The turn toward secular subjects of Dutch culture in the Golden Age was a lucky result of Calvinism, which banished most art from churches while tolerating it in daily life, on the condition that it illustrate proper morality.

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On it he placed a peasant's pipe and tobacco and behind the chair a box of sprouting onions, a symbol of nature and the new life that might grow from art.

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It was only a grant at the end of his life from the Museum of Modern Art in New York that enabled him to work on (though not complete) the Merzbarn.

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Now, from sports to a story about life imitating art, imitating life.

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She lovingly describes each piece, from the video art in the entrance hall (an exploding still life of flowers by Ori Gersht) to a recently acquired Mark Grotjahn canvas.

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Along the route will be entertainment and events from Indonesian gamelan players to art and architecture walks, dodge ball, life-size chess and street foods.

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On the other hand, it brought us fewer homicides (one of the main causes of death for hunter-gatherers), a sense of spirituality, refuge from the uncertainties of the wandering life, and the leisure to develop science and art.

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The show contains only 16 works, yet each one stands out from the wall and absorbs the viewer, providing new insight into both the life and art of the baroque master.

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Pinault is finally getting some attention for what he says is the true love of his life, his vast collection of contemporary art, which until this year he has kept largely hidden from prying eyes.

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