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Bangladesh Culture Minister Resigns Over Stolen Statues
Bangladesh education and cultural affairs minister, Ayub Quadri, has resigned over the theft of two rare archaeological artifacts at Dhaka´s Zia International Airport. Quadri was very criticized after two terracota statues of Hindu god Vishnu were stolen last Saturday.
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Italy Exhibits Its Recovered Treasures
This Friday, 70 ancient masterpieces that Italy says were looted and sold to galleries abroad, will be exhibited in Rome´s Quirinale Palace after being retrieved. Most of the pieces were recovered from the J. Paul Getty Museum in California after a year of negotiations. Italy is accusing one of Getty´s curator of acquiring many looted artifacts knowing their suspicious origin.
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Larry Gagosian To Open Gallery in Rome Tomorrow
Larry Gagosian will open his new gallery in Rome tomorrow. The opening show will be about American abstract artist Cy Twombly who lived and worked in Rome for the last 40 years. The Ethernal City is very motivated to preserve the treasures of the past. That is why contemporary art had it difficult to develop in this city. But this seems to change with the opening of Gagosian Gallery and the planned opening in 2009 of the National Museum of the XXI Century Arts (MAXXI), designed by architect Zaha Hadid.
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LACMA Acquires Major Collection Of Modern Art
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announced today the acquisition of a major collection of paintings, sculptures, and drawings by leading modern artists that will significantly transform the museum’s collection of twentieth-century art. The fractional and promised gift of 130 works is remarkable for its concentration on the leading figures of modern art and for individual objects that in many cases represent LACMA’s first major work by that artist.
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Luther W. Brady Art Gallery To Receive Large Gift Of Warhol Photographs
GW's Luther W. Brady Art Gallery was chosen by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts as one of the institutions that would receive a large gift of approximately 150 original Polaroid photographs and gelatin silver prints by Andy Warhol. The gift, made through the Andy Warhol Photographic Legacy Program in honor of the foundation's 20th anniversary, consists of 28,543 original Warhol photographs valued in excess of $28 million that will be divided between 183 college and university art museums.
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Art Basel
You like it or not, Art Basel Miami Beach and the other 19 fairs are a big magnet for art connoiseurs around the world. Even when sales on the First Choice were not as good as last year, it is still a success. Most prices are too high and buyers and thinking twice before spending their money. Art Basel is very crowded as every year. Visited by people from every continent, they come to enjoy 5 days of international art, events, and many, many parties. The number of fairs held this year makes a headache to the visitors. Time is too short to enjoy properly each fair.
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Katarzyna Gajewska: Letters from All Seasons
Believing in the limitations of the spoken word, I am transforming canvases into a mental pen. In my paintings I am using my journals to establish an internal monologue. I am jumping back and forth in time, roving on an open ended journey.
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Cologne´s Off-Show For Contemporary Art
Starting in August 22nd till 31st 2008 ARTRMX COLOGNE VOL.01 is a topic based art festival that presents contemporary photography, street art, painting, graphics and video art in an extraordinary frame – a platform for lively exchanges between international artists, collectors, gallery-owners and art interested people.
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11th Annual Friends Of Friends Photography Auction
Please join us on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 for an evening of elegance, fine art photography and compassion. The distinctive Metropolitan Pavilion will host this year’s 11th Annual Friends of Friends Photography Auction located at: 123 West 18th Street, #5FL, The Level in NYC. For a donation of $50, one will receive a museum quality auction catalog and paddle numbers.
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Bridge Art Fair, An International Exposition Of New Art
Bridge Art Fair proudly returns this year to the Catalina Hotel, 1732 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, for another successful exhibition. Last year’s Miami show resulted in over US$4 million in sales--crowds filled the hotel to capacity and beyond, spilling onto Collins Avenue throughout the day and night. This year’s fair will host 80 international exhibitors from Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK, and the US, making Bridge Art Fair the biggest hotel fair at Art Basel Miami 2007.
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Art Now Fair: New And Exciting Exhibitors
Art Now Fair is pleased to announce its first art fair in Miami Beach, Florida. The Fair will be held December 6 - 9, 2007 from 10 am to 8 pm at the newly renovated Claremont Hotel located at 1700 Collins Avenue at the corner of 17th Street. The venue is conveniently located in the art deco district next to Flow, Ink, Bridge, and RED DOT Miami Beach, and two blocks from Art Basel and Aqua.
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