Sentences with phrase «figure in public life»

There is no figure in public life, with the possible exception of her husband, who has so strong a hold on liberal hearts and minds.

Thousands of Britain's most important figures in public life could have their banking transactions monitored closely under new rules from Brussels.

Not exact matches

Maybe all I have to do is become a more public figure and get on Bloomberg or CNBC to talk about escaping the rat race, entrepreneurial life in Silicon valley, negotiating a severance package, retirement planning, or the myriad of personal finance topics to surpass LearnVest's traffic.

But for some black racial justice activists, organizers, and public figures, the reaction to the students of Stoneman Douglas has also led to another truth: Organizing around Black Lives Matter and the larger Movement for Black Lives, another youth - led movement demanding policy change in the wake of trauma, was not and has not been as readily embraced.

He was challenged on his show in 2007 by Father Tom Euteneuer of Human Life International, who observed that such a position emanating from a public figure technically fulfilled the requirements for something called heresy.

«For someone like me who has long campaigned for open and honest data in public life I could not have set foot on a battle bus that has at the heart of its campaign a figure that I know to be untrue,» she told the BBC.

Public life is full of mandatory rituals in which every politician, artist, writer, celebrity, teacher or any public figure is willing to participate, all to prove that their liberal - democratic creed springs spontaneously from the depths of their hearts.&Public life is full of mandatory rituals in which every politician, artist, writer, celebrity, teacher or any public figure is willing to participate, all to prove that their liberal - democratic creed springs spontaneously from the depths of their hearts.&public figure is willing to participate, all to prove that their liberal - democratic creed springs spontaneously from the depths of their hearts.»

Much of Marty's discussion is devoted to sorting out the various entities that figure into the complex workings of religion in public life.

Moreover, Muslim influence in Nigerian public life is far disproportionate to the numbers: almost every major figure in the current military government, including the president and all but one cabinet member, is Muslim.

In interviews, Cruise has said that those who knew Barry Seal in real life loved him in spite of his flaws, and this seems to hold true for a lot of public figures who overcome scrutiny through outward affabilitIn interviews, Cruise has said that those who knew Barry Seal in real life loved him in spite of his flaws, and this seems to hold true for a lot of public figures who overcome scrutiny through outward affabilitin real life loved him in spite of his flaws, and this seems to hold true for a lot of public figures who overcome scrutiny through outward affabilitin spite of his flaws, and this seems to hold true for a lot of public figures who overcome scrutiny through outward affability.

The opening episode (I Kings 1:1 - 4) is emphatically not in deference to popular taste for smutty or racy details from the life of a public figure.

And of course, most congregations take it as unanimous in the New Testament that Mary and Joseph lived in Nazareth before Jesus was born (contra Matthew), there was at Jesus» baptism a public announcement from heaven as to his divinity (contra Mark and Luke), Jesus was rejected in his home town because he was a familiar local figure (contra Luke), Peter was the foremost apostle (contra John), and Judas hanged himself (contra Luke, in Acts)

We live in an age of collective outrage, where misdeeds committed by public figures — the kinds of actions that were once easily forgotten or never exposed in the first place — can become global trending topics in a matter of hours.

You have figured out how to breastfeed through teething, nursing in public, and all the other new challenges that come with the first year of a baby» s life.

Cannadine concludes that throughout her premierships she was the dominant figure in British public life, and she not only made the political weather, but went some way towards changing the political climate, too.

Less than 3 percent of black retirees with public pensions lived below the poverty line in 2014, which is nearly 87 percent lower than the 21.8 percent of black retirees without public pensions who lived in poverty, as shown in Figure 4.

«Judged purely as a piece of political management, Osborne deserves plaudits, as does his deputy, Danny Alexander, chief secretary to the Treasury.But credit will also go to a less well - known figure — potentially the most powerful black woman in public life, Sharon White, the Treasury's director general of public spending.

Despite being a well - known public figure, it was Carey's large family who took center stage at the service, and in his life.

Nowadays, says Julie Willems Van Dijk, a researcher at the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute who helps county leaders figure out what to do with the data, public health officials also monitor quality of life and trends in chronic, noncommunicative disorders, such as depression, diabetes and heart disease.

