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See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.client.support@ft.com (Client Support)Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:57:47 +0000Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:13:26 +0000Newspapers15http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gif/arts/columnists/peteraspden(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/46945dc2-d568-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fpeteraspdenhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/46945dc2-d568-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.htmlTouched by a compilation of 1950s Christmas songs, Peter Aspden returns to holiday chart-toppers from past decades and ponders how they have served as markers of the timesFri, 20 Nov 2009 22:57:47 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/dc7c186c-d567-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fpeteraspdenhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/dc7c186c-d567-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.htmlThe charming billionaire oligarch talks to Peter Aspden about growing up as the son of a KGB agent, buying the Evening Standard and promoting Russian culture in BritainFri, 20 Nov 2009 17:02:23 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/3b75a112-cfe1-11de-a36d-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fpeteraspdenhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/3b75a112-cfe1-11de-a36d-00144feabdc0.htmlWhatever cool was, Miles Davis captured it: those taut, elegant musical lines that expressed effortlessness, freedom and melancholy all at the same time, writes Peter Aspden Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:17:26 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/509cac0e-ca62-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fpeteraspdenhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/509cac0e-ca62-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.htmlAs the Berlin wall fell in 1989, households in parts of eastern Europe tuned in to MTV and found themselves part of a brash new world, writes Peter Aspden Fri, 6 Nov 2009 23:02:02 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/4e3eb722-ca62-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fpeteraspdenhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/4e3eb722-ca62-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.htmlThe philanthropist and collector Eli Broad tells Peter Aspden he wants his city to become a must-visit cultural destinationFri, 6 Nov 2009 22:50:03 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/89d4c31e-c4e3-11de-8d54-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fpeteraspdenhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/89d4c31e-c4e3-11de-8d54-00144feab49a.htmlMartha Wainwright, a singer who defies categorisation, tackles Edith Piaf in a 'chanson' CD that sounds to Peter Aspden like the opposite of today's cynically-crafted pop musicFri, 30 Oct 2009 22:42:47 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/0dc1a686-bf6e-11de-a696-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fpeteraspdenhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/0dc1a686-bf6e-11de-a696-00144feab49a.htmlCommercial photographer Nadav Kander's attention to the 'smallness of the individual' powered his award-winning series, writes Peter Aspden Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:52:02 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/e356bca4-b9e3-11de-a747-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fpeteraspdenhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/e356bca4-b9e3-11de-a747-00144feab49a.htmlPatti Smith performed at a new exhibition of Mapplethorpe photographs and Peter Aspden says she has mastered the delicate dilemma of how a posturing rock star should handle the autumnal yearsFri, 16 Oct 2009 22:58:06 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/ed640048-ba98-11de-9dd7-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fpeteraspdenhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ed640048-ba98-11de-9dd7-00144feab49a.htmlBrit art's big week may foreshadow a return to pre-modern art. What better sums up the 21st century than the lust for celebrity and the rapid dissemination of triviality? writes Peter Aspden Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:22:53 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/85fa613c-b8e4-11de-98ee-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fpeteraspdenhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/85fa613c-b8e4-11de-98ee-00144feab49a.htmlDespite the talk of crisis in the air, dealers are reporting brisk trade and collectors are turning out in large numbers to take advantage of reduced prices, writes Peter Aspden Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:55:33 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/d16f38f4-b821-11de-8ca9-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fpeteraspdenhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d16f38f4-b821-11de-8ca9-00144feab49a.htmlThe gallery removes the art work featuring a nude Brooke Shields when she was 10 after being told by the police that it was indecent under the Protection of Children Act, writes Peter Aspden Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:27:54 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/2293ee1e-b462-11de-bec8-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fpeteraspdenhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/2293ee1e-b462-11de-bec8-00144feab49a.htmlPeter Aspden meets Jeremy Piven, the actor playing the ego-fuelled motor-mouthed agent in the HBO series 'Entourage', who says he's really a sensitive, yoga-doing freakFri, 9 Oct 2009 22:15:07 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/66e83e2c-b1d2-11de-a271-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fpeteraspdenhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/66e83e2c-b1d2-11de-a271-00144feab49a.htmlRoger Hiorns, whose sculptures use materials in altered or destabilised states, has been named the odds-on favourite to win the prize after the art gallery revealed this year's shortlisted worksTue, 6 Oct 2009 03:20:55 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/fdb2bcb2-aee2-11de-96d7-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fpeteraspdenhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/fdb2bcb2-aee2-11de-96d7-00144feabdc0.htmlRobert Crumb's illustrated Biblical account of the creation of mankind will surprise aficionados accustomed to his grotesque and sexually charged fables, writes Peter Aspden Fri, 2 Oct 2009 22:19:13 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/f8d9fb92-aee2-11de-96d7-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fpeteraspdenhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/f8d9fb92-aee2-11de-96d7-00144feabdc0.htmlHis work – humorous, conceptual, promiscuously mixing text and image – has found its time; or perhaps our own time has finally found him, writes Peter Aspden Fri, 2 Oct 2009 22:18:29 +0100