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...still life with an old shoe and a murderous-looking fork. Like most art that is genuinely inventive, as distinct from passingly novel, Miro's images grew from the past and drew on it for their strength. His sinuous and elastic line took part of its character from Art Nouveau calligraphy, the pervasive civic style of Barcelona in his boyhood. His use of huge feet or hands as autonomous symbols of the body comes to mind at once when you see the exaggerated limbs of the Catalan Romanesque frescoes he loved and often consulted. (At one point his work
...Nouveau Riche If you ask Geneviève Bresc-Bautier, the crusty chief curator of the Louvre's sculpture department, what has changed in the Loyrette era, she'll grumble a bit about the heavier load of administration that comes the way of the museum's seven departments. She's also not convinced that appointing department heads for just three years at a time is a smart move. Until Loyrette came along, they were appointed for life. "Five years would be better. You can't get anything done in three," says Bresc-Bautier, who was appointed by Loyrette after...
...silk weaver has become the go-to source for luxury houses and avant-garde designers in search of something unique and extraordinary. "They're ready and open to all new experimentation," says Miuccia Prada, who works constantly with Ratti to develop her prints?anything from the hand-drawn Art Nouveau organdy prints for spring to the postcard-inspired kitschy prints of several seasons ago. "Ratti stands out for its constant work of research and archives," says Fulvia Visconti, vice president of Salvatore Ferragamo. Ralph Lauren stresses the importance of Ratti's design studio and technical expertise. Even American retailer...
...merely recognizing myself in these nouveau white stereotypes should help me get over feeling uncomfortable about them. And it kind of does. "Even when the point is something negative about the individual, when you can say 'That's so true,' you're transcending the critique," Rappoport says, pointing out that one person who seems to truly believe we should just try to understand ourselves and move on is running for President. "Speaking of transcendence," he notes, "that's part of the appeal of Barack Obama. He makes us think we can set aside these hang-ups, not by resolving them...
...choice of Shanghai as the city in which to launch Ferragamo's 80th anniversary celebration hints at the growing importance of the Eastern hemisphere in the global market for luxury goods. Ferragamo's descendents know that growing their market share requires expanding their presence in nouveau riche markets like mainland China, where they have already opened an impressive 25 stores and have 8 more planned for this year. Some of these outlets are even popping up in unlikely and remote places such as icebound Harbin and industrial Shenyang - far-flung, provincial cities where high style still means white socks, polyester...