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...free market and a secular state will ensure uninterrupted growth and a steady move toward liberal economic ideas. But I have noticed that people outside the country often sound far surer about where we are headed than Indians themselves. In this, India is a bit like a Monet painting - from a distance, the picture seems clear. It presents an image of an increasingly liberal, outward looking country which is eager for the opportunities that are now within its grasp. But close up, our reality is less straightforward. Many Indians stay cautious about our economic future, and fiercely disagree on fundamental...
...delicate yet pointed approach to the keyboard. Closing his eyes for most of the preludes, Lang occasionally tore himself from his musical trance to look towards the audience, as if to ensure that they too could visualize the serenity of a pond in Giverny straight out of a Monet painting. Lang’s rendition of “Fireworks,” the brilliant closing prelude, obviously displayed his technical facility, but his command of a remarkably flexible tonal palette deserved the most attention. The preludes, which became an amalgam of musical reflections under Lang’s touch...
...museum in the past. In addition to the 31 works and the $45 million donated today, the University announced 43 other modern and contemporary works donated by the family between 1953 and 2005. Those works, which were never formally announced, include paintings by Cézanne, Monet, and Picasso...
...London Hard Times Meet High Art Despite a sagging economy, Christie's auction house has racked up $3.5 billion in art sales so far this year--up 56% from 2006, in part because of demand in Russia, China and the Middle East. The two highest-selling works were Monet's Water Lily Pond, top, and a triptych by Francis Bacon...
...serious claimant has yet appeared for any of the French or Israeli works on display - a reminder, perhaps, of how ruthlessly thorough the Nazis were in killing more than 6 million Jews. Up for grabs are canvases by Egon Schiele, Marc Chagall, Eugène Delacroix, Claude Monet and Georges Seurat...