In speaking with such members of the gay community as U.S. representatives Tammy Baldwin and Barney Frank, as well as radio personality Michelangelo Signorile, activist Larry Kramer, and former N.J. governor Jim McGreevey, Dick is able to explore the complexities of leading a double lifestyle, as well as highlight the double standards of a media that has become obsessed with covering the sex lives of gay public figures.

Based on J.D. Salinger: A Life by Kenneth Slawenski, the movie sticks to the formula of Strong's other scripts, focusing on major moments in the life of a public figure rather than concentrating on any one period in histLife by Kenneth Slawenski, the movie sticks to the formula of Strong's other scripts, focusing on major moments in the life of a public figure rather than concentrating on any one period in histlife of a public figure rather than concentrating on any one period in history.

Frost / Nixon won't be regarded as a movie to see for its historical revelations, which are a matter of public record and are given freely away in the trailer, but for being an engaging drama with moments of genuine intrigue and psychological interplay into public figures that are too large in life to grasp without dissection.

Producers Khadija Alami — «Insoumise (Rebellious Girl),» «Itar El - Layl (Narrow Frame of Midnight)» Joshua Astrachan — «Paterson,» «Short Term 12» Fred Berger — «The Autopsy of Jane Doe,» «La La Land» Jason Michael Berman — «Burning Sands,» «The Birth of a Nation» Moritz Borman — «Snowden,» «W.» Karin Chien — «Circumstance,» «The Exploding Girl» Michael Costigan — «Ghost in the Shell,» «A Bigger Splash» Pablo Cruz — «Cesar Chavez,» «Miss Bala» Mel Eslyn — «Lamb,» «The One I Love» Howard Gertler — «How to Survive a Plague,» «Shortbus» Aaron L. Gilbert — «Beatriz at Dinner,» «The Birth of a Nation» Mindy Goldberg — «Low Down,» «Junebug» Carla Hacken * — «The Book of Henry,» «Hell or High Water» Jordan Horowitz — «La La Land,» «The Kids Are All Right» Lars Knudsen — «American Honey,» «Beginners» Juan de Dios Larraín — «Jackie,» «No» Sophia Lin — «Z for Zachariah,» «Take Shelter» Michel Merkt — «Elle,» «Toni Erdmann» Bertha Navarro — «Pan's Labyrinth,» «The Devil's Backbone» Alex Orlovsky — «The Place beyond the Pines,» «Blue Valentine» Adele Romanski — «Moonlight,» «Morris from America» Robert Salerno — «Nocturnal Animals,» «We Need to Talk about Kevin» Jeffrey Sharp — «The Yellow Birds,» «You Can Count on Me» Nansun Shi — «Flying Swords of Dragon Gate,» «A Simple Life» Gabrielle Tana — «Philomena,» «The Invisible Woman» Jenno Topping — «Hidden Figures,» «Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children» Frida Torresblanco — «Rudo y Cursi,» «Pan's Labyrinth» Jay Van Hoy — «Complete Unknown,» «Ain't Them Bodies Saints» Julie Yorn — «Hell or High Water,» «The Other Woman» Public Relations Clive Baillie Michael Brown Matt Cowal Tomy Drissi Sonya Y. Ede - Williams Lynne Frank Jonathan Garson Peter Giannascoli Marvin Gray Simon Hewlett Melissa Holloway Angela Johnson Wellington Love Michelle Marks Bill Neil Douglas Neil Angela Paura Heather Johnson Phillips Tom Piechura Pamela Rodi Ivette Rodriguez Jeff Sanderson Jerry Schmitz Lauren Schwartz Carol Sewell Michael Singer Afrat Spalding Kristin Stark Maggie Todd Norman Wang Bumble Ward Joe Whitmore Lea Yardum Kevin Allen Yoder

Inspired by Amanda Foreman's biography Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire, a popular and a critical success, this serviceable costume drama covers 20 years in the life of a woman many today refer to as the «It Girl» of Georgian England, an 18th - century fashion - plate and influential public figure whose celebrity couldn't entirely disguise her unhappy marriage... read more

Toby Jones (The Painted Veil, Mrs. Henderson Presents) as Karl Rove and Jeffrey Wright (The Invasion, Casino Royale) as Colin Powell also look much smaller than their real - life counterparts, and more mannered, seeming like they would be more at home in an «SNL» skit than in a serious film about these public figures.

