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...later saw Herb Ritts, Richard Avedon, Annie Leibovitz and Patrick Demarchelier picking up the Pirelli baton....
...The man who came to the surface was Philip Seymour Hoffman. He didn’t do anything in his work by half measures....
...Messineo has worked in galleries in both locations — as a partner at Bortolami Gallery in Manhattan and as a director at Hannah Hoffman gallery in LA....
...The artist patriotically offered the picture to George II — who rejected it as a mockery of his army....
...On Monday, the Hong Kong government announced the appointment of Lord Patrick Hodge, a Scottish jurist and UK Supreme Court deputy, to the city’s Court of Final Appeal....
...Robert Leitao, managing partner at Rothschild, explained the move was largely a response to the need for companies to deal more effectively with more vocal investors....
...Then there’s the introduction of the EU’s Mifid II rules on investor protection, which have also made equities a more challenging business, prompting speculation that other European lenders could follow...
...Gary Hoffman: sent to Coventry Being sent to Coventry is not everyone’s idea of fun but Gary Hoffman might well go voluntarily....
...Robert the Bruce’s computerised humiliation of Edward II’s troops in 1314 is now a rite of passage for most young Scots....
...Philip Hoffman: Arty type Philip Hoffman has laid his eyes on a good deal of art over the years — masterpieces and utter fakery....
...Two of the latest portraits feature Jimi Hendrix — captured in watercolour by Patrick Procktor in 1973 (Christopher Kingzett, around €30,000) — and Andy Warhol, snapped by Robert Mapplethorpe in 1986 (Keitelman...
...He glared at the bravura carved and painted pine George II mirror from a distance until he just had to have it (£30,000-£50,000). “Must-haves” were firmly marked MH in auction catalogues....
...With two works withdrawn (by Robert Longo and Alex Israel), the 28-lot sale felt thin but managed to squeeze within its revised £14.2m-£20.5m estimate to make a total £15m (£17.9m with fees)....
...Robert Swannell, M&S Employees are of course pivotal to any company’s success. But boards are required to consider and balance a variety of potentially conflicting interests....
...But they say that Solvency II and the company’s reinsurance strategy reduce future cash generation and dividend-paying abilities....
...Cartier-Bresson and Robert Frank were my gods. Working on assignment took me into the realm of journalism, and Life magazine became an important source of inspiration....
...One overlooked area now gaining prominence is that of Spanish Colonial, and both Coll & Cortés and New York dealer Robert Simon are offering examples at Spring Masters....
...More stringent regulations, such as the forthcoming Solvency II regime for insurers, is preventing a more aggressive push into other asset classes....
...Pacino’s contemporary and sometime co-star Robert De Niro appears to provide a contrary case. He won an Oscar for his very low-key performance as Michael Corleone’s father in The Godfather Part II....
...The producer Robert Fox quoted an old maxim to me: “You can’t make a living in the theatre but you can make a fortune.” It is a gambling business....
...Patrick Minford, Cardiff University No; and it does matter. This government lost control of welfare payments and is slowly getting back control....
...Patrick Minford, Cardiff University Yes....
...He won election to the Senate three years later and served there longer than anyone in American history except Robert Byrd of West Virginia, who died in 2010 after 51 years in the Senate....
...Patrick Jenkins is the FT’s banking editor...
...JAR Paris Vol II , by Pierre Genet and Joel Arthur Rosenthal, JAR Vol II, RRP$800 In 2003, Rosenthal published the limited edition 10lb-plus JAR Paris....
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