Perhaps Mr Arroyo's pamphlet should be read as a satire of Spanish inferiority and small-mindedness faced by the next-door riches of France with its art, its food, its countryside and its writing.
Hipsters favor The Drake on Queen West with its art-house vibe and bustling bar scene, while the hushed, clubby Windsor Arms, just steps from the toney boutiques of Bloor Street, draws A-list celebs.
At once a confessional and a manifesto, Mr. Fischl's book, written with Michael Stone, will move readers with its tales of a fraught life in art, engage them with its fluent exploration of art-making and likely annoy quite a few with its self-absorption and bombastic pronouncements.
They then move into progressively larger and more open streetscapes leading at last to the modern city, bustling with its mural art.
With its stunning Renaissance art and architecture on view in well-proportioned squares and in world-class museums, there is a sense of elegance and permanence that helps root all who live here.
Spend the day exploring the open-to-the public sections, such as the extravagant and glamorous State Apartments and the Drawings Gallery, with its ever-changing art exhibitions.
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Marimekko, the midprice Finnish home-furnishings brand whose Fifth Avenue New York flagship is filled with its cheerful pop-art prints, paved the way in the U.S. for high-end Scandinavian textiles, says Ms. Essner.
To deny the validity of the droit de suite is not to be a philistine: arguably, it is more philistine to equate the value of a work of art with its price.
With certain site-specific installations, the art has been created with its architectural environment in mind.
Unsurprisingly, it met with universal praise for its unique art style and action-packed story.
Paducah is also home to the National Quilt Museum, with its impressive collection of textile art.
The Biennale, with its theme "cultivating the art of living, " promises to be an aesthetic attraction as well as a collecting opportunity.
The songs have been kicking around in the minds of the musicians for a while: The Hold Steady played the title track during its 2007 tour with Art Brut.
With its European-style mansions, Art Deco touches and mature trees, the neighborhood is increasingly upscale, attracting growing numbers of Western expats as well as bistros and boutiques.
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Spreading the Sydney Festival throughout the city, Kaldor Public Arts Projects, an Australian arts organisation that transforms spaces with emotive art, has taken its most recent project to Parramatta Town Hall in the western suburbs.
Though a lover of modern art, Mr Danto is firm with its more formalist and doctrinaire champions, particularly Clement Greenberg, a critic who dominated the New York art world at mid-century, much as Mr Danto, with a far quieter voice, stands out now.
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Bancroft moved into it in the 1950s, with midcentury furniture and Asian art on its walls.
It has since evolved to encompass literature, art and fashion, with its exponents typically dressing in dark clothing.
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With its extensive collection of African and Asian art, the Majestic building is an oasis in a cultural desert.
For three decades, developers scratched their heads over what to do with the massive Art Deco structure and its four towering chimneys.
Not to be outdone, Christie's matched Sotheby's with its lavish treatment of the modern-art collection of Victor and Sally Ganz in the fall of 1997.
Although initially used to describe a form of music, it has evolved to encompass literature, art and fashion, with its exponents typically dressing in dark clothing.
This is an art scene actively engaging with its surroundings.
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Attempting to stem the talent flow, and to make Hong Kong more tech-friendly, the Hong Kong government spent millions to develop Cyberport, an ultra-modern tech campus with state of the art infrastructure and its own start-up incubator program.
Now Google's patent search is giving prior art some love as well with the addition of the aptly named "Prior Art Finder" to its patent search tool.
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She was walking with her boyfriend in a district known for its art galleries.
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