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...Minjun is laughing all the way to the bank. The shaven-headed Beijing painter has turned his iconic guffawing self-portraits into one of China's most lucrative exports. In June, a brightly hued canvas of Yue dressed as a merry Roman Catholic Pope sold for $4.28 million in London. That record was shattered last month when Execution, a work depicting maniacally grinning figures in a Tiananmen Square-like setting, netted nearly $6 million in another London sale. Riffing on Deng Xiaoping's maxim "To get rich is glorious," Yue's paintings capture China's exuberant love affair with consumerism...
...Star for "heroic or meritorious achievement" in part for attaining an unprecedented 98% survival rate for her patients, many of whom were victims of severe blast wounds. On Oct. 23, she received a Minerva Award at the California Governor and First Lady's Conference on Women. Named for the Roman goddess whose image is on California's state seal, the award honors women who have "changed the state and nation with their courage, strength and wisdom...
Hair is, quite literally, political cover. The emperor may have no clothes, but he damn sure better have a comb. Charles the Bald, the 17 century King of France and Holy Roman Emperor, was not bald but fully maned, to judge by the portraits and coins of the day. The nickname was evidently ironic, the way 300-lb. members of Hells Angels frequently answer to "Tiny...
...Fendi is a symbol of Italian craftsmanship, Roman construction and it is full of history. Fendi was once the number one Italian brand and I think one day it could be back to that position and it could be very successful here. And we are very lucky to have Karl [Lagerfeld] as our designer, and we were lucky to have kept...
...understanding and cooperation between different faith traditions.” According to Harold W. Attridge, dean of the Yale Divinity School, there have been conversations about a possible conference of religious leaders and educators to follow up on the Muslim statement and the response. At Harvard, Stillman Professor of Roman Catholic Theological Studies Francis S. Fiorenza—who signed the statement—said that there has been a discussion about the need to make the offerings in Islamic studies stronger. Although the response statement does recognize the common ground with Judaism as an Abrahamic faith, neither document mentions...