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The Three Great Forces Behind Art

By Vanessa Inn | July 2016 | TRT 12:28

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Vanessa Inn

Vanessa Inn is a self-confessed Awe Junkie. For more then 30 years she has provided strategic advice to the entertainment art industry’s…

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