FOUQUET MASTERPIECE ON VIEW AT THE PRADO 
With her unreal white skin, almost no eyebrows and a very high hairline, Fouquet's Virgin Mary embodies the ideal of beauty in the Early French Renaissance.

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REVIEW: MRS. CASTELLI GETS HER DUE
 
Alan Behr on 'Ileana Sonnabend: Ambassador for the New' at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

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REVIEW: HOFESH SHECTER'S 'SUN' 
A review of Israeli-born choreographer Hofesh Shechter's latest piece,'Sun'.

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LES RENDEZ-VOUS

Culturekiosque editors select noteworthy exhibitions, performances, films, concerts, festivals and other events around Europe, the Americas and worldwide worth including in your travel plans this winter. Daily updates.

Cover Photo: The Russian Avant-Garde and Sport
at the Olympic Museum
in Lausanne, Switzerland