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unusual paintings by well-known artists, or superb "mainstream" humanist works, like Giovanni Cariani's Portrait of Giovan Antonio Caravaggi, by artists less familiar to the general viewer. It digs up paintings from unexpected sources. Who would have imagined that Tintoretto's The Washing of Feet, a masterpiece of large-scale spontaneity, would appear from a church in, of all places, England's New-castle-upon-Tyne, where it was long assumed to be a copy? Best of all, one sees the art in depth and in context: a full room of Lotto, another of Bassano...
...Business stinks," says Jack Nussbaum, proprietor of Voisin. "It's down by an average 30% to 50%. People just aren't coming in." Business is also off at Quo Vadis, where dinner for two with wine can easily cost $50. But Co-Owner Bruno Caravaggi remains sanguine. "It can't last," he says. "There will always be people who seek our kind of service and attention." Attorney Victor Jacobs, who represents La Caravelle, La Cote Basque, Le Manoir and other luxury establishments, calculates that dollar volume has slipped 15% to 20% from last year's levels...
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