Arcadja Art Magazine

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

Silvia Bosi — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:58:41 +0000

In the last days some clamorous news about a rediscovered picture by Van Gogh has been published in the magazine “Analytical Chemistry”, 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 [...]

CRUCIFIED FROG ROW RUMBLES ON

arcadja — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:48:11 +0000

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 the metre-high work by late German artist Martin Kippenberger which is currently on show in [...]

28Th SAO PAOLO BIENNIAL: ARTISTS ANNOUNCED

arcadja — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:45:36 +0000

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, Dora Longo Bahia, Iran do Espírito Santo, Leya Mira Brander, among others).
The event will run [...]

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

Silvia Bosi — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:58:33 +0000

This summer great plans and a lot of movement in Beijing, chosen as the capital for the Olympic games 2008, where athletes from all over the world are landing as well as a special team of sportsmen selected by Andy Warhol. Indeed, the Chinese city has decided to host, from the 26th July in the [...]

CHRISTIE’S HOLDS FIRST EVER CONTEMPORARY DESIGN SALE IN NEW YORK

arcadja — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:34:28 +0000

New York - On September 8, Christie’s will launch its first ever sale dedicated exclusively to works by international contemporary designers. Offering collectors works fresh to the market by some of the most important designers living and working today, the sale will include pieces by Marc Newson, Forrest Myers, Zaha Hadid, Ron Arad, Maarten Baas, [...]

CHRISTIE’S: FIRST OPEN

arcadja — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:20:14 +0000

New York, NY – Christie’s New York leads its fall season with the eighth edition of First Open on September 9, which includes over 230 lots of Post-War & Contemporary Art and is expected to realize in excess of $6-8 million. First Open displays another stunning array of works for this highly anticipated and successful [...]

TEL AVIV MUSEUM OF ART

arcadja — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:52:01 +0000

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 is known for his modernist use of light and geometric forms. Established in 1932, the [...]

AN ENGLISHMAN IN NEW YORK

arcadja — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:51:27 +0000

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 student at Goldsmiths, Gibbs – who is currently working on a solo show at SFMOMA [...]

GEORG BASELITZ DISPLAYS HIS COLLECTION BY “PARMIGIANINO” IN FRANKFURT

Elena Lanzanova — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:56:28 +0000

Georg Baselitz 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 [...]

PRINTS & MULTIPLES: AN EXTRAORDINARY OCCASION AT CHRISTIE’S

Elena Lanzanova — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:45:24 +0000

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, [...]