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...where the walls seemed more a collage of masterpieces than a museum display, the Reina Sofia’s wall space greatly exceeded the necessity for a small, growing collection. Inaugurated only in 1992, the young museum’s disproportions portrayed an atmosphere of scarcity. Indeed, within the context of these imbalances, the majority of the pieces in the museum’s limited collection provided questionable answers to the art historian’s favorite question: “What is art?” The Reina Sofia’s deficiencies truly tainted its few thrilling, innovative...
...remnants of clothes worn by victims, a twisted tricycle ridden by a little boy when the blast hit him -presents a persuasive warning to any leader who would consider returning the world to the nuclear brink. Compared with 10 years ago, these days the museum also provides far more context about what Japan did to its neighbors during the war. It's a sign of progress, even if Japan doesn't get much credit for it. There is a trace of optimism in it-a hope that Japan can eventually reconcile its sense of history with those of its neighbors...
Hyman denied that the appointments were attempts to placate Summers’ critics, saying that he does not “see these things in a political context...
POOR OPRAH! SHE WAS SO PEEVED OVER not being able to shop at the Herms store in Paris after closing hours [July 4] that she won't buy anything from Herms again. Oprah may discuss the incident on her show, possibly in the context of race relations. Give us a break. The shop was closed. How many of us have raced to a store just as the CLOSED sign went up? Instead of expecting others to cater to her, Oprah needs to get real and join us mere mortals...
...something else: an elegant, fugal tapestry in the mode of Prisoner of Azkaban. "And now," as Dumbledore says to Harry, "let us step out into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure." It's a tribute to Rowling's dramatic instincts that this actually sounds pretty cool in context...