The city's financial manager has his eye on the cultural gems house at the Detroit Institute of Arts.

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The splendid result is "Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough: The Treasures of Kenwood House, London, " at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston.

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Mr Zhang, 61, directed some of China's most successful modern martial arts films, including Hero and House of Flying Daggers.

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And recently, it was announced that a former police station and prison in the middle of SoHo will house a contemporary arts complex, opening in 2014.

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The performer and his troupe of trained house cats entertain regularly at Sunset Celebration, a nightly arts festival at Mallory Square Dock.

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The Royal Opera House, he added, was financially stable and "a beacon of best practice in the arts sector".

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Of course, Electronic Arts may find a way to keep Rockstar's pricey talent in house and happy.

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His house stands grandly between the Presidio and the bay, beside the illuminated dome and arches of the Palace of Fine Arts.

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