COVER

EUROPE

VIEWPOINT

PROFILE

AFRICA

BUSINESS

The Art of Information

With Artprice.com, Thierry Ehrmann is aiming to turn the fine-arts world into a level playing field

ARTS

The Sounds of Silence

Still going strong at 70, playwright Harold Pinter gets an international birthday party celebrating his chilly brilliance

The Fine Art of Fear

A new exhibition at Paris' Pompidou Center shows how the films of Alfred Hitchcock influenced — and were influenced by — the other visual arts

Have Gun, Will Shower

Angelina Jolie brings video-game vixen Lara Croft to full-bosomed life in the summer hit Tomb Raider

A Monumental Feat

The English celebrate the work of Nikolaus Pevsner, chronicler of the nation's architecture

FASHION

Belgium's Fashion Fête

The cutting-edge design community of Antwerp — yes, Antwerp — throws itself a $5 million party with a series of unexpected, unconventional exhibitions

BRIEFING

World Watch (Notebook)

A Week in the World: Battling AIDS, Defending Iraq and Facing Judgement Day