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...Lucy Wood, a former senior curator of furniture at the V&A, has recently overseen a project to restore two chairs designed by the 18th-century architect William Kent....
...monumental figures: a woman standing against her yellow bicycle, blue frock whipping around her in the breeze, in “A Midsummer Afternoon Dream” (2020); the girl in a green-striped dress boasting shiny red nails...
...It forecasts that China’s colour cosmetics market, which includes products such as foundations, lipsticks and nail polishes, will hit Rmb111.3bn ($15.6bn) in 2028, up from Rmb71.6bn in 2022....
...Like Xu, Ayana V Jackson is her own subject; she uses her body to question the history of photography....
...Music plays into the process for both Martin – who listened to Nine Inch Nails as she was designing the collection – and Berryman, who found himself on a jazz odyssey, starting with Miles Davis....
...This portrait nails down the specific, vibrant presence of the artist’s cousin, Kathy Williams, and at the same time functions as a stylised symbol. She could be a warrior saint....
...Andrew Hoffman and Jerry Davis are professors at University of Michigan Ross School of Business...
...The V&A show aims to reclaim the word by focusing on the power of star performances, where image is often key....
...“Children have always chosen animals,” says Katy Canales, project curator at Young V&A, which reopens today in east London following a £13mn renovation....
...Treasure trove: Tim Harford explains what the price of a 2,000-year-old Roman nail tells us about value....
...festival was staged in Athens to mark the 20th anniversary of the first successful year of the programme, which originally featured five pairs of mentors and protégés, including British conductor Sir Colin Davis...
...His other hand holds the rod with the Hand of Justice made for the 14th-century king Charles V, destroyed during the revolution and remade in 1804 for its new sovereign....
...Discussions included the reversal of Roe v Wade, there was a talk on stress and gut health and a sound bath was held. There was also yoga, snorkelling and a shamanic blessing....
...My name is Chelsea Davis. I'm the owner of The Root Cellar, which is a local food hub located in Columbia, Missouri....
...“The investigating officer complained, ‘Liz interference v. bad’. I assume that that means very bad,” Davis said....
..., Birley shops in the City George BukhovCo-Founder, Burger & Lobster Restaurant Group Joel and Divia Cadbury Richard CaringChairman, Caprice Holdings Jean-Francois CasanovaCEO Dream International B.V....
...The compacts, pencils and bottles look flashy and joyful in a red hue with gold details, such as the V logo, on the lipsticks....
...At a hastily assembled parlay, the three explorers agreed to sail immediately for Spain that their king, Charles V, might determine who among them was the official discoverer of a place, roughly the size...
...The V&A’s reconstructions of shabby but infinitely layered and complex ad hoc British mosques is very striking and among the most memorable displays....
...Schwimmer and Mohammed initially met during the production of Morning Has Broken, a sitcom about a narcissistic daytime TV host written by Mohammed and Julia Davis, and instantly hit it off....
...Both firms have previously tinkered around the edges of their once rigid lockstep systems, but the new plans mooted by both firms will put another nail in the coffin of a pay structure that came to define...
...In Manhattan, perfectly blown-out hair, polished nails and a sleek Armani or Donna Karan suit were standard professional armour....
...Unfortunately, much of that work may be wasted, writes digital health adviser Steve Davis, in our special report on the Future of AI and Digital Healthcare....
...If you are looking to predict the shape of the US economic recovery — be it V, W, L or even K — don’t look at the markets....
...You can get your hair done but not your nails until Monday....
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