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...Bento Church is remarkably tranquil for building wedged between Rio's bustling downtown and one of the city's major highways. So tranquil, in fact, that nobody even noticed, recently, when thieves walked into the Baptism Chapel one afternoon, sawed a priceless wooden sculpture off the wall, and waltzed off with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Search of Stolen Saints | 10/25/2007 | See Source »

...Australia in 1991. It's quite clear who rules the roost. Played out in these textiles are imaginative alternate universes, where the deposed Pomare kings and queens of Tahiti live on in the triumphant tifaifai of Aline Amaru. With her kapa kuiki laden with royal insignia, Hawaiian Gussie Bento too unstitches the spread of colonization. To protest the overthrow of their monarchy in the late 19th century, Hawaiian women quilted native flags, which they hung over their beds. These days, quilters like Bento might colonize contemporary art spaces, but they're still staging their revolutions from within...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Perfect Mats | 1/3/2007 | See Source »

...Flanked by the works of Michael Stevenson, Yuken Teruya and Michael Parekowhai (see following story), they also look remarkably at home in a gallery in subtropical Brisbane. Bento, for one, is smitten with the work of Japanese sculptor Teruya, who uses tweezers to fashion miniature trees from discarded paper shopping bags. "I love anything done with hands," she says. And contemporary art is all the richer for this poignant patchwork of the Pacific...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Perfect Mats | 1/3/2007 | See Source »

...MIAMI - Treatments at the hotel spa's Couple's Suite - Dinner at Azul restaurant with a six-course tasting menu and sommelier selections - Beach cabana with bento-box lunches - Four-hour shopping tour with stylist and personal assistant - Picnic-lunch yachting excursion - Luxury gift bag including Gucci and Neiman Marcus products...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spender Bender | 11/23/2006 | See Source »

...Comercio, the colonnaded square built on the vast open space left by the 1755 earthquake and tsunami. Then, having climbed up the smart Chiado district with its old coffee shops, the tram clangs through the 17th century streets of the Bairro Alto. Before reaching the São Bento parliament building, you pass the Bica, a deep cleft in the hillside left by the earthquake. It now houses one of Lisbon's funiculars. End of the line is the Prazeres Cemetery, with tombs in every possible architectural style. Cost: $1.50 one-way, $1.80 round trip. Journey time: about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Got a Ticket to Ride | 4/11/2006 | See Source »

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