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2014年7月31日 星期四
新書 「The Table 女主人的餐桌時光」
2014年7月28日 星期一
10 Lingering Effects of World War I on Britain
World War I began 100 years ago today.
Here are 10 ways the conflict continues to impact Britain - and the world: http://bbc.in/1o6budC (via Anglophenia)
10 Lingering Effects of World War I on Britain
Remembrance Day poppies seen at the Cenotaph, London. (Rex Features via AP Images)
Today (July 28) marks 100 years since the start of the First World War. A conflict of unimaginable scale that effectively redrew the maps of Europe and the Middle East and cost 16 million people their lives. The war also left its mark on British society in all kinds of subtle ways, changing social relationships that had taken centuries to build up, and playing a huge role in the creation of the modern world.
1. Poppies
Scarlet corn poppies are very adept at growing in churned-up earth, and they’d had plenty of time to spread seeds across Western Europe thanks to the Napoleonic wars of the early 19th century. So when war came once again to Northern France and Flanders, the poppies were one of the few beneficiaries. The Canadian poet John McCrae noted the red blooms in his poem “In Flanders Fields,” and the flower quickly came to represent those who had fallen in battle. The British Legion, formed in 1921, created the Poppy Appeal, selling paper flowers to raise funds in aid of all serving army personnel, and now, from late October until Remembrance Sunday (the nearest Sunday to November 11), British citizens from shop assistants to members of the Royal Family, wear their poppies with pride.
Scarlet corn poppies are very adept at growing in churned-up earth, and they’d had plenty of time to spread seeds across Western Europe thanks to the Napoleonic wars of the early 19th century. So when war came once again to Northern France and Flanders, the poppies were one of the few beneficiaries. The Canadian poet John McCrae noted the red blooms in his poem “In Flanders Fields,” and the flower quickly came to represent those who had fallen in battle. The British Legion, formed in 1921, created the Poppy Appeal, selling paper flowers to raise funds in aid of all serving army personnel, and now, from late October until Remembrance Sunday (the nearest Sunday to November 11), British citizens from shop assistants to members of the Royal Family, wear their poppies with pride.
2. Skin Grafts
The industrial scale of the war was such that the type of injuries coming back from the front line were different from those experienced before. And with medicine advancing at a similar velocity to weaponry, some giant strides took place in the treatment of badly disfigured men. Harold Gillies was the surgeon who pioneered fresh techniques in transplanting healthy bone, muscle and skin into injured areas, most notably the faces of men caught by bullets or shrapnel in the battle of the Somme in 1916. He realized the men would want as near to normal a face as possible, so he used a sculptor to create a plaster cast of the ideal finished result, and used that as a template.
The industrial scale of the war was such that the type of injuries coming back from the front line were different from those experienced before. And with medicine advancing at a similar velocity to weaponry, some giant strides took place in the treatment of badly disfigured men. Harold Gillies was the surgeon who pioneered fresh techniques in transplanting healthy bone, muscle and skin into injured areas, most notably the faces of men caught by bullets or shrapnel in the battle of the Somme in 1916. He realized the men would want as near to normal a face as possible, so he used a sculptor to create a plaster cast of the ideal finished result, and used that as a template.
3. Your Country Needs You
The famous poster of Lord Kitchener and his moustache pointing outwards has become an icon of that era, and inspired similar posters for other armies in other countries, such as the one featuring Uncle Sam above. There are countless parodies too—there’s even a Dumbledore’s Army one—and the poster is instantly recognizable in the U.K. as the “Keep Calm and Carry On” poster of World War II.
4. Chemical Warfare
The French may have been lobbing tear gas grenades to try and hold the German army back, but it was the German use of heavy chlorine gas at Ypres that had the greatest effect. Both sides soon took up gas canisters, with newer and nastier strains being developed at some speed. Mustard gas was the most notorious, as it was difficult to spot, and caused blistered skin (internal and external), vomiting and often a temporary form of blindness. And these were just the symptoms of the survivors or those left without permanent injury. Chemical weapons have remained one of the most troubling methods of warfare ever since.