«I was loved for a minute, then I was hated, then I was just a punchline,» Tonya Harding (Margot Robbie) tells the camera in I, Tonya, summing up the life cycle of a scandalous public figure with pithy efficiency.

I have focused here on John's professional life because he was a public figure and a major force in American education reform.

Families living in this area are the only ones in the city who overwhelmingly attend in - boundary schools, from elementary school through high school, over other options in DCPS or at public charter schools (see Figure 1).

Rarely has any figure in modern intellectual life so successfully harnessed the power of private institutions for public good, or achieved the fusion of thought and action, that Sizer did in his remarkable career.

In a lively and engaging narrative, Ellis recounts the sometimes collaborative, sometimes archly antagonistic interactions between these men, and shows us the private characters behind the public personas: Adams, the ever - combative iconoclast, whose closest political collaborator was his wife, Abigail; Burr, crafty, smooth, and one of the most despised public figures of his time; Hamilton, whose audacious manner and deep economic savvy masked his humble origins; Jefferson, renowned for his eloquence, but so reclusive and taciturn that he rarely spoke more than a few sentences in public; Madison, small, sickly, and paralyzingly shy, yet one of the most effective debaters of his generation; and the stiffly formal Washington, the ultimate realist, larger - than - life, and America's only truly indispensable figurIn a lively and engaging narrative, Ellis recounts the sometimes collaborative, sometimes archly antagonistic interactions between these men, and shows us the private characters behind the public personas: Adams, the ever - combative iconoclast, whose closest political collaborator was his wife, Abigail; Burr, crafty, smooth, and one of the most despised public figures of his time; Hamilton, whose audacious manner and deep economic savvy masked his humble origins; Jefferson, renowned for his eloquence, but so reclusive and taciturn that he rarely spoke more than a few sentences in public; Madison, small, sickly, and paralyzingly shy, yet one of the most effective debaters of his generation; and the stiffly formal Washington, the ultimate realist, larger - than - life, and America's only truly indispensable figurin public; Madison, small, sickly, and paralyzingly shy, yet one of the most effective debaters of his generation; and the stiffly formal Washington, the ultimate realist, larger - than - life, and America's only truly indispensable figure.

After illuminating Douglass» rise from slave to influential public figure, the discussion shifts to Lincoln, focusing on his life and his involvement in the Civil War and the issue of slavery.

In our celebrity - obsessed world, public figures find it very difficult to have truly private lives.

Should an advertising executive and his wife who live in a $ 1.4 million home — she owning her own business, he making a six - figure salary — be asking for the public's help to pay for their dog's $ 10,000 surgery?

