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Also recognized for their achievements were seven other prominent public figures, including a biologist and an art collector...
Born in Moscow and raised in Berlin, Leo Steinberg has been a leader in the art world as an artist, collector, critic, and professor of art history. His critiques of contemporary art have earned him recognition among fellow art historians, though he is an authority on a wide span of history...
...respect for the human mind.”Friends and colleagues describe Stone as “egalitarian and non-elitist,” a man whose fresh outlook distinguished him from other academic figures.“You could’ve been a street sweeper or garbage collector and he would have been interested in you,” his brother, Stephen, says. He adds that his brother was incredibly outgoing and showed a “great concern for humanity and its problems,” recalling that Philip kept piles of letters from people expressing their...
...painting is being sold by a Chinese-American collector. Auction firm Huachen, which downplays the piece's historical significance, describes Mao's expression in the portrait as "amiable." That's probably not how Mao would feel if he found out about the sale. All art should be "for the masses of the people, and in the first place for the workers, peasants and soldiers," he wrote in his Little Red Book. The auctioneers, who value the painting at about $150,000, must not have taken that chapter to heart. "We feel it's just like any other art product," says...
...each extra upper and $40 for an additional insole. Adidas is about to launch 32 new uppers, with the colors and imprints of each World Cup nation--bright orange for the Netherlands, green and white for Iran--in the hope that they become collector's items. "There are endless opportunities for upsell," says Dan Manson, president of Soccer Post, a U.S. specialty soccer retailer. Manson calls the Tunit his hottest product...