The French may have been lobbing tear gas grenades to try and hold the German army back, but it was the German use of heavy chlorine gas at Ypres that had the greatest effect. Both sides soon took up gas canisters, with newer and nastier strains being developed at some speed. Mustard gas was the most notorious, as it was difficult to spot, and caused blistered skin (internal and external), vomiting and often a temporary form of blindness. And these were just the symptoms of the survivors or those left without permanent injury. Chemical weapons have remained one of the most troubling methods of warfare ever since.
5. P.T.S.D.
Better known at the time as “shell shock,” post-traumatic stress disorder was first identified as a definite medical condition in the early years of the war, thanks to the work of the psychologist Charles Myers. He realized that the physiological problems suffered by seemingly unharmed men—temporary blindness, uncontrollable shaking, problems walking or using the toilet—were as a result of a psychological experience in which, as Dr. Myers put it, “the tolerable or controllable limits of horror, fear, anxiety, etc. are overstepped.”
Better known at the time as “shell shock,” post-traumatic stress disorder was first identified as a definite medical condition in the early years of the war, thanks to the work of the psychologist Charles Myers. He realized that the physiological problems suffered by seemingly unharmed men—temporary blindness, uncontrollable shaking, problems walking or using the toilet—were as a result of a psychological experience in which, as Dr. Myers put it, “the tolerable or controllable limits of horror, fear, anxiety, etc. are overstepped.”
It wasn’t easy to gain acceptance for this condition, or come up with a decent way to treat traumatized men, and it wasn’t until the 1980s that the condition was given the name “post-traumatic stress disorder,” by which time it had been widely accepted as a by-product of the intensity of modern warfare.
6. Votes for Women
Had the war not happened, it’s likely that the campaign for women’s suffrage would have taken a lot longer to see results in Britain, and those results would have come after violent and unpopular protests. However, while the men of Britain were away, two million women took their places delivering post, building munitions, driving trucks and making sure the buses ran on time. So when peace was declared, it was hard for the authorities to deny them a say in the way the country was run, providing they were over 30, owned a property (singly or by marriage) or had been to university. True parity with the boys was still another 10 years off.
Had the war not happened, it’s likely that the campaign for women’s suffrage would have taken a lot longer to see results in Britain, and those results would have come after violent and unpopular protests. However, while the men of Britain were away, two million women took their places delivering post, building munitions, driving trucks and making sure the buses ran on time. So when peace was declared, it was hard for the authorities to deny them a say in the way the country was run, providing they were over 30, owned a property (singly or by marriage) or had been to university. True parity with the boys was still another 10 years off.
7. The End of Empire
There’s a lot of ground to cover here, but before the First World War the British economy was in surplus and things looked very rosy indeed, because of the way the Empire was configured. After the war, with all commonwealth countries having made incredible contributions and sacrifices, things were not the same, which led in turn to the dissolution of the empire after the Second World War, as this clip explains.
There’s a lot of ground to cover here, but before the First World War the British economy was in surplus and things looked very rosy indeed, because of the way the Empire was configured. After the war, with all commonwealth countries having made incredible contributions and sacrifices, things were not the same, which led in turn to the dissolution of the empire after the Second World War, as this clip explains.
8. Giving Blood
In 1914, it was discovered that donated blood could be kept from clotting if it was kept cold in a fridge, with a little sodium citrate. This meant that people could donate blood for transfusion to help keep injured soldiers alive. It took a while to work out the blood groups and who should get what, but this was one of the most significant medical breakthroughs in a time of many.
In 1914, it was discovered that donated blood could be kept from clotting if it was kept cold in a fridge, with a little sodium citrate. This meant that people could donate blood for transfusion to help keep injured soldiers alive. It took a while to work out the blood groups and who should get what, but this was one of the most significant medical breakthroughs in a time of many.
9. Class Mobility
The war took so many British lives that the structure of society itself had to change as a result. The upper classes took the greatest proportional hit, which meant there were far fewer confident and educated sons of privilege to take over the running of the country when the war was over. This coincided with a reduction in the serving classes, as families grew rather partial to earning wages in the factories, among their peers, rather than serving soup to Dowager Countesses. Also, the use of conscription to demand men of all backgrounds join up led to a change in the social structure of the army. Men of humble backgrounds were promoted to officer status, and for the first time, traditional forelock-tugging class distinctions were abandoned in favor of military pragmatism.
