Rembrandt in America

"Rembrandt in America is the largest collection of Rembrandt paintings ever presented in an American exhibition and the first major exhibition to explore in depth the collecting history of Rembrandt paintings in America. 


The NCMA is the only East Coast venue for this exceptional show that features works of art from across the United States, including some of the finest paintings residing in American collections. 


NCMA Curator of Northern European Art Dennis P. Weller serves as a co-curator of this must-see exhibition, which has been more than five years in the making" read more 

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SIART - Bolivia 2011

VII Bienal Internacional de Arte


"La realidad contemporánea se teje a partir de múltiples interrelaciones. No es posible entender lo local aislado de la complejidad universal, del conjunto de acontecimientos simultáneos que generan la dinámica global. 


En este complejo tejido de relaciones sociales, culturales y políticas, la Bienal SIART realiza una lectura que se propone abordar estas articulaciones con el propósito de producir interdependencias e interferencias visibles, que favorezcan el entendimiento de los procesos culturales y artísticos en el seno de una formación social.


Una Bienal es una iniciativa de aceleración de las transferencias informativas. Por esta razón, sus efectos institucionales remueven la distribución de los roles previamente asignados a las disciplinas reconocidas por la tradición. Una Bienal es un espacio de debate, de confrontación de ideas y de afectos, un lugar para la movilidad del pensamiento"



El chileno, Adolfo Torres, se presenta con el proyecto Olla común, que combina la intervención urbana con la actividad comunitaria. Adolfo hace borrosas las fronteras entre el arte y la gastronomía. (www.ollacomun.net)

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Pablo Picasso to excite a robust market

L' Abaude

 " Christie's and Sotheby's hold their big autumn art sales in New York starting next week, with both houses looking to Pablo Picasso to excite a robust market.


The prominence of important works by Picasso, Matisse and other modern masters in the impressionist and modern art sales at Christie's on Tuesday and Sotheby's on Wednesday reflects the healthy appetite this year for big-ticket works, auctioneers said.


A strong market is also expected the following week when the two houses hold their contemporary art auctions.

Nu de dos

Simon Shaw, head of the modern and impressionist department at Sotheby's, said the offerings are "slightly bigger in the number of lots, (which) reflects perhaps an increased confidence."


A low estimate of $185 million is expected for the Wednesday sale, led by Picasso's playful and erotic "L'Aubade," estimated at US$18-25 million (S$22-31 million), and Henri Matissse's monumental bronze sculpture of a woman seen from the back, "Nu de dos," estimated at US$20-30 million."



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Viva el arte de Cabusri>Picasso takes lead in big New York art sales:

El poderoso arte de Magritte

"El poderoso arte de Magritte sigue hechizando y cautivando", dijo a Efe uno de los fundadores de la galería, Emmanuel Di Donna, para quien "todos los trabajos de la muestra son muy representativos de este artista".


Es el caso de "El gusto de lo invisible" (1964), una pintura elaborada en gouache en la que una manzana cubre el rostro de un hombre con bombín, o de "La traición de las imágenes" (1952), un pequeño lienzo que representa una pipa y está acompañado por la expresión "Esto no es una pipa".


De esta manera, además de mostrar su ingenio y humor, Magritte cuestionaba "hasta qué punto podemos creer lo que vemos y qué papel juega la percepción en la comprensión de la realidad", explicó el experto."

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Ai Weiwei Absent in Taipei

Forever Bicycles

"Opposition politicians and human rights activists yesterday urged President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) to invite Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei (艾未未) to Taiwan in conjunction with a solo exhibition of his works that opens at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum today.


“It’s too bad that Ai himself cannot come to Taipei to attend the opening of the exhibition,” Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Tien Chiu-chin (田秋堇) said at a news conference.

Since Chinese citizens are now allowed to travel independently to Taiwan, it is rather odd for Ai to be absent from the opening ceremony of his first solo exhibition in Taipei, Tien said."



Dubbed “Ai Weiwei Absent,” the exhibition will feature 21 works, including photographs, installation pieces, videos, 12 bronze heads representing Chinese zodiac symbols and a new piece consisting of about 1,000 bicycles reflecting China’s social changes.


Taipei Fine Arts Museum deputy director Liu Ming-hsing (劉明興) recently said that Ai was very excited to stage a large-scale solo exhibition in Taiwan.


“We invited him to attend the opening ceremony of the exhibition at the museum,” Liu said. “So far, he hasn’t been able to give us a definite response.”
Museum officials earlier this month said that Ai’s wife, Lu Qing (路青), plans to visit Taiwan early next month.

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Viva el arte de Cabusri>Ma urged to extend invitation to Ai Weiwei 

Art Exhibition of an ugly power

 "The late Libyan leader's would-be heir, Saif al-Islam launched a touring exhibition of Libyan antiquities and contemporary art called "The Desert Is Not Silent" in London's upmarket Kensington in 2002 which was dominated by his paintings.


The show was scheduled to go to Paris, Geneva, Berlin, Tokyo, Madrid, Sao Paulo and Moscow.


"Not only do we buy weapons and sell gas and oil, but we have culture, art and history," Saif al-Islam, who studied at the London School of Economics and portrayed himself as a patron of the arts, said in a statement at the time.


A website set up by Saif al-Islam's Gaddafi International Charity and Development Foundation to promote the exhibition no longer works."



Several convey political messages, including one bearing a banner in Arabic reading "The Struggle"; another, entitled "Intifada", showing a clenched fist; and a third, "War", depicting NATO's bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999 during an apocalyptic storm.


"The Challenge", a painting from the period of the embargo against Libya for its alleged sponsorship of international terrorism, shows a stern Muammar Gaddafi gazing down from the skies at the "arrogant Allies" bearing wooden crosses.


In the catalog, Saif al-Islam also revealed a softer side.


"Beautiful Rose", a long-stemmed red rose painted on fabric, was dedicated to "someone who counted in the artist's life, who brought him joyous colors".


His works were not well received by art critics.

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Gaddafi son used his paintings to promote Libyan culture