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This was never going to be an easy conference," said Mary Robinson, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, as she spoke in Durban last week at the opening session of the U.N. Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance. That was an understatement. The conference was a...
Unfortunately, the theme of this year’s Biennale does little to tie all of these elements together into a coherent overall exhibition. Admittedly, connecting circus posters with photographs of execution cells is a daunting task, but Director Harald Szeemann’s title “Platea dell?...
Other notables in the International Pavilion—which had the best percentage of interesting art per square foot by far—included a room full of 12 huge Cy Twombly paintings (Twombly, along with Richard Serra, won the Leone d’oro this year), Mimmo Rotellaâ?...
As a nation, we are deeply grateful to our fellow democracies who were so quick to voice their outrage, commiserate in our pain and declare their loyalty and unity in demanding and pursuing the swift execution of justice. The eloquent statement of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, in which he...
Craig S. Smith wrote in a Sept. 9 New York Times article, “China routinely executes more people than all other countries combined. This year, though, has been far from routine. Without much notice at home or abroad, the government has begun sending unknown thousands of people to...