The war took so many British lives that the structure of society itself had to change as a result. The upper classes took the greatest proportional hit, which meant there were far fewer confident and educated sons of privilege to take over the running of the country when the war was over. This coincided with a reduction in the serving classes, as families grew rather partial to earning wages in the factories, among their peers, rather than serving soup to Dowager Countesses. Also, the use of conscription to demand men of all backgrounds join up led to a change in the social structure of the army. Men of humble backgrounds were promoted to officer status, and for the first time, traditional forelock-tugging class distinctions were abandoned in favor of military pragmatism.
10. Daylight-Saving Time
A simple innovation that changes the lives of millions of people all over the world every year, and we have the war to thank for it. In 1916, Germany began changing their clocks to suit the hours of daylight available in the day. Forward for the summer months, to give longer sunny evenings, and back in the autumn, to maximize what little sunshine there may have been during the day. Credit should really go to Benjamin Franklin, who is the earliest person on record as having suggested it. While many countries returned to one time zone all year after the war, the Brits kept it up, eventually referring to their daylight-saving time as “British Summer Time.”
A simple innovation that changes the lives of millions of people all over the world every year, and we have the war to thank for it. In 1916, Germany began changing their clocks to suit the hours of daylight available in the day. Forward for the summer months, to give longer sunny evenings, and back in the autumn, to maximize what little sunshine there may have been during the day. Credit should really go to Benjamin Franklin, who is the earliest person on record as having suggested it. While many countries returned to one time zone all year after the war, the Brits kept it up, eventually referring to their daylight-saving time as “British Summer Time.”
2014年7月27日 星期日
Land of Hope and Glory
這首 Land of Hope and Glory當然不只在下文的場合，我們在逍遙演唱會 ( the annual summer Proms concerts since 1941)等也常可看到。
最有趣的是在 2008年的：Reborn:Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1963 by Susan Sontag (身後出版品)
(1957) ："在畢業典禮上演唱 Land of Hope and Glory" (中文本，142頁)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_ROlkMOL9s
A British patriotic song: Land of Hope and Glory.
Land of Hope and Glory is used as the national anthem of England in the Commonwealth Games and some other sporting events. The song was used by the English rugby league team for the national anthem until 2005.
Land of Hope and Glory,
Mother of the Free,
How shall we extol thee,
Who are born of thee?
Wider still and wider,
Shall thy bounds be set,
God, who made thee mighty,
Make thee mightier yet,
God, who made thee mighty,
Make thee mightier yet.
Pictures of:
1. Buckingham Palace
2. Peak District
3. Pendennis Castle
4. Hadrians Wall
5. Stonehenge
6. River Avon
7. Westminser Abbey
8. Lake District
9. Maiden Castle
Comment and rate.
2014年7月24日 星期四
Tech City： We believe the UK is the best place to start and grow a digital business. The Time is Now.
Tech City
www.techcityuk.com/We believe the UK is the best place to start and grow a digital business. The Time is Now. We Connect · We Inform · We Advance. Why do we do what we do?
2014年7月23日 星期三
Revealed: the dirty secret of the UK’s poultry industry
Revealed: the dirty secret of the UK’s poultry industry
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/23/-sp-revealed-dirty-secret-uk-poultry-industry-chicken-campylobacter?
• Two-thirds of fresh retail chicken in UK contaminated with campylobacter 〔菌類〕カンピロバクター《Campylobacter 属の棒状菌；食中毒や胃腸炎を引き起す》
• Guardian findings prompt investigations at three major supermarkets
• Government shelves plans to name and shame suppliers
• Guardian findings prompt investigations at three major supermarkets
• Government shelves plans to name and shame suppliers
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/23/-sp-revealed-dirty-secret-uk-poultry-industry-chicken-campylobacter?
2014年7月21日 星期一
This 1961 report on the Glyndebourne Festival in Sussex, England,
This 1961 report on the Glyndebourne Festival in Sussex, England, presents a rather dramatic contrast to the modern-day parks concert concept. Instead of loud cellphone talkers and cavorting children, women arrived in evening gowns and pearls and men wore tuxedos as they ate country picnics (with champagne) and played croquet.
