The Pissarro painting, which is at the center of the dispute between the heirs of a Jewish couple whose art collection was confiscated by the Nazis before the Second World War, and the heirs of a Jewish family who bought it in 1994, will be sold at auction next month after the two sides. agreement …
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The Pissarro painting, which is at the center of the dispute between the heirs of a Jewish couple whose art collection was confiscated by the Nazis before the Second World War, and the heirs of a Jewish family who bought it in 1994, will be sold at auction next month after the two sides. agreement …
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Mr. Halstead placed his archive at the Briscoe Center for American History in Austin, Texas. “Dirck Halstead was one of the best news photographers of his generation,” Don Carleton, the center’s executive director, said by email. “His work will be a very important source of historical information in the future.” Dirck Storm Halstead was born …
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REBELHow Republicans Lost Their Party and Got Everything They Wantedby Jeremy W. Peters When Donald Trump announced his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination on the morning of June 16, 2015, there were few signs that the event would change American political history. Experts dismissed Trump’s chances. He was voting at 4 percent; Fox News …
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Since 2016, Bennani has been engaged in what he calls a speculative documentary – a series of videos he calls Caps about an imaginary island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. This idea began to manifest itself when the Trump administration began cracking down on immigrants. Bennani was in a research frenzy, obsessively learning …
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What happens when you combine Wes Anderson cinema with a fascinating, historic French city? You get a stylized version of France that highlights the director’s whimsical ambitions – as well as centuries-old buildings reframed by symmetrical picture books and neighborhoods highlighted by quirky and colorful accessories. “The French Dispatch” is Anderson’s tribute to journalism, French …
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