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...died just six years earlier. It will come as no surprise to hear that an artist as original as El Greco could be a difficult and opinionated man; his correspondence is full of squabbles over how much he should rightfully be paid. It was the same in Madrid, where he went in hope of securing work from Philip II, the Habsburg King who was then completing El Escorial, his immense new monastery-palace. But El Greco's turbulent canvases were nothing like the serene, legible art that Philip had in mind. Disappointed again, El Greco moved on, this time...
...world, including Woman With a Mango from Baltimore; the audacious Hail Mary - a Tahitian Madonna in a red sarong with the child astride one shoulder - from New York; Philadelphia's stunning There is the Temple, with its daffodil hillside against a cerulean sky, and others from Copenhagen, Buffalo, Madrid, Moscow, Paris and St. Petersburg. The result is a spellbinding symphony of color that's not likely to be seen again for many years - and that's only the first half of the show. The second half, and the remarkable sculpture collection, are just as rich, almost to the end, when...
...MADRID The antifur lobby is virtually nonexistent in Spain, so designers are scoring with fox, sheared mink and textured leathers like Ferragamo's embossed calfskin jacket, above...
...needs troops to help create a secure environment for reconstruction to proceed, and money to help underwrite it. An international donor's conference is schedule for Madrid late in October, when some 45 countries are expected to make commitments to help share the burden. But earlier indications from such key potential donors, such as the European Union and the World Bank, suggest that financial aid, too, might be conditional on some changes in the political arrangements in Baghdad - Washington might struggle to convince some key donors to make commitments that might be seen as underwriting an occupation...
...Real Madrid made headlines by recruiting David Beckham but was still outspent by rival Barcelona. Here are four top football shoppers and what they got for their money...