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07/31/2008 - CRUCIFIED FROG ROW RUMBLES ON : An ongoing row over a sculpture of a crucified frog on show in a Bolzano museum gained momentum on Wednesday when a Catholic politician reported the work to the police for public obscenity. Former senator Renzo Gubert made the complaint about ...
 
07/31/2008 - 28Th SAO PAOLO BIENNIAL: ARTISTS ANNOUNCED : The Fundação Bienal de São Paulo has announced the artists who will participate in the 28th edition of the Biennial, titled “Living in Contact.” Forty artists are included from 20 different countries, with only 15 of them Brazilian (Alexander Pilis, ...
 
07/30/2008 - TEL AVIV MUSEUM OF ART : As reported by worldarchitecturenews.com, the American Friends of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art have announced a $45 million extension to the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. The six-level building has been designed by American architect Preston Scott Cohen, who ...
 
07/30/2008 - AN ENGLISHMAN IN NEW YORK : Following the 2008 edition of The Armory Show, for which Mary Heilmann and John Waters created the visual identity, British artist Ewan Gibbs (b.1973) has been commissioned to take up the task for the 2009 edition of the fair. A former ...
 
07/29/2008 - HIRST HOPES TO TURN A £20,000 DOODLE INTO £2M : New works by Damien Hirst, including a sheep with a golden horn and a zebra in formaldehyde, are expected to fetch £65m when they go under the hammer at Sotheby's in September. The collection, Beautiful Inside My Head Forever, is the ...
 

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VAN GOGH DOUBLES: UNDER A FLOWERY MEADOW BY THE TROUBLED PAINTER THERE IS A HIDDEN FACE

Written by Silvia Bosi August 5, 2008


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In the last days some clamorous news about a rediscovered picture by Van Gogh has been published in the magazine “”, and has already been spread out loud to the whole world. Under the surface of a painting by the great Dutch artist there is another one, realized previously and then covered, portraying the face of a woman.

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IN OCCASION OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES BEIJING HOSTS ALSO ANDY WARHOL’S ATHLETES

Written by Silvia Bosi July 31, 2008


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This summer great plans and a lot of movement in , chosen as the capital for the Olympic games 2008, where from all over the world are landing as well as a special team of sportsmen selected by . Indeed, the Chinese city has decided to host, from the 26th July in the venue of the , a famous collection of portraits by dedicated to some very notorious .

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GEORG BASELITZ DISPLAYS HIS COLLECTION BY “PARMIGIANINO” IN FRANKFURT

Written by Elena Lanzanova July 30, 2008


parmigianino_03.jpg is universally recognized as one of the most famous and productive German artists. A great twentieth-century neo-expressionist painter, celebrated by the great international public for his oeuvre characterized by paintings with head-first figures that express an overturning of the traditional logic. The optical effect thus achieved is of paintings that at first impression seem abstract but, looked at more carefully, they reveal their true nature of figurative pictures.
In Baselitz’s artistic career the year 1965 was very important, as his studies took him to Florence, fascinating city which made him become passionate about the graphical art of Italian Mannerism.

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PRINTS & MULTIPLES: AN EXTRAORDINARY OCCASION AT CHRISTIE’S

Written by Elena Lanzanova July 30, 2008


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The first semester for the art market is about to come to an end and before its conclusion Christie’s auction house is going to try itself out with an auction completely dedicated to author prints. Indeed, on 31st July Christie’s New York is going to propose a very interesting sale that will attract many neo-collectors, thanks to the very low estimates that vary from 300 to 18 thousand dollars. “Prints & Multiples” will auction 357 lots, including 29 works by , 23 by Joan Mirò and 5 by . If we look through the catalogue we will see many interesting works that could give an excellent result to this sale dedicated to prints and multiples, a sector considered as one the minor sectors of the art market.

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AN EXCELLENT RESTORATION HAS BROUGHT AN ALTARPIECE BY ROMANINO BACK TO ITS SPLENDOUR

Written by Silvia Bosi July 28, 2008


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A recent and particularly thorough restoration has brought back to life the splendour of Santa Giustina’s altarpiece by , which with ’s crucifix represents one of the most famous and important masterpieces in the . The restoration project was immediately favoured by its supporters: the Savings Bank Foundation of Padua and , the non-profit Association “Amici dei Musei e Monumenti” (“Museum and Monument Friends”) of Padua and Province, the “Young People’s sector” of the “Amici dei Musei e dei Monumenti” of Padua and Province, The Consortium Industrial Area and Fluviatile Port of Padua and the Preservation and Restoration Centre “La Venaria Reale” of Venaria Reale (Turin).

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TOP LOTS OF THE WEEK

Written by Ilaria Scarinci July 25, 2008


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FIGURE

Estimate: 600.000 - 800.000 GBP

Price Raalized: 825.250 GBP (1.036.355 EUR)

Sotheby’s - London

15 July 2008

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HERBERT JAMES DRAPER

BY SUMMER SEAS

Estimate: 200,000 - 300,000 GBP

Price Realized: 337,250 GBP

Sotheby’s - London

15 July 2008

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CHRISTIE’S AUCTIONS YSL-BERGÈ COLLECTION

Written by Elena Lanzanova July 25, 2008


ysl-berge.jpgLast 1st June the world of fashion came to a halt to commemorate the death of , the French fashion designer considered one of the greatest fashion creators of the twentieth century who started his career at the Christian Dior maison to then found the homonymous label () with his life and business partner Pierre Bergè.
His mark in the world of fashion and luxury remains recognizable and his name will always be symbol of style, becoming symbol of sophisticated but also innovative elegance.

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REFRESH YOUR MIND! TUSCAN MUSEUMS REDISCOVER THE LINK BETWEEN CULTURE AND WELL-BEING

Written by Ilaria Scarinci July 24, 2008


palazzo-strozzi2.jpg, cradle of art and culture and good living, is offering this year an initiative that reflects its identity. In order to offer culture and well-being, next August an experimental project will be launched entailing the extraordinary opening, even at night, of eighteen Tuscan museums.
The Region has allocated for this initiative about 80 thousand euros. The museums that will participate have been selected also for their favourable environmental conditions, such as the presence of green areas. The list of museums that will adhere to the initiative is available on the website of the Region Tuscany.

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THE BANKSY ENIGMA MIGHT HAVE A HOME

Written by Elena Lanzanova July 24, 2008


banksy.jpgBritish artist could be defined as the invisible man of contemporary art, but recently the English tabloid  “Mail on Sunday”, after an investigation that lasted about a year, has revealed his identity: . This would be the name hidden behind the identity of , the enigmatic and mysterious graffiti artist who has imposed himself as one of the main names of Street Art at international level. According to the London newspaper, is a 34-year-old middle-class Englishman brought up in a private school in Bristol.

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RESTORERS LAUNCH THE ALARM FOR PICASSO’S “GUERNICA”

Written by Elena Lanzanova July 23, 2008


guernica.jpgOne of the most famous works of art from twentieth-century history has greatly moved art lovers. ’s painting the “” is sick and its conditions are serious although stable: this was the diagnosis given by experts at the Reina Sofia museum in , who in these days have been carrying out a last check-up on ’s work. An analysis that will allow to understand more thoroughly its damage, its genes, the hidden curiosities about its life.

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