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Caravaggio by Hughes

2011-12-27T23:28:00.000+01:00

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) 1970's documentary by Robert Hughes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv6LAYWQZj4 part 1 of 7

Art Basel Miami

2011-12-05T21:59:00.001+01:00

From December 6 through 9, Miami Beach, Florida, will host the 11th edition of Art Basel Miami Beachhttp://www.artbaselmiamibeach.com/An exclusive selection of more than 250 leading art galleries from USA, Canada, Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia will exhibit 20th and 21st century artworks by more than 2,000 artists. from vernissage tv

PULSE Art Fair - LA

2011-10-05T08:01:00.000+02:00

http://www.pulse-art.com/losangeles/aboutthefair.htm PULSE Los Angeles 2011 Press Release Articles ARTINFO - PULSE Director Cornell DeWitt On What It Takes to Make a New Fair Work in Los Angeles fabrikmagazine.com - The Art World Comes to Los Angeles ARTINFO - When in Los Angeles...for Art Platform and PULSE The Los Angeles Times - PULSE aims to bring Miami magic to new L.A. art fair this

YOKOHAMA TRIENNALE 2011

2011-10-05T00:50:00.000+02:00

Based on the theme “OUR MAGIC HOUR”, the YOKOHAMA TRIENNALE 2011 will be held at two main venues: the Yokohama Museum of Art and NYK Waterfront Warehouse (BankART Studio NYK). Focusing on works that allude to the magical mysterious powers in our daily lives and world as well as those that refer to mythology , myths and legend, The Triennale promises to be a vibrant exhibition that will

Subject Index Aug - Sept 2011

2011-10-02T11:01:00.003+02:00

The Aviary hit counterSubject Index - June/July 2011 Artists / Exhibitions Frieze Art Fair 2011 New Media People Staring at Computers Secret History of Social Networking Protest and media - de balie Film Inside Outside The Magnificent Medici Urban Art / Graffiti Nuart Festival - Norway Pictoplasma - NY TV Space Patrol 60's Sci Fi TV Copyright / AppropriationApple ipad and

Association of Art Historians

2011-10-02T10:48:00.001+02:00

Promoting the professional practice and public understanding of art history. http://www.aah.org.uk/

Artist Business Fact Sheets

2011-09-29T23:22:00.000+02:00

AbaF provides comprehensive resources and tools to assist with your partnering, donations and arts practice. Artist-run initiatives and community access galleries Building a website Business plans Business resources Business structures Commercial galleries and dealers Commissions Corporate art collections Developing a website Direct and retail selling Documenting artworks Exhibition budgeting

Frieze Art Fair 2011

2011-09-28T16:06:00.000+02:00

13–16 October 2011 http://www.friezeartfair.com/ Frieze Art Fair takes place every October in Regent’s Park, London. The fair showcases new and established artists to an international audience. Frieze Art Fair features over 170 galleries from around the world, providing a unique opportunity to see and buy work by leading artists. Exhibitorshttp://

Google, Books & Copyright

2011-09-28T06:59:00.000+02:00

On September 12 this year, the Authors Guild in the USA, the Australian Society of Authors, the Quebec Union of Writers and a number of individual authors filed suit against a partnership of five American universities and research libraries (the same universities involved in the Google Books case), over what the plaintiffs described as “one of the largest copyright infringements in history”.

The Magnificent Medici

2011-09-26T07:30:00.000+02:00

http://www.pbs.org/empires/ - Lorenzo de' Medici becomes a driving force of the Renaissance; monk Savonarola promotes fundamentalist purification of Florence after the death of Lorenzo de' Medici.

UK Gallery Guide

2011-09-24T04:12:00.001+02:00

New Exhibitions of Contemporary Art is the UK’s most widely used art resource. The website is continuously updated to ensure accurate and timely information. Over 25,000 copies per issue of New Exhibitions' bi-monthly print edition are distributed through hundreds of art venues and by subscription. http://www.newexhibitions.com/

Art History Conferences

2011-09-24T04:05:00.000+02:00

http://www.conferencealerts.com/arthist.htm

Egon Schiele - Nazi Looted

2011-09-23T14:48:00.000+02:00

As with every smart collector, Leopold relied on his own aesthetic instincts and obtained Schiele and other early twentieth-century Austrian artists whilst the prices were low. In 1955 Leopold, now working in Vienna as a professor of ophthalmology, proceeded to enhance the art historical reputation and hence the value of his collection by curating a highly successful touring exhibition to the

hit counter

2011-08-23T08:07:00.001+02:00

The hit counter was broken again so I have replaced it with a new one. I reset it to 660,000 because that's approximately where it was up to, maybe more. I prefer to err on the side of caution. byrd

