Qatar has purchased Cézanne’s The Card Players for more than $250 million, the highest price ever paid for a work of art.

The artist Christo wants to stretch fabric over the Arkansas River as part of a massive art exhibition. But now a group of University of Denver law students are joining in on the fight to put a stop to it before it ever starts.

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    H: It’s true. At times, we have both relied on illegal activity to support ourselves. But we have always been interested in experimental music, film and theater, as well as conceptual and performance art. In 1999, while visiting the United States, we were shocked to learn that sodomy was still considered illegal in fourteen states. We decided to use our holiday to make a video work that involved the systematic violation of this antiquated legislation.
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