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The best TV and film diner scenes
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[Radio Times] - Tonight on BBC4, America on a Plate: the Story of the Diner explores the place of the diner in US culture, referencing a roll-call of greats ranging from Edward Hopper to Barry Levinson, whose movie Diner follows. Meanwhile, I've put together my
In praise of the great American diner
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[Radio Times] - And Edward Hopper's Nighthawks, his brooding study of four figures in another New York diner, is one of the most influential paintings of the 20th century. I had arrived in Rhode Island at the start of a trans-American journey to find out why directors
The enduring appeal of Marilyn Monroe
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[Radio Times] - In 1984, artist Gottfried Helnwein re-imagined the Edward Hopper painting Nighthawks, placing Monroe, Dean and Humphrey Bogart at the counter of a diner attended by Elvis Presley. Like many before me, I fell in love with an image of Marilyn Monroe.
International sales
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[Financial Times] - Modern works include Milton Avery's “Crucifixon” ($1m-$1.5m) and Edward Hopper's “Construction in Mexico” ($ $1.2m), both pieces inspired by the artists' independent travels through Mexico in Postwar artists headline the evening sale on
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