Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Art and science to converge on deserted island - Weekly Newsletter

February 23, 2011
Dear mike,



Art and science to converge on deserted Clipperton Island
 




Things to See, Places to Be 
Feb 1, 2011-Feb 26, 2011
Asaf Ben Zvi: Vally of the Cross
Exhibition
Asaf Ben Zvi: Vally of the Cross
 
Feb 17, 2011-Mar 23, 2011
Sweat Shops
Exhibition
Sweat Shops
Feb 17, 2011-Mar 26, 2011
Ben Hagari
Exhibition
Ben Hagari
 
Feb 19, 2011-Mar 26, 2011
Sam Durant: Laissez Faire et Laissez Passer, Le Monde Vade Lui Meme
Exhibition
Sam Durant: Laissez Faire et Laissez Passer, Le Monde Vade Lui Meme


This Week's Major Exhibition Openings
Richter, Gossaert, Gauguin, Baldessari, Lewitt, Haring, Philpsz, LaChapelle and more.
 
News & Market Round-Up of the Week that Was
Contemporary London sales produce many records; quake may delay NZ biennial and more.



Life's fragility during the AIDS epidemic: The Art of Felix Gonzalez-Torres
 


     
     




Recyclers Turn Rio 'Waste Land' Into High Art
National Public Radio
Published: Feb 21, 2011
Director Lucy Walker documented the pickers and Brooklyn-based artist Vik Muniz, who returned to his home country to collaborate with the trash workers.    more...
How crime manifests itself in the contemporary art world
Varsity
Published: Feb 21, 2011
Stealing is a slippery notion in the art world however as 'vandalism is a recognized form of art practice; theft has yet to obtain such status.'    more...




Tidings
Tidings
 
Wouldn't it be Nice
Wouldn't it be Nice
Cherries
Cherries
 
Knackered
Knackered




US art sleuth claims new Michelangelo find
  Banksy refused Oscars disguise request
Getty's new $45 million Turner masterpiece to go on display March 8
  Bacon, Warhol, New Buyers Boost Auctions as Sales Increase 56%
Quake may delay New Zealand biennial
  Asian Art Museum Restructures Debt
Egypt re-opens museums and sites to draw back tourists
  Idea to force Iowa to sell its $150 million Jackson Pollock painting dies


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Thursday, February 17, 2011

Warhol and Richter Shine in London Contemporary Auctions - Weekly Newsletter

Newsletter Updates Summary
February 17, 2011
Dear mike,



Warhol self-portrait sells for $17.4 million in impressive contemporary art sale
 



Things to See, Places to Be 
Jan 13, 2011-Feb 18, 2011
Shangri-La
Exhibition
Shangri-La
 
Jan 22, 2011-Mar 5, 2011
Thomas Zipp – The Forbidden Conduct (Deviations in conservative societies)
Exhibition
Thomas Zipp – The Forbidden Conduct (Deviations in conservative societies)
Feb 18, 2011-Mar 26, 2011
Merav Sudaey: Walk Like an Egyptian
Exhibition
Merav Sudaey: Walk Like an Egyptian
 
Feb 24, 2011-May 24, 2011
Yossi Breger: And there was evening And there was morning, One day
Exhibition
Yossi Breger: And there was evening And there was morning, One day


This Week's Major Exhibition Openings
Judd, Rembrandt, Bourgeois, Emin, Picasso, Ramos, Gérôme, Monet, Schiele, Tuymans and many more.
 
News & Market Round-Up of the Week that Was
Art HK could join forces with Art Basel; Obama budget proposal would cut 13.3% from cultural grantmakers and more.



Wolfgang Tillmans' Photographs Without a Camera
 


     
     




Art by numbers
Arabian Business
Published: Feb 13, 2011
At the core of Dubai's contemporary art scene is a group of diverse young globetrotters intent on both internationalizing the market and building a solid local base.    more...
No Preservatives: Getting to Know Thornton Dial
Art:21
Published: Feb 15, 2011
Dial is an artist who helps to represent a generation of Americans that are fading into a history that still hasn't been properly recognized or written.    more...




Declining Nude
Declining Nude
 
Last Year in Capri (Exotic Title)
Last Year in Capri (Exotic Title)
Gaddesby, Leicestershire
Gaddesby, Leicestershire
 
Branded
Branded




Cairo teen finds looted pharaonic statue
  Antiquities found in homes of deposed Tunisian president's family
University of Iowa President delivers written remarks over sale of Pollock mural
  Museum Sues USA Over Mummy Mask
Scientists discover why Van Gogh's yellow turn brown
  Bloomberg to Donate $32 Million to Arts
Obama budget proposal would slash 13.3% from cultural grantmakers while buoying D.C. arts institutions
  Artist Jasper Johns Receives Presidental Medal of Freedom


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