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...some small mountain peaks. Others appear overambitious failures, until you look further. The monumental Portrait of a Woman (1895) is one of several Rousseaus bought by Picasso. It might seem a clumsy copy of a commercial photograph, until you notice the woman's hand holding an upturned, withered branch, and beyond the balcony railings a bleak treeless landscape bisected by an empty road. His so-called portrait landscapes, says Morris, produced hybrids "full of riddles." That is exactly what impressed Rousseau's avant-garde friends and the later Surrealists: they appreciated his ability to combine images to unsettling effect...
...access to FBI intelligence, which had been off-limits for building criminal cases. The intel files include wiretaps and other surveillance of al-Arian carried out abroad by Israeli agents, who had also taken an interest in the professor and had shared their findings with the FBI's intelligence branch...
...hypnotic bass led the drums like dogs in heat, but most of the band played whatever instruments they could find. Homemade electronics, two saxophones, three guitars, two basses, a KAOSS Pad effects processor, and sundry pedals lay scattered on the stage. The one guiding force was a five-foot branch, alternating between walking stick, club, and flagstaff for a silver scarf, entertaining the whole venue. Sunburned took a break to announce “We’re the J. Geils Band, but there ain’t no centerfold fucking up here,” before heading back into...
...Playing in an Old Tree along the Bank of a Stream.”This screen door is both practical as a household appliance and artistic, with monkey-like creatures configured with naturalistic brushes. Its premise is that a number of the animals are linking arms under a tree branch hoping to reach for the moon, but only moving closer to the moon’s reflection in the stream. It’s a subtle reference to Buddhist philosophy but also, more importantly, a powerful statement on illusion and reality—and perhaps art itself.And though the Sackler?...
...fresh perspective that can shake the UC out of its rut.”Convincing Hadfield, a 23-year-old British entrepreneur, to enroll at Harvard was a slightly easier endeavor than the high-stakes expeditions Grimeland has undertaken in the past. The Norwegian native, a corporal in a branch of the Norwegian Special Forces that he says is equivalent to the American Navy SEALs, has served less than one semester on the UC as a member of the Finance Commmittee (FiCom).“I’ve been on the UC. I know the committees, I know what...