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...A vivacious hostess, Leite Fontes is frank and funny, creating a convivial atmosphere in which patrons are encouraged to get to know each other....
...The massive wavelike building from starchitect Carlos Ott pairs paintings by Uruguayan masters (Joaquín Torres-García, María Freire) with the likes of Frank Stella, Wifredo Lam and Louise Nevelson....
...Who The Modern House Church conversion, Dorsoduro, Venice, €3.5m Where On the small Campo San Vio square, by the Grand Canal and handy for the city’s water taxi service....
...Who Knight Frank, tel +44 20 7861 1727 Devizes Castle, Devizes, Wiltshire, UK, £2.5m Where On the edge of the market town of Devizes....
...The Wave House, Casa de Campo, La Romana, Dominican Republic, $10.75m Where In the Casa de Campo resort on the Dominican Republic’s southern coast, two hours’ drive from the capital, Santo Domingo....
...“Before, Italians tended to hold on to family properties, even if it was a second or third home,” says Rupert Fawcett of Knight Frank....
...Why The house is a 40-minute drive from the Piazza del Campo in Siena, the setting for the Palio del Siena horse race....
...Light, fresh, frank....
...Contemporary Art June 26-27 Sotheby’s, London www.sothebys.com Blockbuster sale, including works by Francis Bacon, Frank Auerbach, Gerhard Richter and Damien Hirst....
...Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim, the quintessential icon of contemporary architecture, has become a shimmering, titanium-clad grail....
...Frank Lloyd Wright and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe built their reputations on cutting-edge home designs....
...& Philadelphia Rancho Cucamonga: Haven & Town Center — Rancho Cucamonga San Bernardino: Highland & Del Rosa San Diego County San Diego: 955 Catalina Blvd San Diego: 8766 Navajo Rd Spring Valley: Campo...
...The result is a frank and folksy report, which is lapped up each year by the retail investor groupies who flock to see Mr Buffett at Berkshire’s annual shareholder jamboree in Omaha, Nebraska....
...“Some of the greatest Brazilian writers - Rubem Braga, Paulo Mendes Campos, Antonio Maria - only wrote cronicas. As a literary category, they are a very Brazilian phenomenon....
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