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Bloomsbury standing in front of one of the most famous paintings of the Impressionist era, Manet's Le Baraux Folies-Bergdre. “I didn't know this was here," he remarked to his companion. “In fact, I didn't know here was here.” The “here" he was referring to was the Courtauld Inst

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There is no single work of art on permanent show at the new initiative Bloomberg SPACE, Instead, the huge foyer of the financial services giant's European headquarters—designed by Norman Foster —has been transformed by founder Michael Bloomberg into somewhere for people to enjoy

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