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...This year participants include Ai Weiwei, Turner Prize winner Laure Prouvost and Jake and Dinos Chapman....
...Dino de Longhi, owner of a water treatment company, says he went to Veneto Banca in 2010 for a €200,000 home loan....
...Frescobaldi had a “rustic, romantic” childhood at Castello di Nipozzano, a family estate in Chianti....
...Outside Gino’s, Dino’s, and Giulio’s, sweating tourists are served lasagne and lamb chops by Polish waitresses....
...Customers are a mix of businesses, banks and individuals, and include the veteran art collector Count Giuseppe Panza di Biumo and gallery owner Franco Noero....
...So desperate was Tintoretto to win the competition for decorating the Scuola Grande di San Rocco in Venice, for instance, that he painted a huge ceiling canvas and installed it in situ....
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