Word: berges
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...punctured the wall between art and fashion in 1965 when he designed a stunning line of prêt-a-porter dresses based on the colorful geometric creations of Dutch-born abstract painter Piet Mondrian. Seven years later, Saint Laurent and his then companion and lifelong business partner Pierre Bergé would buy the first of three Mondrian paintings as they began building one of the great art collections of modern times. On Feb. 23-25, eight months after Saint Laurent's death at age 71, Christie's will sell off the pair's entire collection - paintings and sculptures, antiquities...
...beyond its final dollar tally, the disassembling of the Saint Laurent-Bergé collection is significant as a chance to mine the last vestiges of the 20th century aesthetic, and reflect on those same walls that divide - and sometimes unite - the artist and artisan, taste and knowledge, sense of style and pursuit of the sublime. (See pictures from Yves Saint Laurent's art auction...
Obama, Barack •collapse of huge chunks of the world economy is foreseen by aides to •is described by lawyer Philip Berg - rather hyperbolically, one would have to say - as "the most notorious criminal in the history of this planet...
Even if you have not read the book, you're probably familiar with the plot. A 15-year-old lad named Michael Berg (David Kross, giving a splendidly modulated performance of teen angst, sexuality and intellectual aspiration) falls ill in the entrance of an apartment building in 1950s Germany. He is rescued by an attractive working-class woman named Hanna (Kate Winslet in a performance that heartbreakingly combines passivity and anger) who arranges his return home. When he comes back to thank her for her aid, they embark upon a heated sexual relationship, which, in due course, she abruptly breaks...
...Denver guys broke back one time,” said Harvard coach Dave Fish ’72. “But Chris and Lexei pretty much shut them down.” Facing Mississippi’s Jonas Berg and Bram ten Berge—seeded fourth in the main doubles draw—Harvard’s representatives fell in the next day’s quarterfinals, 8-2. Clayton and Chijoff-Evans stayed in the match up to 2-2, but the momentum shifted after they failed to hold serve. “We just made...