Word: seenes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...seen as the spiritual forefather of postcubist movements, ranging from the gesture paintings of the abstract expressionists to the gaily erotic whimsies of such pop artists as Warhol, Lichtenstein and Oldenburg. Miró is not only the most influential painter of the generation that came to maturity between two world wars; he is also the finest living painter after Picasso...
...Shown publicly only once before in the 43 years since it was painted, it will not be seen in the "Dada, Surrealism" show, which moved from New York to Los Angeles last week. The painting's owner, Belgian Collector René Gaffe, loaned it only for the exhibit's Manhattan appearance...
After reading this scenario-style book, you've practically already seen the movie. The familiar saga about the slum kid who fights his way to fame and wealth in the prize ring is here re-enacted in real-life Spain, where the classic path out of poverty into glory is the bull ring. The hero is El Cordobés (real name: Manuel Benítez), at 32 the most celebrated bullfighter in the world, if not always the most admired (TIME, June...
...frame through which El Cordobés' life is seen is his Big Fight - the 1964 Madrid corrida in which he was elevated to the status of matador de toros and in which he survived a near-fatal goring. Every tense moment in this corrida is the cue for a flashback: the future El Cordobés growing up in an earth-floored hovel where he sometimes has only grass to eat; serving a grueling apprenticeship at village fiestas where the only available medical care is a slosh of alcohol in an open wound; rising under the tutelage...
Except for the primary results and assassinations which have confounded this Presidential year, perhaps the most stunning aspect of the campaign so far has been the astonishing frenzy of crowds across the nation for many of the candidates. Nothing like it has been seen in years...