Arts & Culture
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Rothko retrospective
Mark Rothko's paintings are spaces within which we can contemplate the stillness at the core of who we are - a space to daydream
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Conditions of carriage
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Mr Motivator
There's one manager even the Krays said they'd turn out for
Barack and the brandy
Rednecks might vote for Obama if they knew about his namesake
Very poor phorm
Advertisers should not be allowed to spy on net users' browsing habits
Dedicated follower of fashion
When he accepted a job at Condé Nast, Edward Steichen was criticised for "selling out" - but he turned commercial photography into a true art form
Katie Mitchell
Mitchell is an English theatre director who is best known for her bold reworkings of plays by Euripides and Chekhov. She joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1998 and was made an associate of the Royal National Theatre earlier this year. “. . . some trace of her”, inspired by Dostoevsky’s “The Idiot”, is at the Cottesloe, National Theatre, until 21 October. For more information, visit www.nationaltheatre.org.uk
Playing the game
Aimé Maeght, master manipulator of the art market, could have taught Charles Saatchi a thing or two
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A life in pictures
David Thomson's books will tell you more about film than anyone else's, yet the term "critic" can't contain his love for the medium. Antonia Quirke meets her hero
In Theatre
There's more to life than comedy
The ghost of Hamlet haunts this winning revival of Chekhov's overlooked first play
Ivanov
Donmar West End, London WC2
