Hints and tips:
...He was the first Polynesian to visit England and became an instant celebrity, meeting King George III, attending the state opening of parliament and travelling the country with Joseph Banks....
...Jean Tijou....
...Act II and III are closer to Petipa’s intentions, despite Nureyev’s additional choreography for the Saracen Abderakhman, who competes with cookie-cutter prince Jean de Brienne for Raymonda’s affections....
...Another surprise is a striking nude by Sir William Orpen, at Master paintings and drawings dealership Jean-Luc Baroni....
...In his Art Law Report, lawyer Nicholas O’Donnell writes that it “certainly disincentivises holding sales in California”....
...Peter Lanyon’s vertiginous compositions implying the exhilaration of flight, as in “Thermal”, are shown here to adapt the raw energetic surfaces of Jean Dubuffet’s art brut....
...Kinnear is now stepping into Iago’s creepy boots (along with Adrian Lester as Othello in Nicholas Hytner’s new production). I meet him during a lunch break from rehearsals....
...Among the visitors noting Hockney’s transformation from chronicler of poolside California to English Arcadian was Nicholas Serota, director of Tate. “I said to Nick, ‘Would you like it?’...
...“I like Jean Nouvel’s opera house in Lyon; where it’s pitch-black. When the show’s on your focus is on the stage.”...
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