Still Life of a Dancer: Capturing Rudolf Nureyev; James Wyeth Probes the Star Mystique

From: The Washington Post | Date: February 7, 2002| Author: Philip Kennicott | Copyright information

James Wyeth, the painter whose works form the core of a slick new Kennedy Center exhibition devoted to images of Rudolf Nureyev, once introduced the Russian dancer to Arnold Schwarzenegger, back in the late 1970s when Schwarzenegger was only a modestly well known Austrian musclehead. Schwarzenegger was nervous and stupidly asked how often Nureyev, who was considered a traitor in his homeland, returned to Russia. Nureyev just sniffed: "Every day."

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