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...For 40 years, a 12th-century walrus-ivory carving on loan to the V&A in London has captured the imagination of museum visitors....
...Between 2019 and 2022, the number of patrons at the V&A grew by 11 per cent whereas at the Royal Academy, where private money is critical due to the lack of any government funding, there was a 45 per cent...
...“The studio is where I expand my skill set and methods,” says Clifton Wright, whose figurative drawings have been shown at London’s Drawing Room and Whitechapel Gallery....
...César Pérez Ruiz, chief investment officer at Pictet Wealth Management, prefers a symbol: a mirror image of a square root....
...Museo Nacional del Prado, Calle Ruiz de Alarcón, 28014 (+34913-302 800; museodelprado.es)....
...The Neues Museum is Berlin’s version of the V&A....
...Knight Frank is marketing a penthouse duplex in a gated community with 24-hour security at the V&A Waterfront Marina for R84.9m. The four-bedroom apartment has a pool and views of Table Mountain....
...Mr Clifton, 41, said he first had the idea after his daughter’s pushchair was broken in the hold of an aircraft nine years ago....
...This interest has been guided by Teresa Iarocci Mavica, a Neapolitan whom he met at the 2007 Venice Biennale, and who has directed V-A-C since its inception....
...Le Creuset Petite Oval and Shallow Casserole Dishes From £109, www.lecreuset.com Christmas tree supplied by Clifton Nurseries. www.clifton.co.uk...
...POP Ziggyology , by Simon Goddard, Ebury Press, £20, 352 pages After the comeback and the V&A retrospective comes Bowie fatigue. Do we need more adulation?...
...Salvador Ruiz Bachs, of Uría Menéndez, a law-firm that advises the asset management industry says, “We have a lot of consolidation to be done in the sector.”...
...Mr Ruiz reacted with dismay. “How in the hell can anyone conclude that our company is worth 40 per cent less today than it was a few weeks ago?” he asked....
...The bad news is that few want Rajoy to take the PP into said contest: more respondents prefer Alberto Ruiz Gallardón, the charismatic mayor of Madrid....
...Q: Your thoughts please on positioning v branding and perhaps the former requiring much more attention and effort?...
...Given that the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation received $500,000 from the C.V. Starr Foundation, a group with strong ties to Maurice R....
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