Word: londoners
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...clumps of dung to just about everything, including Absolut vodka bottles and images of James Brown. It can be hard to take this sort of art seriously--it seems designed only to shock, after all--but it is easy to demonize. For his part, Ofili wasn't talking; his London gallery issued a statement saying that as a Roman Catholic, he wanted to celebrate, not desecrate, the Virgin Mary...
...with art anyway. The Brooklyn Museum has long struggled to attract tourists and Manhattanites, which is a pity because it has a remarkable collection (including Egyptian works that are among the most impressive in the world). Museum officials knew Sensation could reinvigorate a museum: it had done so in London, where it drew so many curious viewers that the once fusty Royal Academy of Arts was able to erase a large chunk of its $3 million deficit. The Brooklyn Museum is promoting the spectacle with a cheeky "HEALTH WARNING," saying the art "may cause shock, vomiting, confusion, panic...
...never advertises and doesn't hang a sign on the door, Ian Schrager sure knows how to draw a crowd. At the recent opening bash for St. Martins Lane, his first London hotel, there were enough celebrities milling about, from Brad Pitt to Kate Moss, to pack a Hollywood premiere...
OFFENSE: Set off a metal detector at a London airport, prompting a guard to frisk her by hand. Ross says the guard touched her breast, so she responded in kind. Ross was taken to jail but later released...
...NEIL BOLDERSON The London man was caught on camera stealing money from his best friend, contractor Gary Horner. Horner had installed security cameras after thousands of pounds were stolen from his house over a period of months...