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Creating art is not usually a very dangerous endeavor, but for Luis Jimenez it unfortunately was. This is the story of a misunderstood piece of art...
Rachel Istvan 6 October 2017
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Zuzanna Stańska 17 September 2017
The Hundred Faces Of Kiki de Montparnasse
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When we hear Casanova we think of Giacomo the famous adventurer, who in his autobiography, Histoire de ma vie (Story of My Life) described often...
Zuzanna Stańska 13 September 2017