2014年7月20日 星期日
John Lewis stores and The John Lewis Partnership
The John Lewis Partnership is an employee-owned UK company which operatesJohn Lewis department stores, Waitrose supermarkets and some other services. The company is owned by a trust on behalf of all its employees — known as Partners – who have a say in the running of the business and receive a share of annual profits, which is usually a significant addition to their salary. The group is the third largest UK private company in the Sunday Times Top Track 100 for 2010.[4] Additionally, John Lewis also has the distinction of being UK's best high-street website after beating M&S in October 2010.[5] The chain's image is upmarket, and it appeals strongly to middle- and upper-class shoppers. Recently, however, John Lewis has broadened its marketing strategy towards all types of buyers, with the introduction of the 'Value' range to John Lewis and the 'Essential' range to Waitrose, and the expansion of the business.
（中央社記者黃貞貞倫敦特稿）提到英國百貨公司，許多人聯想到的是哈洛德或賽福居百貨（Selfridges），而全國連鎖點最多的約翰路易斯百貨（John Lewis）今年將慶祝150週年，才是深受民眾與外國觀光客信賴。
倫敦小布店 150年成為英最大連鎖百貨
創辦人John Lewis以自己的名字於1864年5月2日在倫敦牛津街上開設一家小型的布店，150年後發展成為交易量達40億英鎊的英國最大連鎖百貨公司，現在John Lewis在英國有41家分店，販售包括家飾、電器，時尚等35萬種商品，員工達9萬1000人。
John Lewis百貨總經理史屈特（Andy Street）告訴中央社記者，John Lewis在激烈競爭的市場得以持續創造獲利，除了獨特的員工合夥人制度（Partnership），還有不斷投資加強科技與市調，精準掌握甚至預測消費者的需求。
John Lewis牛津街上的起始店，同時也是旗艦店總經理佛勒（Simon Fowler）說， 的承諾，是它能創造營業佳績的重要原因。
John Lewis的長子John Spedan Lewis早在21歲時已獲得John Lewis百貨四分之一的股權，坐擁大筆財富，但是他不以此為滿足，開始思考企業獲利與員工共享的計畫，在一場騎馬意外後，讓他更進一步思考，直到1929年「合夥人制度」正式成立，是當時英國劃時代的新制度。
首創合夥人制度 利潤分享員工
John Spedan Lewis曾說，「合夥人制度」的終極目標，是讓成功企業裡努力工作的員工，都能獲得他們應有的快樂與滿足，這個前衛的企業制度，奠定John Lewis屢創營運佳績的重要基礎。
史屈特說，因為「合夥人制度」，員工之間沒有利益衝突，而是利潤共享，也因為沒有外部股東的介入，更容易在經營策略上取得共識，努力達陣。
1985年史屈特從培育英國菁英的牛津大學畢業，原本想擔任社工但未果，申請馬莎百貨（Marks & Spencer）也被拒，最後加入John Lewis。他曾在受訪時回憶說，在John Lewis工作的第一個耶誕節，大學同學看到他在收銀機旁工作，忍不住對他說，「Andy，發生了什麼事？你搞砸了嗎？」
史屈特說，他當初沒想到自己會在John Lewis工作超過20年，「一旦加入John Lewis做滿3年就很難離開了，每年都有超過700名員工慶祝他們在John Lewis服務滿25週年」，事實證明，當年為他惋惜的同學錯了。
去年John Lewis稅前獲利達3億291萬英鎊，全體員工可以支領到相當於15%的薪資，約八週薪水的紅利，羨煞許多零售業員工。
投資網購海外擴點 英式購物服務遍全球
