Word: neue
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...justice. The idea of restitution is correct, but it needs to be more just and less arbitrary." Von Pufendorf is demanding an independent investigation into the decision to hand over the painting. Both the "Berlin Street Scene" and Klimt's "Golden Adele" were bought by Ronald Lauder for his Neue Gallerie in New York. Several Klimts sold by Christies earlier this month also disappeared into private collections...
...SECESSIONIST When Ronald Lauder, son of beauty legend Estée Lauder, opened the Neue Galerie on New York City's Upper East Side, he knew he was sharing his love of Viennese art and design with the world, but he probably didn't think he would be setting a fashion trend. The Wiener Werkstätte and the Secessionist movement that came out of Vienna in the early 20th century are influencing fashion and home design. Fabric manufacturer Maharam has reissued the fabrics of Dagobert Peche, and young designers like Proenza Schouler are picking up on the colors and graphic detail...
Still, many Swiss are bracing for a fight. In a front-page editorial on Aug. 1, Switzerland?s national holiday, the Neue Zürcher Zeitung went so far as to liken the E.U. information-exchange measures to the all-intrusive Big Brother state of George Orwell?s novel 1984. And Gregor Rutz, general secretary of the Swiss People?s Party, which is pushing the constitutional amendment, contends that banking secrecy "is not at all anachronistic. It?s a highly modern policy that is particularly important today at a time when we experience ever more state intervention in the private...