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Yes, Raygun (civilian name: Dr. Rachael Gunn), the Australian academic whose singularly odd performances and (ahem) perfect score made her one of the viral sensations of the Paris Games, is — due to quirks in the rules of competitive breaking’s governing body — temporarily leading the sport’s rankings. – The Wall Street Journal (MSN)
London’s Frieze Week sales have never measured up to its winter or summer sales, which include Impressionist and Modern art, because their focus is more limited. But while confined to middle-market post-war and mostly contemporary art, they saw significant growth for a time, increasing from £85 million in total sales in 2006 to £292 million […]
“Yet after only two days of participating in the mediated negotiation process (October 7-8), the WAC’S representatives … left the table to await further guidance and instruction from the WAC Governing Board [and have not returned] … Clearly, once again, they arrived at the table with neither proposals …
Lore Segal, at 96, “still approaches everything in life and her writing in the same way: as something interesting, something to be dealt with as directly as one can manage.” – The New York Times Source link