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...says. "Through self-portraits he developed a pictorial language for emotions and doubts that he could then transfer to more general motifs." Müller-Westermann assembled most of the exhibit's 150 oils, watercolors and graphic works from the Munch Museum's own vast collection, and added items from private collections and Stockholm's Moderna Museet, where she is the head of international art. Together the works form a powerful - and often uncomfortable - record of six decades of Munch's explorations of pain and troubled sexuality. "Munch by Himself" is to run in Oslo through Aug. 28, and London...
...show how our combined economic strength equips us to come to terms with globalization and benefit from it. We've got to reinterpret Europe in terms of the shifts that are taking place in the global economy. We've got to demonstrate why European unity and integration, our vast single market, our single currency, equip us with the strength to embrace globalization. Why are we seeing protectionist tendencies emerging in Europe and the u.s.? It is because all our economic certainties are being eroded. In the space of a decade, China and India have emerged as dramatic, dynamic competitors. Over...
...worth a pause and exploring, if only to be reminded of the cultural and political gulf between the two countries; to take a reality check on the diplomatic dynamic; and to get a sense of where the relationship is heading. For some, Chen's lurid allegations about kidnapping, a vast system of espionage involving Chinese nationals in Australia, and the harassment of Falun Gong, seem out of kilter with a China making its reputation on the fecundity of its factories and new millionaires. The wonder of China's economic progress has tended to blot out other considerations about that country...
...though AIG had to shut down its operations in China in 1950 after the communists took over, Greenberg never lost sight of those roots and was thrilled when his company in 1998 reclaimed one of its original offices on the Bund in Shanghai. Ahead of most, he understood the vast economic potential of China and advocated for better relations to every U.S. President since Kennedy...
...furious about several aspects of the way in which the paper had covered a campus tragedy e-mailed me to say, “You are not the New York Times.” The student went on: “You are not dealing with a vast population of detached observers. You are dealing with a very small, close-knit, highly sensitive population of students.” It was a criticism that is sometimes leveled internally, too: that The Crimson is overly caught up in the theoretical notion that we have a right to publish, and the campus...