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...market, is there anywhere else to look? Try Indonesia. The archipelago's artists represent extraordinary value in comparison to the record-breaking sums trading hands at Asian art auctions these days. And they're talented too. "Contemporary Indonesian art is now on the map," says Deborah Iskandar, Christie's representative in Indonesia...
...though, there's certainly no shortage of buyer interest. Indonesian artists may not yet be selling in the hundreds of thousands of dollars-but that, say experts, is the point. "Now is the time to jump in," suggests Iskandar from Christie's. "Indonesian art is so cheap you can't lose on it." It's the kind of advice any collector loves to hear...
...this past week, Ann Moore, chairman and CEO of Time Inc., Eileen Naughton, president of TIME, and I joined forces with the U.N. Foundation to host a panel in New York City for the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS, an initiative of UNAIDS. Four extraordinary women--Frika Chia Iskandar of Indonesia, Princess Kasune Zulu of Zambia, Gracia Violeta Ross Quiroga of Bolivia and Michaelle Soliman of Haiti--spoke eloquently of their efforts to combat AIDS in their countries. This November TIME and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation plan to hold a Global Health Summit in New York City...
...Iskandar went on to establish Monitor’s Istanbul office and helped run operations in Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East...
...Iskandar was a fluent French and Arabic speaker. He was a wine and food enthusiast who loved to travel and recently returned from a vacation in Greece—where Iskandar and his fiance, Nicolette Cavaleros of London, were to be married in July according to the Boston Herald...