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Obama bids farewell, for now, to art world

by Olivia HAMPTON WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Barack Obama attended his last Kennedy Center Honors gala Sunday, making some of his final goodbyes to celebrated artists before leaving office next month. Ahead of the ceremony, Obama hosted a reception in the White House East Room for this year’s award recipients: actor Al Pacino, The Eagles rockers, singer James Taylor, gospel singer and civil rights activist Mavis Staples and Argentine pianist Martha Argerich. “The Kennedy […]