59th Venice Biennale

 

The Drain of Dreams

Venice Biennale the directing questions for this year’s version of the Biennale Arte rotate around three fundamental subjects: the possible transforms of the human body, our association to our home-planet, and the obtrusive weight of commodified, cutting-edge advances. 

The universal fair’s title, The Drain of Dreams, alludes to the mind-bending animals of surrealist painter Leonora Carrington, reverberating with the points of the reasonable to recalibrate the modern human condition.  

Leonora Carrington (6 April 1917 – 25 May 2011) become a British-born Mexican artist, surrealist painter, and novelist. She lived maximum of her grownup existence in Mexico City and become one of the ultimate surviving individuals withinside the surrealist movement of the 1930s. Carrington become additionally a founding member of the women's liberation movement in Mexico in the course of the 1970s.

The 59th Venice Biennial is curated by Cecilia Alemani and will be open to the open from 23 April to 27 November 2022 with elite pre-opening occasions on April 20, 21, and 22.

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

 

A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

“Resilience, happiness and freedom come from knowing what to care about--and most importantly, what not to care about. This is a masterful, philosophical and practical book that will give readers the wisdom to be able to do just that.” -- Ryan Holiday, New York Times bestselling author of The Obstacle is the Way and Ego is the Enemy

“Mark’s ability to dig deep and offer amazing, yet counter-intuitive, insight into the challenges of life makes him one of my favorite writers, and this book is his best work yet.” -- Matt Kepnes, New York Times bestselling author of Travel the World on $50 a Day: Travel Cheaper, Longer, Smarter

“This book hits you like a much-needed slap in the face from your best friend: hilarious, vulgar, and immensely thought-provoking. Only read if you’re willing to set aside all excuses and take an active role in living a f***ing better life.” -- Steve Kamb, bestselling author of Level Up Your Life and founder of NerdFitness.com

“The opposite of every other book. Don’t try. Give up. Be wrong. Lower your standards. Stop believing in yourself. Follow the pain. Each point is profoundly true, useful, and more powerful than the usual positivity. Succinct but surprisingly deep, I read it in one night.” -- Derek Sivers, Founder of CD Baby and author of Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur

“An in-your-face guide to living with integrity and finding happiness in sometimes-painful places… This book, full of counterintuitive suggestions that often make great sense, is a pleasure to read and worthy of rereading. A good yardstick by which self-improvement books should be measured.” -- Kirkus Reviews

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

Estamos luchando por nuestra cultura’: artistas ucranianos se dirigen a la Bienal de Venecia

 

Artistas ucranianos se dirigen a la 59 Bienal de Venecia.

“La idea de Rusia es eliminar Ucrania y eliminar la cultura ucraniana. Si no tiene cultura, Ucrania no existe”.

Ese fue el sentimiento que impulsó a Pavlo Makov, el artista ucraniano oficial de la 59 Bienal de Venecia, a viajar a Italia para instalar su exposición.

Makov y su equipo, incluida la curadora Maria Lanko, estaban decididos, dijo Pavlov, a “mostrar que estamos aquí y existimos. No estoy citando a Churchill directamente, pero habló sobre las cosas por las que estamos luchando, y estamos luchando por nuestra cultura, nuestra forma de ver el mundo”.

El trabajo de Makov se llama Fuente del agotamiento: una pirámide de 78 embudos de bronce colocados en niveles, a través de los cuales fluye el agua. La idea original surgió en 1995, cuando, debido a graves inundaciones, la ciudad de Kharkiv se quedó sin suministro de agua durante varias semanas.

Taiwan relief NT$4.5 billion plan for artists.

 

Taiwan's Ministry of Culture (MOC) launched the "bailout 4.0" on Thursday, distributing NT$260 billion to families and companies to help them get through the pandemic, the MOC launched the NT$4.5-billion plan to support the nation's artistic and cultural industries.

Anyone who is a Taiwanese art worker, whether they are a freelancer or studio runner, can apply online or by post. In addition, any art or culture-related business can apply for the maximum subsidy of NT$250,000 for purposes such as personnel and necessary expenses.

Botticelli Joven Rico y Apuesto en Subasta

 

El retrato de Sandro Botticelli de un joven rico y apuesto, descrito como una de las mayores pinturas renacentistas que quedan en manos privadas, aparecerá en una subasta con una estimación de más de $ 92 millones de dolares. 

Sotheby's dijo que era la estimación más grande que jamás había realizado para un cuadro antiguo, un reflejo de su importancia y rareza. 

"Nuestro 'Joven' tiene 550 años, sin embargo, parece que podría haber entrado en nuestras galerías esta mañana", dijo George Wachter, copresidente de pinturas de antiguos maestros de Sotheby's. "Es una verdadera belleza para todas las edades".

Most Expensive Works of Art Sold at Auction

 

Triptych Inspired by the Oresteia of Aeschylus is a 1981 oil on canvas

Triptych Inspired by the Oresteia of Aeschylus is a 1981 oil on canvas triptych painting by Francis Bacon. It is one of 28 large triptych paintings by Bacon, each comprising three oil on canvas panels which measure 198 cm × 147.5 cm (78.0 in × 58.1 in).Price $84.6 millions.