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Art
Opening
Fernando Botero
"Abu Ghraib"
January
29, 2007 |
Related
events: Botero at Berkeley |
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Opening
of the
Art Exhibit |
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The
opening of the exhibit drew a throng of
enthusiastic visitors. (photo:
David Léon Lara) |
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Among
the visitors on opening night (from left): George
Breslauer, Vice Chancellor and Provost
of UC Berkeley; Robert J. Birgeneau, Chancellor
of UC Berkeley, and Harley Shaiken, Chair of the
Center for Latin American Studies, talking with
Mr. Botero in the exhibit. |
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Mr.
Botero talks with CLAS Senior Scholar Maria
Echaveste and Christopher Edley,
the Dean of Boalt Hall School of Law, which helped
make the exhibit possible. (photo: Jan Sturmann) |
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Mr.
Botero talks with author Isabel
Allende during a reception for the exhibit,
as Professor Beatriz Manz looks
on. (photo: Jan Sturmann) |
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Fernando
Botero stands in front of the north entrance
to Doe Library, which houses the exhibit, before
opening "Abu Ghraib" to the
public. (photo:
Jan Sturmann) |
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Patrons line
up outside of the exhibit on opening night, some
hopping on benches to peek through the windows.
(photo: Jan Sturmann)
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