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...dressed as their favorite subject from the French Revolution. Morris' father William, a high school English teacher and amateur musician, taught his son to read music when he was just four. His mother Maxine, a dance aficionado with a special fondness for flamenco, took him to see the Jose Greco company when he was eight. It was love at first jete. A local dance teacher gave him a scholarship, and by the time he was 13, Morris was choreographing pieces. "I'd make up these dances, and they were really cool," he recalls. "All the steps and everything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making The Right Moves: MARK MORRIS | 4/13/1992 | See Source »

Unless the thieves are caught in the act, stealing art and then selling it is remarkably easy. Ill-gotten Greco-Roman sculptures, Renaissance Bibles or friezes from an Egyptian Pharaoh's tomb can be iced away for a time and realize a generous return. In Switzerland, which treats goods in storage with the same discretion as bank accounts, a work can come out of a bonded free- port warehouse in Zurich or Geneva with clear legal title to the possessor after five years. In Liechtenstein and the Cayman Islands, the term is seven days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: It's A Steal | 11/25/1991 | See Source »

...narrative frame is short. It brings Picasso from childhood through the Blue and Rose periods, stopping in 1907 just as the 25-year-old artist was souping himself up (under the influence of El Greco) to produce what would turn out to be the emblematic radical painting of the century, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. Richardson is a born storyteller, with a vivid sense of detail and character that enables him to deal with the large cast of players entangled in Picasso's early life, from obscure Catalan artists, shady French art dealers and questing Russian collectors to writers like Alfred...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Portrait of The Young Artist: A LIFE OF PICASSO, VOL. I by John Richardson | 2/18/1991 | See Source »

Third Period: 2, R, Gentile (Greco)8:37. Penalties--H, Sue Cullinane (tripping) 1:19;R, Greco (high-sticking) 10:57; H, Jo-Anne Alissi(slashing...

Author: By Daniel E. Kosowsky, | Title: Icewomen Drop Three Over the Winter Break | 1/9/1991 | See Source »

Second Period: 1, R, Carrie Greco (LisaGentile, Kingsley) 4:45. Penalties--H, BeverlyStickles (roughing) :59; R, Jill Connors(interference...

Author: By Daniel E. Kosowsky, | Title: Icewomen Drop Three Over the Winter Break | 1/9/1991 | See Source »

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