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...brilliant investment. The 5,000 year-old piece of Mesopotamian religious art - presumably of Inanna, goddess of sex and war - was sold at auction by Sotheby's New York last week for a record-shattering $57.2 million. Found at an archaeological dig near Baghdad, it is an extremely rare representation of the goddess - known elsewhere as Ishtar - in animal form. She is one of the earliest of the gods whose names have survived through history. Before her sale, the most expensive piece of sculpture of any period sold at auction was a piece by Pablo Picasso which went...
...think there are a bunch of reasons for that. One is that we live in a culture where we spend so much time kind of disconnected, quick messaging, or watching TV and all the screens in our house, the Blackberries, the computer screen, and it's kind of rare...for all of us to look someone in the eye and tell them you love them by listening to them. Just the act of someone saying, I want to hear about your life, moves people to tears almost in every single interview...
Taking advantage of a rare mid-season exhibition match-up to give some playing time to inexperienced reserves, the Harvard men’s hockey team dropped a 4-3 contest to the U.S. National Under-18 team last night at the Bright Hockey Center. Freshman Ryan Carroll started in net for the Crimson and played two periods, posting 19 saves and allowing two goals. Sophomore John Riley spelled him in the third period, making seven saves but allowing the game-winning goal to Robbie Czarnik. Three different seniors scored for Harvard. Winger Dave Watters netted a goal with less...
...MacEwan is one of the rare writers who enjoys both commercial success and critical respect. The opening of the film adaptation of “Atonement,” in theatres today, will likely lure many new readers to the printed version of MacEwan’s romance. But could it possibly satisfy the novel’s existing readers? The film version is directed by Joe Wright, best known for his recent adaptation of “Pride and Prejudice,” which, like this flick, also starred Keira Knightley. As a fan of neither Keira?...
...Harvard University Art Museums (HUAM) recently received a rare and unusual donation, including a paint-spattered hat, a pair of shoes, and a ladder. In addition to these objects, the gift included materials like brushes, paints, models, and preliminary works that once belonged to the influential Abstract Expressionist artist Barnett Newman. Fragments of his paintings—stiff canvases with strips of red, green, and blue—sit in brown boxes in the Straus Center, crucial keys to Newman’s creative past. Newman made a name for himself with bold blocks of color and vertical lines, which...