Selected Group Exhibitions 2016 — «Faculty Exhibition», Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL 2015 — «Wish List», Gallery Project, curated by Gloria Pritschet and Rocco DePietro, Toledo, Ohio and Ann Arbor, Michigan 2015 — «Roots», Linda Warren Projects, Chicago, IL 2015 — Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Evanston, IL 2015 — «Faculty Exhibition», Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL 2014 — «National Contemporary Painting», Weatherhead Gallery, University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, Indiana 2013 — «31st Juried Art Show», Wilmette Public Library, Wimette, IL 2012 — «30th Juried Art Show», Wilmette Public Library, Wimette, IL 2012 — «Narrative Fragments», Quidley & Company, Boston, MA 2011 — «Juxtaposed», juried by Alyssa Monks, Six Summit Gallery, Ivoryton, CT 2011 — «Paintworks», Gowanus Ballroom, curated by Kristin Kunc, Courtney Jordan & Hyeseung Marriage - Song, Brooklyn, NY 2011 — «Space Invaders», co-curated by Virginia Rose and John Nickle, Rose Contemporary, Portland, ME 2011 — «Cinematic Bodies», curated by Jamie Adams, Zolla Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL 2010 — «Snow», XL Projects, Syracuse University Gallery, Syracuse, NY 2010 — «Women Painting Women», Robert Lange Studios Gallery, Charleston, SC 2010 — «Remnants», Fuse Gallery, New York, NY 2010 — «Highlights» Island Weiss Gallery, New York, NY 2010 — «Conceptually Sound», Medialia Rack and Hamper Gallery, New York, NY 2010 — «Chicago Art Fair», shown by Linda Warren Gallery in Chicago, Illinois 2010 — «Looks good on Paper», DFN Gallery, New York, NY 2009 — «Water / Bodies», Eden Rock Gallery, St. Barths, F.W.I. 2009 — «Summer Exhibition 2009», curated by Eric Fischl, Matthew Flowers, Anne Strauss, New York Academy of Art, NY, NY 2009 — «Old School», Jack the Pelican, Brooklyn, NY 2009 — Caldwell Snyder, San Francisco, CA 2008 — «Small Works», Sarah Bain Gallery, Anaheim, CA 2008 — «City Lights», George Billis Gallery, New York, NY 2008 — «Chicago Art Fair», shown by Linda Warren Gallery in Chicago, Illinois 2008 — «Take Home a Nude» Art Auction at Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, NY 2007 — «Summer Exhibition 2007», curated by Eric Fischl, Jenny Saville, Vincent Desiderio, New York Academy of Art, NY, NY 2007 — «Four Handed Lift: Advocacy, Art, Spirit and Community», Moti Hasson Gallery, New York, NY 2007 — «Small Works», Sarah Bain Gallery, Anaheim, CA 2008 — «Chicago Art Fair», shown by Linda Warren Gallery in Chicago, Illinois 2006 — «Contemporary Imaginings, The Howard A. and Judith Tullman Collection», Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama 2006 — «Night of a Thousand Drawings», Group Show, Artist's Space, New York, NY 2006 — «AAF», shown by DFN Gallery, New York, NY 2006 — «Salon 2006», New York Academy of Art, New York, NY 2006 — «LA Art Fair», shown by Linda Warren Gallery in Chicago, Los Angeles, CA 2005 — «New Works», curated by Eric Fischl, Jane Gallery, St. Barthelemy, F.W.I. 2005 — «A Terrible Beauty: Figurative painting in the 21st Century», Grey McGear Modern, Santa Monica, CA 2005 — «Small Works», Sarah Bain Gallery, Brea, CA 2005 — «Cityscapes», Sarah Bain Gallery, Brea, CA 2005 — «Take Home a Nude» Art Auction at Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, NY 2005 — «Go Figure», George Billis Gallery, New York, NY 2004 — «Postcards from the Edge, Visual Aids Benefit», Brent Sikemma Gallery, New York, NY 2004 — «Night of a Thousand Drawings», Group Show, Artist's Space, New York, NY 2004 — «Points of Muse», Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL 2004 — «Separate Visions», Sarah Bain Gallery, Brea, CA 2004 — «Still Life», Sarah Bain Gallery, Brea, CA 2004 — «27th Small Works Exhibition», New York, NY 2003 — «Space Invaders», curated by Peter Drake, Fish Tank Gallery, New York, NY 2003 — «26th Small Works Exhibition», New York, NY 2002 — «National Arts Club 26th Annual Student Show», National Arts Club, New York, NY

«Her work incorporates diverse influences and artistic traditions that make her a pioneering figure in American art, and we are thrilled to galvanize renewed interest in her work and life to introduce her unique vision to a broad public.»

Eisenman is also opening up the remote practice of painting the public by hosting a public figure - drawing class of live models in the Museum's galleries.

