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She’s the artful dodger. The ex-wife of a late British baron refuses to hand over a 16th-century painting that was stolen from an Italian museum more than 50 years ago — even though she “nev ...
The painting depicts Baron Samedi, who in Haitian voodoo tradition escorts the souls of the dead to the other side — but besides dying, he’s linked to revelry and safekeeping, “just as much ...
painting and acting. “They’re all the same thing,” he said. One of his recurring characters was Baron Samedi, a lusty underworld spirit from Haitian voodoo traditions. Holder based his dance ...