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...Xavier Perrot in Sonoma, California in 2004, with rolling hills of nylon carpet behind a fence of fishing line, were temporary installations for festivals. Others are permanent works of odd beauty commissioned by open-minded clients (see Claude Cormier's neon-pink Lipstick Forest for Montreal's Palais des Congrès) or those looking to make a lasting statement - like the fountain memorial to Princess Diana in London's Hyde Park by Kathryn Gustafson and Neil Porter. "Think of them as gardens that tell stories," advises Richardson. "Even if you're not always able to understand them...
Delegates to this week's "Earth Dialogues" forum will be meeting at the Palais des Congrès, part of Lyons' new Cité Internationale complex, designed by Renzo Piano. Cité Internationale also includes a new Contemporary Art Museum and is one of the more recent additions to the city's 2,000-year...
...being followed closely and with great concern in Tunisia, where 20 Arab heads of state, plus Palestine Liberation Organization Chief Yasser Arafat, had gathered for their annual meeting. An honor guard wearing plumed gold helmets presented arms with drawn swords as the leaders trooped into Tunis' Palais de Congrès for a summit that one Kuwaiti delegate predicted would be a "love feast." He meant that there would be no public arguments about divisive subjects and that the leaders would merely reaffirm their opposition to Egyptian President Anwar Sadat for signing the Camp David accords with Israel...
...their way to Egypt for a trip up the Nile to see the pyramids, Jackie Onassis along with Caroline and John Kennedy stopped off at Husband Ari's Paris apartment. One evening they sallied out to the Palais des Congrés to see the visiting Russian folk ballet Berkiozka and during the intermission went backstage to meet the cast. Jackie was so taken by the great big bear who is a traditional member of the troupe that she asked him to dance. So, with a growl, the bear obliged, sweeping a beaming Mrs. Onassis into his furry arms...
...Participants came from 32 countries, including 40 from Asia, Africa and Latin America. Some 700 observers signed up and nearly 200 journalists arrived for the five-day conference. Earnest, grave, mostly business-suited in the now-common European priestly fashion, the theologians gathered in Brussels' vast Palais des Congrès. The conference began peacefully enough. Then, when Schillebeeckx and his Concilium colleagues offered 28 rough-draft resolutions for the congress to consider, the lid came...