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...second exhibit, a collection of ink drawings by Marlene Dumas, a South African living in Amsterdam, explores the interplay between historical notions of feminine beauty, photography and art. The drawings—displayed checkerboard style in an almost dizzying array—mix traditional and contemporary figures of female beauty with androgynous faces based on photographs from a book depicting insanity. The line between the beautiful and the grotesque is blurred not only by androgyny, but also by the side-by-side placement of figures as disparate as round, curvaceous Ruben-esque women and today’s waifish models...
...expanding the City Guides section that it launched last year to include Amsterdam and Barcelona...
...Russian spy satellites, took his first stab at entrepreneurship in launching Elvis+, a company specializing in wireless computer connectivity. When he created Trustworks Systems (www.trustworks.com), which makes network security solutions, Dyson advised him to set up shop in the West to better access financial markets. Now based in Amsterdam, Trustworks has raised $23 million, most of it Western capital...
...year-old automated mental health site, where questions are answered by university specialists. Now you can also communicate with a therapist through simultaneous chat, instant messaging or video. Based in Rome, www.psychoinside.it offers Italian speakers links and information as well as online therapy. Interapy is a Dutch-language Amsterdam University program set up to assess the online treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder. The Samaritans offer English speakers all over the world free e-mail counseling; contact jo@samaritans.org. All therapists - online or off - should be sought with care, however. The International Society for Mental Health Online and the British Psychological...
...switch to the other game, watch the goal, then click back again. Before long these fans will also - with a click of the remote - be able to find out where European stars Luis Figo or Fabien Barthez bought their soccer shoes and order some just like them. The Amsterdam office of Forrester Research predicts sales of goods over interactive TV in Europe will jump from $655 million this year to $2.1 billion next year. By 2005, it figures that European households with interactive TV will spend $260 a year on items purchased over...