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Monday, August 10, 2009 |
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The art broker |
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By Angelo Cantera, Reporter
Being a broker for about 30 years, Didi Dee understands the
importance of an artist’s name. But even as she admits that her
business has changed her in so many ways, some of the beliefs that
she held during her younger years still remain intact. As a mediator
between creators and collectors, she still feels that it is not her
job to sell names; her mandate is to market talent, to give focus to
effort and to dispel the long withstanding notion that all it takes
for a piece to be an opus is the signature of a master.
“I’ve always been against the way some
brokers and galleries operate with ‘name-centric
philosophies,’” Dee told The Manila Times. “There are a lot of
works in the market right now that only have value because of the
name of the artist. Ever since I got into this business, I felt that
a lot of people put so much importance on such a thing so I went
toward the opposite direction.”
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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SKEPTIC
TANK
By Tim Tayag
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Conspiracy theory
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I’ve heard of a lot of different conspiracy theories, like the one
about the hotdogs and hotdog buns. The reason that hotdogs come in
packs of six and buns come in packs of four is for you to keep
buying more of each to match...
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Entrepreneur
ushers in Iron Age in furniture
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Wrought iron furniture made in the Philippines has come a long way
since the turn of the century. From a period where the skill for
ornamentation achieved great heights in Europe until the time
furniture design turned minimalist for...
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Emerging markets
expert to speak in Manila
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Dr. Mark Mobius, one of the leading world experts on investments and
a regular commentator on Bloomberg and CNBC, is set to deliver the
keynote address during the prestigious annual Pacific Region
Investment Conference to be held...
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What it takes to
get a job in the UK
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British Council holds employability seminar
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The British Council will hold an employability seminar on August 14,
from 5 p.m to 8 p.m. at the British Council office. The seminar has
invited speakers who will talk about how their study experiences and
credentials from the UK have helped them in seeking jobs both in the
UK and the Philippines.
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Cosplay becomes
the pastime of China’s office workers
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SHANGHAI: The skeleton warriors briefly stumbled backward but kept
lumbering toward 23-year-old Zhao Jing as she blasted them with two
oversized six-shooters in a battle set to pounding music.
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PROCRASTINATOR: WHEN THE BOSS ISN’T LOOKING
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Just playing around
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‘TimeKillGames.com’
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The title pretty much says it all. Unimaginative yet apt, it is very
much indicative of what the site itself has to offer. That being
said, there’s no point in expecting much in terms of graphics.
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PEOPLE
By Bob Garon
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Sex can be dangerous
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Part 1 of 3 parts
“Sex is very dangerous for love,”writes Dr. Paul Pearsall.
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