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McKay's remarks and the. decision on statehood that preceded them indicated that the Republicans in Washington had given up hope of carrying Alaska, which had gone Democratic in the last eleven biennial elections, except in 1946 and 1952 (the only times the Republicans won nationally...
Which way is U.S. art heading? There have been some signs that it is going away from abstraction. But that is not the trend shown by what museums buy. Last week the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center had on view its fifth biennial show of new acquisitions by U.S. museums. Among the 59 pictures by contemporary U.S. painters, 14 works were realistic. Thirteen were completely nonobjective. Of the rest, a majority could be described as semi-decipherable, mainly because the artists gave a hint of their meanings by the titles. Said Director James Byrnes of the Fine Arts Center: "Nonobjective...
Prior to the match, Coach Jack Barnaby announced that Gravem, Harris, and Steve Gottlieb, the freshman captain, would join three Yale players in the biennial Prentice Cup competition against Oxford and Cambridge. The English teams, which won the trophy in the United States in 1952, will play host to this spring's matches...
...America (price: $20.80) is consulted by reporters for information. Who's Who has become such an American institution that the Federal Trade Commission has ruled it unfair trade practice for anyone except A. N. Marquis Co. to use the title without permission. Last week, as the biennial new edition was readied for sale, Who's Who's owner and editor Wheeler Sammons, 64, took formal steps to make the book an institution. Sammons, a Pickwickian-looking arbiter of fame who considers listing in his book to be roughly the American equivalent of making the Queen...
...work and honor, Tamayo completed two huge murals in Mexico City's Palacio de Bellas Artes, painted a monumental El Hombre for the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, and won a first prize of more than $5,000 for a roomful of paintings in Sao Paulo's biennial exhibition. He also found time to paint more than a dozen smaller pictures. Last week 17 of his new canvases went on view in Manhattan's Knoedler Gallery...