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Archive for October, 2009
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Raqib Shaw
Today I learned about India-born artist Raqib Shaw from a client. Represented by White Cube and with exhibitions held at the MOMA and Tate, this 35-year-old painter works in very intricate imagery, often with a violent and sexual content. Largely inspired by fifteenth-century artist Hieronymus ...
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Fire Destroys 90% of Helio Oiticica's Works
Brazilians are mourning the loss of almost 2,000 works of Helio Oiticica, on a fire last night in Rio de Janeiro. The works were estimated in US$ 200 million. Born in Rio in 1937, Hélio Oiticica came to be regarded as one of the most ...
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Picasso meets the Nazis – a play in Vancouver
Christina Schild as German cultural attaché Miss Fischer This is a first for The Art Monitor, but A Picasso relates so well to the subjects approached here that made it relevant posting about a play. Set in Paris in 1941, it explores a tug of ...
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Luiz Aquila – Brazilian Colors
A Pintura, o Vermelho e Suas Linhas, 2009, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 140 cm Luiz Aquila translates in reds and oranges the warmth of his (and mine) country. At 66 he is more productive than ever and always involved in cultural activities other than ...
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Irving Penn Dies at 92
Irving Penn – Girl in Bed, 1949 Irving Penn, American photographer, died yesterday at his home in Manhattan. He was 92. Known for taking subjects out of context by bringing them to studio and placing them against a simple background composing striking images, Penn worked ...
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The 2009 Turner Prize
‘papier mache eggman’ by enrico david, 2009 from the installation ‘how do you love dzzzzt by mammy? gold leaf painting by richard wright The 2009 Turner Prize exhibition opened at Tate Britain today. Brain matter, whale skeleton, papier macher, an atomized aircraft engine, compete for ...
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Scott McFarland at Vancouver Art Gallery
View of Vale of Health, Looking Towards Hampstead, 2007inkjet type print, 27 x 42.5 inches Starting today, the VAG will be showing 80 photographs produced by Scott McFarland over the past seven years. McFarland’s images are composed from several exposures of the same scene, then ...
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Nude Supermodels in Sotheby's Sale
On October 9th in New York, Sotheby’s will stage a stunning sale of photographs including several nude portraits of supermodels, with work from the likes of Chuck Close, Peter Beard, Robert Mapplethorpe, Helmut Newton and more. One of the top lots is a series of ...