Subject Index - June/July 2011

2011-08-23T01:44:00.000+02:00

The Aviary Subject Index - May 2011 My Name in Lights - StedelijkBlakkbyrd & MoMA Modern Art PrintmakingHistory of Illustrated NewsNorthern Renaissance - Albrecht Durer Artists / ExhibitionsVassili VerestchaginWA Museum & MoMA Sulman 2011Pablo's Pissoir - Copenhagen Abner Preis - Superheroes Sacha-Goldberger VeniceVenice - Invisible PavilionVenice - VernissageVenice - GermanyFuture

History of Illustrated News

2011-06-15T02:20:00.000+02:00

THE PICTORIAL PRESS ITS ORIGIN AND PROGRESS. BY MASON JACKSON. With One Hundred and Fifty Illustrations. LONDON: HURST AND BLACKETT. PUBLISHERS. 13 GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET. 1885. view online here http://www.gutenberg.org/files/36417/36417-h/36417-h.htm GREAT FLOOD IN MONMOUTHSHIRE, 1607 "When the printing-press came into use this love of pictures had a wide field for development. Some

Death and Skeletons

2011-06-15T01:12:00.000+02:00

"The use of a skeleton as a symbol of death in painting seems to have been unusual during the Renaissance till towards the end of the fifteenth century. The earliest artist of note in this period to adopt it, was Jean Prevost who represented a man taking a letter from a skeleton without seeing the messenger. Then came Grien who painted three works of the kind. In the first Death holds an

Vassili Verestchagin

2011-06-15T00:54:00.000+02:00

An Execution in British India Painting by Vassili Verestchagin As part of his article accompanying the wood engraving of the painting when it was published in Harper's Weekly on November 17, 1888, Mr. Cook wrote: "So with the other picture, the shooting of the Sepoys, Verestchagin does not say that this particular scene is an incident of the great mutiny. Shooting from guns is the

Dutch Art Cutbacks

2011-06-13T23:43:00.000+02:00

Exract from petition. ... it is incomprehensible for a government which wants to prepare its citizens for a promising future to decide to remove the part of the social system which guides the public in this respect. The extremely hard approach adopted in relation to the sector of the visual arts (a reduction from 53.5 million to 31 million) is not supported in this memorandum by either

Northern Renaissance - Albrecht Durer

2011-06-13T13:15:00.000+02:00

Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) One of the greatest creative geniuses. Excellent documentary in six parts. http://youtu.be/0i3d63k-ZLg

Venice - Invisible Pavilion

2011-06-13T09:14:00.000+02:00

The Invisible Pavilion | 54th International Art Exhibition | Venice Biennale - Opening to the public: 4 June > 27 November 2011 Venice, Giardini and all over the world on the Internet Curated by Simona Lodi and Les Liens Invisibles The art, my friend, is flowing in the wind. The Invisible Pavilion is a non-invitation, experimental, hallucinatory augmented reality experience that will

National Gallery Cutbacks

2011-06-13T03:25:00.000+02:00

Australian Printmaking exhibition cancelled. The federal efficiency dividend (cost-cutting) The NGA needs to save 1.5 per cent of the $31.5 million a year it receives from the federal government. (that's $472,500 ed) While management of the Canberra art gallery has a careful policy of not commenting on how the 1.5 per cent dividend is affecting its operations, under questioning in Senate

Venice - Vernissage

2011-06-12T05:51:00.000+02:00

Preview and Press Conference Vernice e conferenza Stampa alla 54 Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte di Venezia Intervento del Presidete Paolo Baratta, il Direttore Bice Curiger e il Ministro della Cultura Giancarlo Galan. Nel video vengono mostrate alcune Opere del Padilione Italia durante la Vernice del 1 giugno 2011. Video di Leonardo Orlandi - CINIT Cineforum Italiano. Source ===========

My Name in Lights - Stedelijk

2011-06-11T09:23:00.001+02:00

From June 1 to 26, the Stedelijk continues its commitment to bringing international artists to Amsterdam for the Holland Festival, exploring the relationship between the visual and performance arts. This time, it will involve a 30 meter-wide LED screen. "Iconic American conceptual artist John Baldessari is looking for people, who want their name in lights, but just for 15 glittering seconds

WA Museum & MoMA

2011-06-10T01:26:00.000+02:00

"The Australian cultural scene has achieved a milestone: the Art Gallery of Western Australia has secured a deal with the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) for a historical exhibition featuring the works of the greatest artists of all time." "The Modern Masters exhibition will be the first of six exhibitions showcasing MoMA's collection, with subsequent shows drawing works from each of the museum's