Archive for May, 2014
By: AO Art Observed on Saturday, May 31st, 2014 at 11:00 pm
Last July, the Tate Modern opened its doors for a special exhibition that went beyond the set norms and techniques of exhibition planning. Meschac Gaba’s Museum of Contemporary African Art was a special project expanding twenty years of work across two continents, accumulated and exhibited in the rooms of the London museum. Composed of twelve [...]... |
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By: Art Forum on Saturday, May 31st, 2014 at 11:00 pm
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By: ArtDaily.org on Saturday, May 31st, 2014 at 7:24 pm
In November 2013, Mur Nomade invited Beijing-based French painter Sébastien Mahon and Hong Kong artist Sarah Lai to start a six-month conversation, sharing their sensations and thoughts about their creative processes and artworks. To deepen the artistic and cultural exchange, Sarah Lai received a travel grant to travel to France and conduct research on the winter light. Radiance is the... |
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By: ArtDaily.org on Saturday, May 31st, 2014 at 7:24 pm
Brandeis Universitys Rose Art Museum and the Tel Aviv Museum of Art are undertaking a shared initiative to support the work of emerging Israeli video artists. The joint project, which includes the establishment of the Chami Fruchter Video Prize, was announced May 25 at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art by the museums Director and Chief Curator, Suzanne Landau. The announcement accompanied... |
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By: ArtDaily.org on Saturday, May 31st, 2014 at 7:24 pm
A veteran in the world of oil painting, Yu Nancheng has long been fascinated by the allure of both foreign artistic traditions as well as Chinese culture. This is his first solo exhibition of his critically acclaimed China Red series in Singapore, after Wellington Gallery Hong Kong, Li Kai Lin Gallery United Kingdom and a few other renowned galleries in China. This series is a blend of East and... |
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By: ArtDaily.org on Saturday, May 31st, 2014 at 7:24 pm
For the first time in roughly 2 million years, melting Arctic sea ice is connecting the north Pacific and north Atlantic oceans. The newly opened passages leave both coasts and Arctic waters vulnerable to a large wave of invasive species, biologists from the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center assert in a commentary published May 28 in Nature Climate Change. Two new shipping routes have... |
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By: ArtDaily.org on Saturday, May 31st, 2014 at 7:24 pm
The Republic of Panamas proposal to implement four Traffic Separation Schemes for commercial vessels entering and exiting the Panama Canal and ports was approved unanimously by the International Maritime Organization in London, May 23. Based on studies by Smithsonian marine ecologist Hector Guzman, the new shipping lanes are positioned to minimize overlap between shipping routes and... |
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By: ArtDaily.org on Saturday, May 31st, 2014 at 7:24 pm
Continuing the success of the two-day Spring sales of wine in April which totalled HK$100 million / US$13 million, Sothebys Hong Kong Evening Sale titled A Celebration Of Year Of The Horse: Cheval Blanc Direct From The Château and An Important European Cellar yesterday soared above high estimate to achieve HK$24.4 million / U$3.1 million in the vibrant saleroom at Sothebys Hong Kong... |
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By: ArtDaily.org on Saturday, May 31st, 2014 at 7:24 pm
David Richard Gallery presents A Mind to Obey Nature, a survey of paintings, collages, drawings and sculptures by John Connell (1940-2009) in his first solo exhibition with the gallery. The content of John Connells art was very much inspired by nature, Zen philosophies and wabi-sabi concepts of transience, while his visual approach echoed that of the Arte Povera movement in... |
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By: ArtDaily.org on Saturday, May 31st, 2014 at 7:23 pm
I have two birthplaces: Rodez and contemporary pain- ting. I spent my childhood and my teenage years in the Rouergue. A province I love. My father was a coachbuilder, he manufactured horse-drawn carriages. I was 5 when he died. So, I grew up with two mothers: my real mother, Aglaé, and my sister, who was fifteen years ol- der than me, and who also was my philosophy teacher when I was in high... |
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