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...Coreen Simpson’s nudes of the early 1990s have their faces obscured behind tribal masks, although in “Black Girl with Eye” (1992), a surreally enlarged eye stares the viewer down....
.... $20, studiomuseum.org And the best gift I’ve received recently is a Lorna Simpson merino-wool blanket....
...This gutting exhibition summons a roster of current stars (Lorna Simpson, Theaster Gates, Kara Walker, Kerry James Marshall, plus many more) and plenty of work from the past decade....
...In a paper-cut silhouette by Kara Walker. In the dazzling, 24ct-gold gilded painting by British-Liberian artist Lina Iris Viktor — bought through black Chicago gallerist Mariane Ibrahim....
...Carlyle, the US buyout group, has hired Kara Helander as chief diversity officer. Before Carlyle, Helander was managing director and global head of diversity and inclusion at BlackRock....
...Mr Hinman was then an attorney with Simpson Thacher, where he has worked since 2000, when he set up the firm’s Silicon Valley practice. Mr Hinman retired recently after a nearly 40-year career....
...Christopher Chang, a lawyer for Mr Simpson, said his client was “very grateful for the award and the tremendous effort by the SEC in investigating this matter....
...Kara Walker Born in California in 1969, Kara Walker’s work often takes the form of tableaux depicting her trademark figures in silhouette — characters taken from American literature, culture and history...
...All three former employees, Matthew Simpson, Eric Ben-Artzi and a third who has requested anonymity, alleged that if Deutsche had accounted properly for its positions, its capital would have fallen to dangerous...
...Reporting by Tom Braithwaite, Kara Scannell and Michael Mackenzie...
...The complainants, who include Eric Ben-Artzi, a risk manager, and Matthew Simpson, a senior trader, alleged that the bank misvalued the positions by failing to account for losses it faced when the market...
...Matthew Simpson, a senior trader at Deutsche, also left the company after submitting his own complaint to the SEC. Mr Simpson declined to comment....
...Matthew Simpson had been at Deutsche for 10 years when he was promoted to a senior role on the credit correlation desk in New York in 2008....
...That’s from a story by the FT’s Tom Braithwaite, Kara Scannell and Michael Mackenzie....
...Simpson is more intent on telling us what the blues is not....
...Irene has weakened slightly to a Category 1 hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale, but US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano warned that it remained a “large and dangerous storm”....
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