Archive for November, 2006

Krumpets With Medici Conspiracy’s Peter Watson

Article – Suzan Mazur

The Carlyle Hotel on Manhattan’s Upper East Side was the designated meeting spot, in the bar made famous by Ludwig Bemelman’s mural of Manhattan, Carlyle’s very own Euphronios masterpiece. Bemelman’s was packed at 5:30, and I ran into US News & World …
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Hicham Aboutaam: “It Is Good To Be Scrutinized”

With a searing ancient Near East focus, Hicham Aboutaam, the 30ish Lebanese antiquities dealer sweeps into the back of his Phoenix gallery showroom in Manhattan to greet me. He is dressed in French elegance, his handshake somewhat reserved. I later notice …
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