The city of Nuoro is preparing to host 300 works by Man Ray (Philadelphia 1890-Paris 1976), one of the most prominent figures of avant-garde art, that apparently will give the event a new imprint. Focusing also on the exhibition of unseen and rare masterpieces by the artist, for the first time examined in such a thorough way in Italy, the exhibition entitled “Unconcerned but not indifferent” – which draws on the sentence engraved on Man Ray’s tombstone by wish of his life partner Juliet, buried with him – is an invitation to consider his figure as an artist and man, in a fusion of art and life perceived in an “unconcerned but not indifferent” way.

In Paris an exceptional foursome is preparing to celebrate the talent and genius of the great Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). Four famous museums of the beautiful French capital will host, from the 8th October, an exhibition, “Picasso and masters”, dedicated to the Spanish artist and his creative dialogue with masterpieces seen and appreciated by him.   The main theme of the exhibition will be the confrontation between Picassan works and masterpieces by great artists such as Courbet, David, El Greco, Goya, Rembrandt, Velàzquez, Delacroix, Ingres, Cézanne, Matisse, Manet and others from whom he drew inspiration.

	WASSILY KANDINSKY ÉPANOUISSEMENT Estimate: 1,600,000 - 1,800,000 EUR Price Realiced: 1,859,338 EUR Aguttes - Parigi 25 June 2008
	ÉTIENNE DINET RECTIFICATIF Estimate: 500,000 - 600,000 EUR Price Realiced: 1,400,000 EUR Gros & Delettrez - Parigi 23 June 2008

Artissima has presented a new project, a competition aimed at launching on the International market young Italian artists aged under 35. The project emerges from fifteen years of experience in the field of contemporary art, experience of international rank that has made Artissima become a reference appointment for Italian and foreign galleries that deal in contemporary art.
The last edition, the first directed by Andrea Bellini, had set itself the ambitious objective of being really International and proposing new young talents. The appointment was met with great success by the critics and the public: 43,000 people present, fully booked for conferences and debates, and important purchases realized even for the foreign market.