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...Artist As someone who supports legitimate artists and is a collector of original art - albeit on a modest level - I am offended how British "Bad Boy" artist, Damien Hirst [Sept. 15] is dominating the art world. He is merely another charlatan who found a gimmick and capitalized on it, suckering in those wannabes who are more interested in bragging rights than promoting a fresh, honest talent in the art world or insightful, subversive ideas in the public arena. Dead animals preserved in formaldehyde and a diamond encrusted skull - is this even legal? Spin paintings done by studio assistants - give...
...dorky...but I’m also a certified Underwater Naturalist, which means I basically know all the names of the fish and stuff.” OMG, Fiona, you’re so smart. And sexy, too, as shown in the multiple shots of the grad wearing relatively modest clothes (then what’s the point?), including a particularly disturbing one of her with a photoshopped-in tiger…fierce. Fiona explains that she chose to be in Diamond because she “wanted to do something fun and cool...something to spice things...
...Union rules, even as it struggles to preserve parts of its vaunted welfare state. Over the past decade, millions of French citizens became first-time shareholders following a huge wave of privatizations, the bulk of them carried out in the late 1990s by a Socialist-led government. Meanwhile, once-modest executive compensation - long cited as proof of France's more egalitarian approach - has skyrocketed in recent years; in 2007 alone, pay for French top executives soared by an estimated 58%, according to the French business weekly L'Expansion. Another recent study, by the Hay group, found that average annual...
...someone who supports legitimate artists and is a collector of original art - albeit on a modest level - I am offended how British "Bad Boy" artist, Damien Hirst, is raping and plundering the art world. He is merely another in a sad and long string of con men who found a gimmick and capitalized on it, suckering those wannabes who are more interested in bragging rights than promoting a fresh, honest talent in the art world. Dead animals preserved in formaldehyde and a diamond-encrusted skull - is this even legal? Spin paintings done by studio assistants - give me a break; kids...
...said in Denver that Bronx is the poorest district located in the “richest city in the world.” But measured by personal net earnings, New York did not even make the global top ten last year. Did Mr. Serrano mean to make a more modest U.S.-limited comparison, perhaps? A 2005 Forbes rating by the highest median household income reveals that neither New York nor Los Angeles are among the ten richest cities, even in the United States...