Foreword by James Rosenquist vii Preface by Ira Goldberg viii Acknowledgments x Introduction: Miracle on 57th Street 1 Part 1: Lessons and Demos 15 Henry Finkelstein: On Painting, with a Critique 17 Mary Beth McKenzie: Painting from Life 27 Ephraim Rubenstein: Painting from Observation 39 Thomas Torak: A Contemporary Approach to Classical Painting 59 Dan Thompson: Learning to Paint the Human Figure from Life 75 Sharon Sprung: Figure Painting from Life in Oils 91 Frederick Brosen: Classic Watercolor Realism 107 Naomi Campbell: Working Large in Watercolor 123 Ellen Eagle: Poetic Realism in Pastel 135 Costa Vavagiakis: The Evolution of a Concept 148 Part 2: Advice and Philosophies 165 William Scharf: Knowing that Miracles Happen 167 Peter Homitzky: Inventing from Observation 181 Charles Hinman: Painting in Three Dimensions 193 Deborah Winiarski: Painting and Encaustic 203 James L. McElhinney: Journal Painting and Composition 213 Part 3: Interviews 229 Frank O'Cain: Abstraction from Nature 231 Ronnie Landfield: On Learning and Teaching 251 Knox Martin: Learning from Old and Modern Masters 269 Concours: Painting and the Public at the Art Students League by Dr. Jillian Russo 282 Index 286

His most famous works include the 20 - metre high public art statue Angel of the North (1994 - 8, located beside the A1 / M1 near Gateshead in Northern England); the series of terracotta figures entitled Field (1994, Tate Gallery, London); and the life - size cast iron figures entitled Another Place (1997, Crosby Beach, near Liverpool).

«Like gargoyles looking down from the sides of medieval cathedrals, funerary effigies in medieval churches or the cadaverous presences who inhabit the unredemptive darkness of Goya's black paintings or Ensor's carnivalesque processions, these sculptures of the living dead are cautionary figures for an unvirtuous age» (J. Lingwood, quoted in Public / Political: Thomas Schütte, Germany 2012, p. 157).

Live events have figured prominently in London's public galleries and museums of late.

· 1917: The Contemporary Art Society gave the first Paul Gauguin, Tahitians (circa 1891) to Tate, the first work by Gauguin to enter a UK public collection · 1928: The first Barbara Hepworth (Barbara Skeaping as she was known then) is purchased in 1928:, the Terracotta Goose — was purchased by Ernest Marsh through the Contemporary Art Society Pottery and Crafts Fund in 1928 from Beaux Arts for # 15 15s · 1933: Pablo Picasso, Flowers (1901) is gifted to Tate, it was the first work by Picasso to be acquired by Tate · 1946: The first work by Francis Bacon is purchased, Figure Study II, for # 175 and is donated to Kirklees Museums and Galleries in 1952 · 1950: Lucian Freud, Still Life with Squid and Sea Urchin (1949) is purchased in 1950 and gifted to Harris Museum in 1952.

These include the major public installation «Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads» which opened in New York on 2 May and will open at Somerset House in London on 12 May, the day of the fountain event, Lisson Gallery hope to open of one of the most significant living artists, cultural figures, and champions of human rights in China's solo exhibition.

Ruffalo, who lives near the Delaware River in the upstate New York region that was targeted for shale gas drilling, is one of many prominent public figures who pressed Cuomo long and hard to ban hydraulic fracturing, popularly known as fracking.

[UPDATE 12:15 p.m.: Nice blow - by - blow coverage by Itsgettinghotinhere.org of the Clinton Global Initiative panel in which Mr. Gore pushed for all kinds of cllimate activism, and a good post from Joe Romm on where disobedience works, and where it doesn't, and why public figures who live in big houses should do more than speak.]

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Under US case law, an individual qualifies as a public figure when public attention is focused on him by virtue of «accomplishments, fame, or mode of living, or [adoption of] a profession or calling» that provides the public with «a legitimate interest in his doings, his affairs, and his charac - ter.»

In one high profile case for a well - known public figure, the evidence was captured live on high definition television from 12 different angles.

Keith Mathieson, a partner in RPC, who acted for Associated Newspapers, says: «The judgment is welcome confirmation that public figures and those connected with them can not expect the law to keep information about them from the public just because it touches on their private lives.

In other words, even public figures have private lives.

«We actually got feedback from public figures wanting to do live video even before we launched Mentions» in July 2014, Lavrusik tells me.