LIECHTENSTEIN They reign over a mere sliver of a state, but their fortune is decidedly big league. The Liechtenstein familys wealth, which predates their purchase of the principality that bears their name, was once concentrated in vast land holdings in the Holy Roman Empire.
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Art: Mighty Medici
We have to take it for granted that art patronage, as once understood, no longer exists in today’s America.
Inside Turkey’s Young Art Scene
First it was China. Then India
Los Angeles: A Skate Park Controversy at the Watts Towers
The Watts Towers rise in Los Angeles like a strange evocation of Gaudi’s monumental art nouveau church, the Sagrada Familia, in Barcelona.
Five Reasons to Visit Catania
From beaches to renaissance art, sometimes it seems as if there’s nothing the Italian island of Sicily doesn’t have to offer. And if there’s one city that captures it all, it’s Catania — a great place to take in the mountains, the Mediterranean, folk traditions and fantastic food, all in the course of a day
The Visual Power of Voodoo Statuary
For many people, voodoo calls to mind raving witch doctors and dolls bristling with needles. But given our fascination, and voodoo’s lurid position in popular culture, it is surprising that the extraordinary sculpture of voodoo’s African birthplace has never been seen in a major exhibition
Time Essay: The Game of the Name
“Giving a name,” Thomas Carlyle once said, “is a poetic art.” Perhaps, but it can also be a trying one. Item: Retreating before the distemper of feminists who do not like all hurricanes to bear women's names, Government meteorologists this year will christen storms not only Aletta but Bud and Daniel and Fico.
The Comeback Keynes
We are all Keynesians now.
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: A Lasting Legacy, 100 Years Later
Death on the job was a routine hazard for American workers a century ago. About 100 workers, on average, died every day as mines collapsed, ships sank, trains crashed and factories burned
Art: Man v. Man
Is there an underlying theme that runs through the history of art, from the figures scratched on walls of prehistoric caves to splashes and forms on contemporary canvases?