This rapid cultural development has made Shanghai an important destination on the international art circuit: The Shanghai Art Fair, Shanghai Biennale, Museum of Contemporary Art and countless new private galleries, though young, are turning it into a contemporary arts hub to rival China's capital, Beijing.

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Approaches run the gamut from Chase's "Bayberry Bush" (1895), a view of three young girls amid the dunes, to contemporary artist April Gornik's water view "Light Before Heat" (1984).

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With the exception of the imperial offspring of the Ming dynasty and the dauphins of pre-Revolutionary France, contemporary American kids may represent the most indulged young people in the history of the world.

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Contemporary customers, on the other hand, tend to be young and open to experimenting with lengths, shapes or materials.

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Describing Hiddleston "one of our leading young classical actors", Rourke said she envisaged Coriolanus would be a "contemporary" production.

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The influence of mass media and competition from contemporary popular music have contributed to undervaluing this Samba in the eyes of the young.

UNESCO: Intangible Cultural Heritage

Founded in 1993 by contemporary art dealer Jay Jopling, White Cube came to prominence around the same time as the Young British Artists, a now-famous collective.

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It was soon after this that a group of young artists began to forge a path which would take them to international acclaim and change the way Britain thinks about contemporary art.

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Mr Houellebecq's unflattering vision of a contemporary France with a disaffected far-right and out-of-touch elites is shared by other young writers such as Virginie Despentes and Vincent Ravalec, who also employ a direct, corrosive style.

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