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...Initiatives include the injection of €7.5mn into Belgium’s Bozar Centre for Fine Arts for a project involving digital content and a grant scheme for artists in the Czech Republic....
...The Austrian company behind it describes it as not just a TV — more a sculpture or a work of art....
..., writes Javier Espinoza in Brussels....
...That’s an art in itself.” Bildt concluded tartly: “You can’t call it decisive leadership.”...
...Javier Espinoza in Brussels writes regulators at the European Commission are having difficulty gathering enough evidence against Amazon, despite working on a landmark case for nearly two years....
...After acquiring an old soap factory in 1976, he revived the traditional art of manufacturing vegetable-based soaps....
...Ofelia Flores Moreno succeeded in finding the body of her husband, José Candelario Espinoza Ochoa, a month after he disappeared in 2017, but not thanks to the police....
...Reporting by Tim Bradshaw, Alice Hancock, Antonia Cundy, Javier Espinoza, Judith Evans and Kate Beioley...
...“The world of art is about free expression. But it is not about bullying and intimidation. I welcome debate and discussion about the realities of life in the digital age....
Macron choice to cook for Trump and Putin sells control to private equity group Eurazeo
...“In a single market we would not consider [it] to be controversial if European businesses consolidate,” Vestager told DD’s Javier Espinoza....
...Smart reads The art of the mega-deal As a teenager, Yves Perrier rejected the chance to become a professional footballer for French club Lyon, favouring a career in finance....
...Apollo, the first to perfect this art, has watched Athene, the life insurance company it set up at the height of the financial crisis, emerge as its biggest client....
...Smart reads Art imitates life Retail mogul Philip Green may find some of the scenes in Steve Coogan and Michael Winterbottom’s new film Greed familiar....
...up his diction for the target: While Sotheby’s senior management were out feasting on “organic delicacies and imbibed vintage wines” at famous restaurants, rival Christie’s was eating its lunch in the art...
...Studios have mastered the art of rehashing the same dependable characters and storylines that appeal to mass markets — Fast and Furious is on its ninth film — while taking fewer risks on original filmmaking...
...After a long affair with modern art, Steve Cohen is going downmarket....
...France is famous for many things — its cuisine, luxury goods and art de vivre....
...Cecconi’s, a permanently buzzing all-rounder behind the Royal Academy of Arts, is for people who can’t think where else to go....
...They owe more than $90m in art-backed loans with monthly interest payments coming in at about $300,000....
...recapitalization offer (BBG) UK criticises Saudi purchase of newspaper stakes in court (FT) Starwood, Apollo vie for $4bn GE air-finance unit (BBG) Due Diligence is written by Arash Massoudi, Javier Espinoza...
...The two houses accounted for 17 of the 20 highest-priced sales in postwar and contemporary art in 2017, according to an annual art market report by research group Arts Economics....
...Smart reads Art attack The art world has a corporate sponsor problem....
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