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Disused power station to become another Tate Modern?
A visit to London is incomplete without a visit to Tate Modern.At the turn of the millennium, this art gallery was created in London from a redundant power station. It's no accident that a power station can be...
France Gives Painting Seized by Nazis to Charity
The conclusion of a seven decade trip of a wonderful painting."PARIS — The Henri Matisse painting "Le Mur Rose" was once seized by Nazis. As of Thursday, it belongs to a charity that supports Israeli... Seeing Things | New Design in Brasília
" Oscar Niemeyer’s recently completed National Museum in Brasília. Seeing Things is a biweekly design column by Brooke Hodge, the curator of architecture and design at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los... The 7th Shanghai Biennale 2008 Concluded Today
I saw the 7th Shanghai Biennale (2008) just two days before it concluded today after it had opened on September 9 this year. Some of the works by Chinese artists - at the conceptual level and sometimes the scale of... 127 views | 6 comments | 29 recommendations
Ten Ways to Invest in Art
1. Buy art and hang on wall -Yes I know, stating the bleeding obvious 2. Become an artist -Think you could be the next Damien Hirst? 3. Invest in an art investment fund -There are many different art investment funds... The REAL State of the Art Market
Art auction results are usually used by the media as the primary indicator of the health of the art market and have received a huge amount of press since the financial crisis took hold as reporters and journalists... Oh, oh The Hague
The exhibition of "oh oh Den Haag" (oh oh the Hague) in the Hague Historical Museum is a very fascinating exhibition of Dutch classical arts. It shows city views from the 16th till the 19th century. From the earliest... The Met's Costume Institute Collection of 30,000 Now Available Online
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has transformed one of the world's largest collections of clothing and accessories, The Costume Institute, into a digital format which is now available to view online within the...158 views | 3 comments | 4 recommendations
India’s heritage: For sale to the highest bidder
As the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, the trade in illicit cultural property booms.The millionaires and other entrants to the category of the neo-rich, as The Economist (May 26 2007) says, “have run out... Mandela museum of Robben Island facing Rabbit threat
Robben island museum of south africa, is very popular destination of tourist, where Mandela was jailed.The over population of rabbits is posing serious threat to islands whole ecosystem. " Authorities said on...IBM builds online version of China's famed Forbidden City
Future to the back; "3D" interactive virtual version of the Forbidden City now open, download it and "walk" around in it. "IBM on Friday opened online doors to a virtual version of the famed Forbidden City in China that served for centuries as an exclusive realm for the... Guide to International Art Markets
If you are an art investor, an art collector or are thinking about becoming either of these things then do I have the book for you. The International Art Markets - The Essential Guide for Collectors and Investors by James Goodwin is an incredibly detailed and comprehensive... Kate Moss Art Market Mess Part 1
So, the papers are full of doom and gloom reports of artworks that haven’t sold at auction or have sold for less than they were expected to sell for. It is kind of interesting that you don’t tend to hear about... Seoul, Tortured Soul
It seems like only yesterday (actually, it’s been over a week) that I was sitting at my desk at work wondering why my darling students had chosen not to study for yet another test when, out of the blue, I got an... Pakistani Schoolchildren make History for the Rights of the Disabled
After a year-long campaign spearheaded by the Children's Museum for Peace and Human Rights run in schools to not only put pressure on the government to become a signatory of the United Nation's Convention for the... 116 views | 14 comments | 28 recommendations
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