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When the last tile in the mosaic was complete, Aub unveiled his masterpiece at the elegant Excelsior Gallery in Mexico City in 1958. Most of the Campalans paintings in the accompanying exhibition were snapped up. Said Famed Muralist David Siqueiros, thoroughly duped: "I knew Campalans well in Paris. Orozco liked him very much." A few weeks later Aub confessed his hoax. Mexicans fumed, then laughed embarrassedly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: J.T.C., R.I.P. | 4/28/1961 | See Source »

...Rita, and she said Rita is a good dancer . . . Curt Jurgens had a simple party at Cap Ferrat-twelve guests, the butler, the chauffeur, the cook, the secretary, one monkey, five parrots, and two dogs . . . Elsa Maxwell, looking like a weather-beaten hill, stood in the lobby of the Excelsior under a big straw hat which made it hard to tell what was front and what was back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Wiener-Schnitzel Winchell | 6/13/1960 | See Source »

...fields with her family and the hired hands, then headed back to the kitchen to cook. "I learned fast," she remembers. "I'd bake a half-dozen pies at a time, two or three chickens-farm fare, lots of it." Pat was a senior at the Excelsior Union High School, when her father became seriously ill. She dropped her plans for a college scholarship and assumed the job of nursing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WOMEN: The Silent Partner | 2/29/1960 | See Source »

...Excelsior...

Author: By John R. Adler, | Title: Better Things for Better Living | 1/6/1960 | See Source »

Truth Can Pay. Many Mexican publishers tolerate these practices; some sell news space themselves. Advertising income is low-a full page in Excelsior (circ. 95,000) sells for $504-but the editorial columns command a fat price: one Mexico City magazine makes more from that source than from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: News Space for Sale | 9/7/1959 | See Source »

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