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Quoted: A Matisse painting depicting one of the artist’s favorite models fetched $33.6 million tonight at Christie’s, breaking the previous auction record for the artist in a lively kickoff to the fall auction season.

Redot Sudha.
First, Calcutta Durga Pujas are AWESOME!
Second, I disagree with Mr. Mukerjee that it is "excess"...this is the only puja that we celebrate in this way. It is a tradition in Bengali culture...if Rockefeller Center can spend a ton of money on a Christmas tree and Holiday decoration and not be deemed extravagant, how dare he call something this deeply rooted in our spirit and culture, an "excess". he's just being a stick-in-the-mud cause he wasn't invited.

Quoted: Half Mardi Gras, half Christmas, Durga Pujo, a five-day festival dedicated to the Hindu goddess Durga, is the most important religious event for Hindus in Calcutta

FYI: $=39.8 INDR

last month it was $= 42 INDR

Quoted: MUMBAI (Reuters) - Artist Atul Dodiya is feted at galleries in New York and London where his paintings sell for six figure sums. But it's ...

Quoted: A declining industrial city turned to Frank Gehry to deliver some titanium-clad salvation. It got what it wished for.

Quoted: elBulli Restaurante, situado en Cala Montjoi, Roses.

wow, this place is already completely booked for 2007!

Quoted: Franziska and Gerhard Flögel are a middle-aged German couple who love and collect art. In early July they traveled to this remote cove in northeastern Spain to visit the creator in his studio. They...

why can't cuisine be considered art, especially since it requires as much imagination, creativity, patience, and aesthetics, as a canvas painting, or sculpture, or installations. Plus it tastes good and is edible.

Quoted: The Getty Villa in Malibu is an educational center and museum dedicated to the study of the arts and cultures of ancient Greece, Rome, and Etruria. The Villa serves a varied audience through the permanent collection, changing exhibitions, conservation, scholarship, research, and public programs.

keep driving past this last four days...need to check it out eventually. looks amazing from the outside, nestled atop the hill in Malibu, overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

Quoted: Public nudity is losing its power to shock

never thought public nudity would reach an all-time low, nor that it would be the first news on Economist.

Quoted: Self-taught, Nate then went on to form Nate Berkus Associates in 1995 at the age of 24. Moving from the auction house to interiors was ...

aside from being incredibly dreamy, this guy's a fantastic and creative designer. saw him on Oprah last night, and the transformation he made to a 250 sq.ft. home in Midtown, was incredible!