當其它競爭者因為金融風暴及歐元危機等接連重創減縮投資，John Lewis看準網路購物潛力與商機，持續投資。史屈特指出，網路銷售金額達11億英鎊，占John Lewis整體銷售的29%。
2013/2014年John Lewis實體店銷售量成長3.5%，但網路銷售量勁升19.2%，成績笑傲百貨業。目前除了英國國內，在法國等歐洲國家，以及美國、加拿大、新加坡、南非、澳洲、紐西蘭等33個國家都提供網路購物服務，每年約有2100萬名海外消費者在John Lewis網站購物。
佛勒表示，根據John Lewis的統計，去年中國大陸是到實體店消費最多的外國消費者，消費金額成長25%，平均在店內每筆消費達285英鎊，John Lewis自2012年起接受大陸銀聯卡，就是看準陸客雄厚的消費實力。
John Lewis計劃陸續在約克、伯明罕、牛津等地展店，海外除了在南韓的百貨公司內設有專櫃，史屈特透露，亞洲地區未來計劃前進台灣、 日本、印尼、新加坡、馬來西亞等市場，讓亞洲民眾體會英式購物服務。（詳細內容請參閱全球中央雜誌7月號）1030720
倫敦小布店 150年成為英最大連鎖百貨
創辦人John Lewis以自己的名字於1864年5月2日在倫敦牛津街上開設一家小型的布店，150年後發展成為交易量達40億英鎊的英國最大連鎖百貨公司，現在John Lewis在英國有41家分店，販售包括家飾、電器，時尚等35萬種商品，員工達9萬1000人。
John Lewis百貨總經理史屈特（Andy Street）告訴中央社記者，John Lewis在激烈競爭的市場得以持續創造獲利，除了獨特的員工合夥人制度（Partnership），還有不斷投資加強科技與市調，精準掌握甚至預測消費者的需求。
John Lewis牛津街上的起始店，同時也是旗艦店總經理佛勒（Simon Fowler）說， 的承諾，是它能創造營業佳績的重要原因。
John Lewis的長子John Spedan Lewis早在21歲時已獲得John Lewis百貨四分之一的股權，坐擁大筆財富，但是他不以此為滿足，開始思考企業獲利與員工共享的計畫，在一場騎馬意外後，讓他更進一步思考，直到1929年「合夥人制度」正式成立，是當時英國劃時代的新制度。
首創合夥人制度 利潤分享員工
John Spedan Lewis曾說，「合夥人制度」的終極目標，是讓成功企業裡努力工作的員工，都能獲得他們應有的快樂與滿足，這個前衛的企業制度，奠定John Lewis屢創營運佳績的重要基礎。
史屈特說，因為「合夥人制度」，員工之間沒有利益衝突，而是利潤共享，也因為沒有外部股東的介入，更容易在經營策略上取得共識，努力達陣。
1985年史屈特從培育英國菁英的牛津大學畢業，原本想擔任社工但未果，申請馬莎百貨（Marks & Spencer）也被拒，最後加入John Lewis。他曾在受訪時回憶說，在John Lewis工作的第一個耶誕節，大學同學看到他在收銀機旁工作，忍不住對他說，「Andy，發生了什麼事？你搞砸了嗎？」
史屈特說，他當初沒想到自己會在John Lewis工作超過20年，「一旦加入John Lewis做滿3年就很難離開了，每年都有超過700名員工慶祝他們在John Lewis服務滿25週年」，事實證明，當年為他惋惜的同學錯了。
去年John Lewis稅前獲利達3億291萬英鎊，全體員工可以支領到相當於15%的薪資，約八週薪水的紅利，羨煞許多零售業員工。
投資網購海外擴點 英式購物服務遍全球
當其它競爭者因為金融風暴及歐元危機等接連重創減縮投資，John Lewis看準網路購物潛力與商機，持續投資。史屈特指出，網路銷售金額達11億英鎊，占John Lewis整體銷售的29%。
2013/2014年John Lewis實體店銷售量成長3.5%，但網路銷售量勁升19.2%，成績笑傲百貨業。目前除了英國國內，在法國等歐洲國家，以及美國、加拿大、新加坡、南非、澳洲、紐西蘭等33個國家都提供網路購物服務，每年約有2100萬名海外消費者在John Lewis網站購物。
佛勒表示，根據John Lewis的統計，去年中國大陸是到實體店消費最多的外國消費者，消費金額成長25%，平均在店內每筆消費達285英鎊，John Lewis自2012年起接受大陸銀聯卡，就是看準陸客雄厚的消費實力。
John Lewis計劃陸續在約克、伯明罕、牛津等地展店，海外除了在南韓的百貨公司內設有專櫃，史屈特透露，亞洲地區未來計劃前進台灣、 日本、印尼、新加坡、馬來西亞等市場，讓亞洲民眾體會英式購物服務。（詳細內容請參閱全球中央雜誌7月號）1030720
John Lewis is a chain of upscale department stores operating throughout Great Britain. The chain is owned by the John Lewis Partnership. The first John Lewis store was opened in 1864 in Oxford Street, London.
