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...systematic means of exploding form and space. Compared with the bristling brown surfaces in Picasso and Braque, even Matisse's fiercest pictures, with their dizzying color, could look a bit "decorative" - a dismissive word thrown at him all the time. (See some artists from the 2010 Whitney Biennial...
...groups in order to ensure that everyone is “more alert and more mindful” in the aftermath of the Cornell suicides. He also said that UHS will continue its efforts to educate students about how to help their depressed peers, and will be distributing its biennial health assessment survey starting today...
...world's greatest athletes are currently competing at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, the world's greatest chefs are busy training for the premier cooking contest, the Bocuse d'Or, which will take place next January in Lyon, France. In the twelve competitions that have taken place since the first biennial Bocuse d'Or in 1987, America has never won, or even finished better than sixth. (France has won fully half of the contests to date.) Ten days ago, a young cook named James Kent, who helps run the kitchen in New York City's Eleven Madison Park restaurant, was anointed...
...government panel of medical advisers that stirred up a furor. Based on new calculations weighing the risks and benefits of routine screening, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's new recommendations advised women to begin routine mammograms at age 50 instead of 40 and to switch from yearly to biennial screenings; it also advised women to eliminate breast self-exams altogether. Doctors, patients, cancer advocacy groups and politicians vehemently opposed the rolled-back recommendations, fearing they were a harbinger of health care rationing or that insurance companies would be tempted to stop covering screening in younger women. That concern...
...HIROSHIMA, JAPAN Hiroshima International Animation Festival Isn't the site of a-bomb destruction perfect for serious cartooning's regeneration of the human imagination? Pioneered in 1985 by distinguished, married animators Renzo and Sayoko Kinoshita, this biennial event features retrospectives, workshops, and work by Oscar winners and nominees among others. The 2010 festival will be held Aug. 7-11. See hiroanim.org...