wednesday.
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese authorities have told dissident artist Ai Weiwei he will not be given a public hearing to reconsider a 15 million yuan ($2.4 million) tax evasion penalty allegedly due from the company he works for, Ai said on Thursday, a move he denounced as “inconceivable”.
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BAKEWELL, England (Reuters) – Bent, pleated and curved steel structures in hues of rusty brown, bright orange and vibrant green adorn the grassy slopes around a pond at one of Britain’s oldest country estates in a new exhibit showcasing the creations of sculptor Anthony Caro.
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese authorities have told dissident artist Ai Weiwei he will not be given a public hearing to reconsider a 15 million yuan ($2.4 million) tax evasion penalty allegedly due from the company he works for, Ai said on Thursday, a move he denounced as “inconceivable”.
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese authorities have told dissident artist Ai Weiwei he will not be given a public hearing to reconsider a 15 million yuan ($2.4 million) tax evasion penalty allegedly due from the company he works for, Ai said on Thursday, a move he denounced as “inconceivable”.