Word: artists
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Heading for Hollywood to hone his skills, he found himself filling the archetypal role of the understudy who becomes a star. The head makeup artist on the film My Geisha wasn't available and Uemura had to step in and do Shirley MacLaine's face for the movie, transforming her Caucasian features into those of a Japanese courtesan. He soon became a favorite makeup artist among Hollywood stars, including such male celebrities as Frank Sinatra and Edward G. Robinson...
...Observers inside the Republican campaign say that Romney is finally campaigning as the candidate he really is: the problem-solver and turnaround artist that governed Massachusetts with an almost scientific approach to bipartisanship. He's added to that message the anxiety-producing thought of Barack Obama gaining the Democratic nomination. "I can post up against Barack Obama," he told the group in Salem. "I can make sure the message of change works for Republicans as well as Democrats...
...Known as a turnaround artist, Romney later became Chief Executive Officer of the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. True to his name, Romney cleaned up the scandal-ridden Organizing Committee and put on one of the most successful Olympic Games in history...
...second concern is one of artist valuations. The temptation for smaller houses is to cash in on rocketing prices by flooding the market with the work of as many artists, new or old, as the market will bear. But how many of those artists have international staying power? "Globalization has persuaded collectors that local Asian artists will become globally important," says the director of the Singapore Art Museum, Kwok Kian Chow. At the same time, the critical literature with which the long-term importance of those artists may be evaluated is, in many cases, nonexistent. "There is a need...
...real issue is how do you handle the auctions - do you put in as many works as possible, or are you more selective?" says Jasdeep Sandhu, owner of Singapore's Gajah Gallery. For art professionals, letting the market set an artist's worth is unsettling. "The reason is because if an artist crashes at auction, people lose confidence in the artist and art," Sandhu explains...