Smooth flow and swirling action are also the strengths of Mr. Bourne’s choreography and direction. This production moves. But besides the set, its chief cleverness lies in its choice of music, a collage clipped from various film scores by Bernard Herrmann. It’s the sound of “The Ghost and Mrs. Muir” …

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“I feel fortunate because it’s like having your cake and eating it, too,” Mr. Shanus said. “You get a lot of pleasure in holding it, but if you sell it, it’s an appreciating asset.” Photo A baseball signed by Ronald Reagan, as shown, and also Mikhail Gorbachev, not pictured, in …

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“I was going to say that it just reinforces my belief that the internet is a dark and horrible place but really, that’s not fair,” he added. “The internet is a fine and impressive culmination and convergence of technology and art and science and information. It’s humanity that just stinks.” …

Ms. Dove chuckled when it was pointed out that the title of the artwork sounded a bit like a Dementor from “Harry Potter.” “I think of her as chick ‘Pacific Rim’,” she said, referring to the monster movie. “There’s a sense of having created these deranged pets.” Photo Ms. Dove …

“At the very beginning, when we’re putting a sale together, we’re depending on what people offer us,” Ms. von der Linn said. As the artwork comes in, if themes or patterns develop, the auction house will put feelers out for similar work. But the results can be varied, she said: …

“We’re like a Silicon Valley start-up,” said Adam Sheffer, the president of the Art Dealers Association of America, speaking of gallerists generally. “We’re going to try some things, and some things will work, but you can’t adhere to the same principles of sitting in your gallery like a garage attendant …

But some question the large sums spent on a private museum while the country’s public museums languish, as well as its location on one of the most expensive pieces of real estate in South Africa — the sprawling V & A Waterfront complex of shops and restaurants, much visited by …

“When I was a kid, I had my own country that I made up,” he said in a recent interview. The fantasy helped him work through the uncertainty of World War II, he said. “It was a way for me to react to the world and be myself in a …