Sentences with phrase «points collectors who»

I know a lot of rewards points collectors who are all - in when it comes to collecting miles and earning status with their favorite airline, yet when I ask about their strategy for earning hotel status, they shrug their shoulders.

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He got along well with the despised customs officials (whom we probably translate inadequately as «tax collectors,» not to say «publicans») and the equally unwelcome centurion of the Roman army of occupation stationed at Capharnaum, who implored Jesus to heal his boy, pointing out that Jesus could do it by just giving a command without even having to profane himself by entering a gentile house.

If we are going to follow the example of Jesus (and of God), we must extend grace to the point that people accuse us being friends to tax - collectors and sinners, to the point that they complain of how we allow people to get away with anything, of how we liberally shower blessings upon friends and enemies alike, and how we even show love and mercy upon those who wish to do us harm.

It was funny, of course, but it also pointed to the fact that Brown seemed to be the only person in Britain (excepting debt collectors) who was enjoying the worst recession in the developed world - a point made musically by this ConHome video.

By the end of the film, it was given to The Collector (aka «blond Benicio Del Toro») for safekeeping — although his whole house was wrecked during Guardians of the Galaxy, so who knows if it moved at that point.

Like any B - movie worth its salt, the film is blissfully short and to the point: just - fired mechanic Craig (Pat Healy) and his old high - school buddy and current debt collector Vince (Ethan Embry) get drawn into a sick birthday game by rich couple Colin (David Koechner) and Violet (Sara Paxton), who pay the two to complete a series of increasingly harrowing dares for ever - larger payouts.

As you trace your family's migration, you travel at one point with a distant relative named John, who was an avid family historian and collector but is now suffering from dementia.

Subterranean Press is a good example of that - as someone who puts out rather nice collectors editions of well known authors at quite a reasonable price point.

I'm talking about all the people who, to this point, have watched the explosion in popularity of eReaders with the cold disinterest that audiophile record collectors have for mp3 players.

Prove to the debt collector who has your account and placed it on your credit report dropping the score by as much as 70 points.

American Airlines has just released details of what the AAdvantage program is going to look like going forward and it's almost universally bad news for miles & points collectors and those of us who've enjoyed what used to be the best airline loyalty program out there.

These are good cards for people who are point collectors or mile hackers.

But in my opinion, United is still the best decision for collectors of Chase Ultimate Rewards points, or pretty much anyone who cares about seeing more of the world instead of more of a premium cabin.

This past fall the Brazilian - born, New York — based artist Karin Schneider baked a related conceptual gambit into the black, Ad Reinhardt — esque paintings that she showed at Dominique Lévy gallery, stating that collectors who acquired her work have to be willing to let another artist revisit them at some point in the future and add to it.

These first three interviews point out the unpredictability of a free and open dialogue with an interviewee: Walkowitz commented on the principal organizers of the Armory show; Sheeler remembered the collectors who purchased works from the show; and Hopper's interviewer did not ask any questions about the Armory Show.

Rappolt also pointed to the number of international collectors who were asked to join the Tate's international acquisitions committees — the good ones get asked, the others don't.

G2 # 1 marks the beginning of the exhibition activity of the newly created G2 Artspace in the city centre of Leipzig as well as a starting point for the collector and entrepreneur Steffen Hildebrand, who presents for the first time a selection of artworks from his private collection.

The Evolving Collector: Collecting as a Beginning - at Art Basel Hong Kong 28 March 2018, 13:30 - 15:00 Through a consideration of collecting as a point of departure, this conversation, moderated by Delfina Foundation Associate Curator Rose Lejeune, hopes to chart what is becoming an expanded — and creative — practice by bringing together a group of individuals who have each taken a path that has somewhat diverged from the traditional notion of what a collector is Collector: Collecting as a Beginning - at Art Basel Hong Kong 28 March 2018, 13:30 - 15:00 Through a consideration of collecting as a point of departure, this conversation, moderated by Delfina Foundation Associate Curator Rose Lejeune, hopes to chart what is becoming an expanded — and creative — practice by bringing together a group of individuals who have each taken a path that has somewhat diverged from the traditional notion of what a collector is collector is and does.

Experts point out that their booths tend to attract advisers who represent multiple collectors, giving their sales an exponential edge.

ICI Conversations are thought - provoking events that give you exclusive access to the people — artists, curators, critics, collectors, and museum directors — who influence contemporary art today, while bringing you an insider's perspective on ICI, your access point to contemporary art around the world.

Featuring 15 dealers in the stately Georgian setting of Somerset House, the event attracted plenty of collectors, drawn by emerging talents such as Angola's Edson Chagas, who won the Golden Lion for his nation's pavilion at the Venice Biennale in June — and affordable price points.

At the midway point of the fair one of the most high profile purchases so far was made by the eccentric art collector Liu Yiqian who bought an enormous Gerhard Richter digital print entitled 930 - 7 Strip on Wednesday for what is believed to be $ 3 million.

Angry fingers are being pointed at Eli Broad, a billionaire property developer and art collector who bailed out the financially struggling institution three years ago with a $ 30m donation, and his choice of director, the pop - art minded, former New York dealer Jeffrey Deitch.

As Phillips pointed out before the auction, the Scottish - born Doig, whose grand, painterly landscapes are prized by collectors, is one of just five living artists who have sold for more than $ 25 million at auction.

Here are some more points of interest: she went through the renowned Whitney Independent Study Program, then was championed early on by the tastemaking dealer John Good; she's been collected by MoMA, the Whitney, the Smithsonian, and the Saatchi Collection, among other institutions; and, while her auction market is still nascent (thanks to collectors who prefer to hold onto her pieces), this October one of her paintings sold for $ 95,000 at Frieze London.

Sims, who went on to hold executive positions at the Studio Museum in Harlem and New York's Museum of Arts and Design, is quick to point out, however, that while the field for contemporary African - American artists has developed steadily, and works by more historical figures have become increasingly sought - after by museums and collectors, there is still much work to be done.

(1) The art collector he admires most is Count Panza di Biumo; (2) Of all visual artists active c.1940 - 2009, only Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, Donald Judd and Damien Hirst will be seen as important; (3) Of all the promising artists who died young, the one with the most potential was Scott Burton; (4) He prefers Monet to Modigliani; (5) His favourite art museum is the Prado, Madrid; (6) His house is usually full of Paula Rego pictures; (7) He disagrees with Blake Gopnik, the Washington Post art critic, who said «painting has been dead for 40 years»; (8) The point of visual art is to counterbalance all the bad TV and films we watch; (9) Jackson Pollock's best painting is One (Number 31), 1950, MoMA, New York; See: Jackson Pollock's paintings (c.1940 - 56).