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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)Sat, 4 Oct 2008 01:52:19 +0100Wed, 8 Oct 2008 07:34:00 +0100Newspapers15http://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://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/78e530ec-90e7-11dd-8abb-0000779fd18c.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/78e530ec-90e7-11dd-8abb-0000779fd18c.htmlJohn Morris, a former picture editor at Life magazine, talks to Peter Aspden about legendary photographer Robert Capa and the drama of the Normandy landingsSat, 4 Oct 2008 01:52:19 +0100http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/65d9c01e-8b59-11dd-b634-0000779fd18c.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/65d9c01e-8b59-11dd-b634-0000779fd18c.htmlHBO's very wholesome mini-series about the second president of the United States is something of a radical departure for the cable channel, says Peter Aspden Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:18:42 +0100http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b48174d2-85dc-11dd-a1ac-0000779fd18c.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b48174d2-85dc-11dd-a1ac-0000779fd18c.htmlKevin Spacey, artistic director of a transformed Old Vic, and Michael Hintze, the theatre's financial backer, tell Peter Aspden why, in uncertain times, cultural philanthropy remains crucial to societySat, 20 Sep 2008 01:44:05 +0100http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/37f1eeb2-85df-11dd-a1ac-0000779fd18c.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/37f1eeb2-85df-11dd-a1ac-0000779fd18c.htmlBritish choreographer Christopher Wheeldon, creator of the world's first transatlantic dance company, had his crushing epiphany with the Bolshoi Ballet, says Peter Aspden Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:42:31 +0100http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/092dbdb2-8446-11dd-bf00-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/092dbdb2-8446-11dd-bf00-000077b07658.htmlArt lovers have thrown down a challenge to the way art is sold and spend another £41m at Sotheby's 'experimental' auction of new works by Damien Hirst, writes Peter Aspden Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:35:27 +0100http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4d7ba560-837e-11dd-907e-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4d7ba560-837e-11dd-907e-000077b07658.htmlAn experimental sale of new works by Damien Hirst surpasses expectations with the top lot, the 600kg bullock 'The Golden Calf', selling for £10.3m, writes Peter Aspden Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:32:28 +0100http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/69a0a1f8-8060-11dd-99a9-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/69a0a1f8-8060-11dd-99a9-000077b07658.htmlPeter Aspden wonders how the dour, freedom-hating regimes of eastern Europe ended up sponsoring the modernist architectural marvel that is JestedSat, 13 Sep 2008 01:32:32 +0100http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/60448c52-8059-11dd-99a9-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/60448c52-8059-11dd-99a9-000077b07658.htmlA series of upcoming auctions, fairs and gallery openings reflects the confidence surging through the art world, in spite of warnings that the market is heading downward, writes Peter Aspden Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:23:15 +0100http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5e7db362-8059-11dd-99a9-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5e7db362-8059-11dd-99a9-000077b07658.htmlPeter Aspden says the artist has captured the imagination of the London art world as tickets to his upcoming auction at Sotheby's, estimated to raise £65m, have been sold outFri, 12 Sep 2008 04:23:15 +0100http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b7c1ae5e-7ad9-11dd-adbe-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b7c1ae5e-7ad9-11dd-adbe-000077b07658.htmlSculptor Marc Quinn says the scale of his seven-tonne effigy of a naked infant is capable of transforming its substantive meaning, writes Peter Aspden Sat, 6 Sep 2008 01:59:11 +0100http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/deca6208-755b-11dd-ab30-0000779fd18c.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/deca6208-755b-11dd-ab30-0000779fd18c.htmlThe ineptitude depicted in London's eight-minute number to symbolise the handover of the next Olympics is a worrying preview of what is to come, says Peter Aspden Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:02:52 +0100http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/53c8a9bc-6fde-11dd-986f-0000779fd18c.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/53c8a9bc-6fde-11dd-986f-0000779fd18c.htmlTwo ambassadors for culture, artists Steve McQueen and Tracey Emin, celebrate another strand of the national temperament by being anything but restrained, writes Peter Aspden Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:24:51 +0100http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1c2bf868-6a59-11dd-83e8-0000779fd18c.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1c2bf868-6a59-11dd-83e8-0000779fd18c.html'Architecting' has allusive and elusive themes, with a narrative fragmented into pieces that do not cohere easily. And yet what a joy it is to see new writing, says Peter Aspden Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:53:09 +0100http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/48cb75c4-64dc-11dd-af61-0000779fd18c.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/48cb75c4-64dc-11dd-af61-0000779fd18c.htmlThe yawning gap between vainglorious artists and their tricksy ideas is the curse of contemporary art which never resists the urge to draw a cheap laugh, says Peter Aspden Sat, 9 Aug 2008 01:17:21 +0100http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bf07ca88-5f61-11dd-91c0-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bf07ca88-5f61-11dd-91c0-000077b07658.htmlPeter Aspden motors through southern Italy in a quest to purchase the latest album of France's first lady Sat, 2 Aug 2008 01:25:09 +0100