The chain is known for its policy of "Never Knowingly Undersold" which has been in use since 1925.[1]
There are 43 stores throughout England, Scotland and Wales, including ten new 'At Home' stores, and a new 'flexible format' store in Exeter. The store in Cardiff is the largest operated by the Partnership outside London.
On 1 January 2008, the Oxford Street store was awarded a Royal Warrant from Her Majesty the Queen as: "suppliers of haberdashery and household goods".[2] John LewisReading is also the holder of a Royal Warrant from the Queen in 2007 as suppliers of household and fancy goods.[3] Peter Jones, located in Sloane Square, Chelsea, is the holder of a Royal Warrant to both HRH The Prince of Wales and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh as draper and furnisher.[4]
2014年7月5日 星期六
London Art Week Kicks Off with a Bang
London Art Week Kicks Off with a Bang
Sir Joshua Reynolds, Lavinia, Countess Spencer 1762–1831, aged 23 or 24 (1785–86).
Photo: Ben Elwes Fine Art.
Photo: Ben Elwes Fine Art.
The success of art fairs, and their ever-increasing number, might suggest that cruising from booth to booth has become the “new normal” way of seeing and buying art. It’s reassuring, quick, and efficient—what more could a time-pressed collector want?
A more individual experience, perhaps. And this is exactly what London Art Week, which starts today and will continue until July 11, has to offer. “Fairs are useful and very necessary, but what we do here is slightly more personal,” explains Lowell Libson of the eponymous gallery, a specialist of British art from the 17th to the 20th century and one of the major forces behind the event. “It allows a degree of discretion. I’m able to show clients, or potential clients, pictures which I probably would not wish to take into a more public arena, because I want to introduce them to clients in a much more discreet way.”
Over 50 antique and Old Masters dealers are holding special exhibitions in their premises, and out-of-town gallerists are setting up shop all over Mayfair and St James’s, showcasing artworks that range from Egyptian bronzes at Rupert Wace Ancient Art to rare Modigliani drawings at Richard Nathanson.
London Art Week is the reunion of Master Drawings and Sculpture Week and Master Paintings Week, which were originally conceived as companion events to the important Old Masters summer auctions. “It was slightly wasteful of resources, and slightly confusing to have these two very closely related events taking place in London,” says Libson, “so we came together under the banner of London Art Week, which gives extraordinary critical mass.”
Jusepe de Ribera, Saint James the Greater (c. 1632).
Photo: Fergus Hall Master Paintings.
Photo: Fergus Hall Master Paintings.
A newly authenticated picture of Saint James the Greater by the Baroque master Jusepe de Ribera, also known as Lo Spanoletto or “the Little Spaniard,” will no doubt attract much attention in the coming days. When dealer Fergus Hall first came across it, it was in poor state and catalogued as an unsigned studio piece. Intensive restoration work revealed the artist’s signature and further details. The painting has since been authenticated by Ribera scholar Nicola Spinosa. It is being offered at Fergus Hall Master Paintings for £1.1 million.
Among the other highlights this year is a pastel by Alfred Sisley, The Cliffs at Langland Bay, Wales (1897), picturing an area the painter visited during his honeymoon. The piece is presented as part of Stephen Ongpin Fine Art’s “The Art of Pastel: Drawings from the 18th to the 20th Century” exhibition, which also includes work by Edvard Munch and Claude Monet. A portrait of Princess Diana’s ancestor Lavinia Countess Spencer painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds will be shown to the public for the first time ever at Ben Elwes Fine Art.
Bust of a Young Woman, Rome, 1630–1640.
Photo: Galerie Sismann.
Photo: Galerie Sismann.
That the gallery has chosen not to show in any art fair and concentrates instead on London Art Week as its primary platform for attracting international visibility and sales speaks volumes. As does the fact that the week is now seen as a key date in the art calendar by museum representatives from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum, and Los Angeles’s J. Paul Getty Museum, all making the trip this year.
Private buyers are also set to benefit from London Art Week’s intimate approach. “It allows collectors, especially those coming into this fresh, to actually get a sense of how individual dealers operate, what their ethos is, how they approach things,” continues Libson. “It’s far more revealing and comfortable to see them on their own premises, than in the square box of a stand in an art fair.”
[Featured image: Amedeo Modigliani, Final Known Study for L’Amazone (1909). Photo: Richard Nathanson.]
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