Dynastyuntil the 5th of September 2010 @ Palais de Tokyo
site de création contemporaine
13, avenue du Président Wilson à PARIS
Coinciding with London’s premier contemporary art fair is the film series Frieze Film. This year four commissioned films from Jess Flood-Paddock, Linder, Elizabeth Price and Stephen Sutcliffe will be shown along with a curated film program that will be screened in a specially constructed cinema located at the entrance of the fair. Entrance will be free of charge.
Praça Cantão, Communidade da Santa Marta, Rio de Janeiro
A magnificent work elaborated by two artists: Haas and Hahn. These houses are in a favela in Rio de Janeiro. Their job is to encourage people to intervene in their habitat through art. The work of Santa Marta is their third realization after two other similar works performed in another favela Vila Cruzeiro.
More information: http://www.favelapainting.com/home
Louise Bourgeois in 1990,
behind her marble sculpture Eye to Eye (1970)
Photo Raimon Ramis
Louise Bourgeois died last Wednesday, June 2nd 2010, in New York. Her sculptures make a part of the collective memory of art and sculpture lovers all around the world.
Rome’s new National Museum of XXI Century Arts opened to the public on the 30th of May.
MAXXI will be the first museum in Italy dedicated exclusively to contemporary art.
Along with “Space,” MAXXI will present a retrospective of the Italian artist Gino de Dominicis, whose 24-meter (80-feet) plaster skeleton will confront guests at the museum’s entrance, models and drawings by Italian architect Luigi Moretti and an exhibition of Turkish artist Kutlug Ataman.
www.fondazionemaxxi.it
Building Design team:
Architects: Zaha Hadid Architects
Design: Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher
Project Architect: Gianluca Racana
Gagosian gallery is hosting a Roy Lichtenstein exhibition.
Roy Lichtenstein
Still Lifes
May 8 - Jul 30, 2010
555 West 24th Street
Denis Dailleux is a french photographer that does portrait of a deep intensity… His work on Egypt is really impressive.
More on: http://www.denisdailleux.com
Erika Iris Simmons is an artist who creates using only recycled materials that are directly related to the represented person. You can see more detail on her work here :http://www.flickr.com/photos/iri5/ and on her site: http://www.iri5.com/.
$123 Million Art Robery in Paris
On Thursday evening at the Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris a masked intruder stole a Picasso, a Matisse and three other masterpieces from the museum, in what is being called the world’s largest art heist, reports Art Daily. The perpetrator stole the five paintings, which have an estimated value of $123 million, by taking advantage of the museum’s faulty security system — he simply clipped a padlock, smashed a window and left after 15 minutes according to a police official.
The alarm system of the museum had apparently been broken since March, confirmed Paris’ mayor Bertrand Delanoe. The Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris reopened in 2006 after spending $18 million and two years upgrading its security system. However, spare parts had been ordered to fix the alarm but had not yet arrived, said Delanoe in a statement.
The stolen works include: Pablo Picasso’s Le pigeon aux petits-pois,
Henri Matisse’s La Pastorale, Amedeo Modigliani’s La femme a l’eventail, Georges Braque’s L’olivier pres de l’Estaque, and Fernand Leger’s Nature morte aux chandeliers.
On Sunday, the new London Overground East London Line opened, running from Dalston in North-East London to New Cross, Crystal Palace and West Croydon in the South-East. The new line has been dubbed CultureLine, as ten of the city’s smaller museums and galleries can be found along the line.
The Let’s Colour Project is a worldwide initiative to transform grey spaces with vibrant colour. A mission to spread colour all over the world.
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