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...David Malangi inspired the design of Australia's first dollar note, the genre hasn't always been a license to print money. When Maningrida barks were presented in Sydney in the early '70s, they were derided as "rubbish." It's taken European eyes to turn them into fine-art gold. Czech artist and anthropologist Karel Kupka began amassing barks in the '50s, and his collection will feature in the African and Oceanic art museum opening at Quai Branly, Paris, in 2006. Meanwhile, a Mawurndjul survey is planned for Basel's Museum der Kulturen next year...
...they all looked uncomfortable to talk about it, and they were all looking at each other like “Uh, um,” and I was like “So!” and they were like, “Between us, we have six gold, five bronzes and about four silvers.” And I was like “Yeah. I’ve got one silver.” I forget their names. I know it wasn’t Michael Phelps. That’s what everyone wants to know...
...Shit—we beat them before. Why didn’t we beat them again?” So, I’m not unhappy with the silver, but I think there will always be that little bit of “I want to win gold.” I was planning to keep rowing to 2008 anyway, but I think in a way, maybe it’s almost better because there’s still little bit farther...
...Arts D?coratifs et Industriels Moderne, it was basically a marketing tool?a way to reinvigorate the world of French luxury goods. It transcended the role, of course, and luxury purveyors are again looking back to the jazz age for inspiration. Bottega Veneta designer Thomas Maier pays homage to the gold-leaf look with his latest collection of shoes. And at Fendi, Deco shapes grace the Vanity handbag. In October, Cartier will bring "Cartier Design Viewed by Ettore Sottsass"?an exhibit of mostly Art Deco jewelry?to Houston's Museum of Fine Arts...
WITH STOCKS SPUTTERING AGAIN, investors of all stripes are flocking to a familiar fad: hedge funds, which are supposed to deliver decent gains even in bad markets. Yet the "gold-rush mentality," warns William Donaldson, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), not only threatens our retirement savings but also could one day destabilize the world's money system...