Art and Archaeology: Latest Features
Comment: 7 September 2008
New
York
Debate: Who
Owns Antiquity?
Alan Behr in New York replies to Dr. Kwame Opoku in
Vienna who questioned Mr. Behr's assessment of James Cuno's new book,
Who Owns Antiquitiy?
News: 5 September
2008
Venice
Steve McQueen Wins
2008 Gucci Group Award
British artist Steve McQueen received the
award during the 65th Venice Film Festival for his direction of
Hunger.
Reader Comment: 21 August 2008
New
York
A Plea for Fair and
Equal Treatment
Dr. Kwame Opoku, a retired legal adviser
in Vienna, Austria, responds to Alan Behr's review of James Cuno's new
book, "Who Owns Antiquity? Museums and the Battle over Our Ancient
Heritage" (Princeton University Press).
Book Review: 14 August 2008
New York
A Humanist Plea for
Free-Ranging Antiquities
Should antiquities be returned to
the countries where they were found, or are they the property of all
mankind? A review of James Cuno's new book, 'Who Owns Antiquity? Museums
and the Battle over Our Ancient Heritage'.
Art Market: 30 July 2008
New
York
Cybermarketing the
Famous, Well-Dressed and Nude
Alan Behr on a new virtual art
gallery that sells images by established photographers in the fields of
art, fashion and celebrity photography.
Comment: 27 July 2008
Boston, Massachusetts
Anish Kapoor and the "Moment of
Becoming"
Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art
presents an exhibtion that - quite literally - blurs the boundaries of art.
Numismatics: 7 July
2008
Singapore
$1000 Banknote Sets World
Record at Auction
Bidders from around the world witnessed Spink’s
sale of a $1000 Straits Settlement banknote bring a new world record price
for an Asian Banknote.
News: 28 June 2008
Paris
Photojournalist Wins
Photographer of the Year for Afghanistan Picture
'The Valley'
Images of wars, natural disasters, gorilla murders, child marriages,
hi-tech advertising, glamour and strippers competed for the top prize in
Paris.
Exhibition Review: 13 June
2008
Paris
Vlaminck: A Wild Beast Roams the
Senate
"I'm the suburban genius, the working-class painter",
Vlaminck proclaimed. "I like to paint everything around me". Which he
did.
Comment: 5 June
2008
Paris
The Art and Legacy of Yves
Saint Laurent
The public perception of Yves Saint Laurent
as true great artist was vital to both the designer's and Pierre Bergé's
legacies.
News: 1 June 2008
Rome
Vatican Trumpets
Restoration of Underground Roman Necropolis
Built by a Roman slave
who bought his freedom and later acquired considerable wealth, the
mausoleum dates to the 2nd century AD during the reign of Emperor Marcus
Aurielius.
Art Market: 26 May
2008
London
Einstein’s Views on God and
Religion Set Auction Record
"For me the Jewish religion like all
others is the incarnation of the most childish superstitions", wrote
Einstein in a letter to a friend.
Book Review: 21 May 2008
New York
When Modern
Was New
Peter Gay’s new book on Modernism looks
back to a time when democracy, elitism and bourgeoisie were more than buzz
words bandied about during a political campaign.
Comment: 19 May 2008
New
York
Daniel
Edwards Oprah Burial Mask with Puppies Sculpture a Rare
Misfire
Sculptor Daniel Edwards blends Media Goddess Oprah with the
King Tut Egyptian death mask and her poisoned puppies, but in the end,
this is his first real dog of a statue.
News: 15 Mai 2008
Paris
Découverte d'un buste de Jules
César à Arles
Ce buste en marbre du fondateur de la cité romaine
d’Arles constitue la plus ancienne représentation aujourd’hui connue de
l'empereur romain.
News
New York
George W. Bush Stamped "Idiot King" First-Class Forever
As
the U.S. Post Office raises stamp prices, the official USPS Forever Stamp may be selling out,
but it will never be as memorable as the George
W. Bush 'Idiot King' stamp from Houston artist David Krueger.
Comment
New York
Daniel Edwards' Barbaro
Sculpture: Reader Response
Jane Fieberts of Monroe, CT , offers a
thoughtful, impassioned response that reminds us that there are some whose
interest in the Barbaro story, and in the humane treatment of horses and
other animals, is much more substantial and legitimate.
News
San Francisco
Oprah Winfrey Statue
from Daniel Edwards: New American Idol? Prehistoric Venus? or Just
Fat?
Sculptor Daniel Edwards makes Oprah into a modern-day Goddess
figure-- but may have lost control of his image.
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Fernand Léger:
Paris - New York
on view until 7 September
2008
at La Fondation Beyeler in Basel
Les grands
plongeurs noirs, 1944
The Big Black Divers
Oil on
canvas, 189 x 221 cm
Musée national d’art moderne / Centre de
création industrielle, Centre Pompidou, Paris, datio 1982
© 2008,
ProLitteris, Zurich
Photo courtesy
of La Fondation Beyeler
Interview
Tokyo
The
Beautiful and Disturbing Art of Fuyuko Matsui
Culture journalist C.B. Lidell talks to
the rising Japanese art star Fuyuko Matsui about her painting, her dark
and troubled mind and Japan’s ghostly past.
Interview
Bangkok
Steve
McCurry: Capturing the Face of Asia
On a photo shoot in Thailand, the award
winning photojournalist Steve McCurry talks to culture journalist C.B.
Liddel about his new book and his many years working in Asian
countries.
Comment
Kassel, Germany
Documenta 12
"If
this is the best the contemporary art world has to offer, I, for one, am
fearful for the future of civilization", writes culture journalist Peter
Kupfer from Kassel, Germany.
Interview
Paris
Afghan
Treasures in Paris: Saved from the Taliban, But Not Quite Ready for
America
Jean-François Jarrige, President of the National Asian Art
Museum in Paris speaks openly about the rampant looting of archaeological
artifacts in Afghanistan, as well as the priceless objects that escaped
the Taliban's deliberate destructiveness and are now on view in Paris.
Exhibition Review
London
The
Golden Age of Couture
Shine Anthony Dharan reviews the blockbuster
exhibition in London that seeks to put London's fashion from the "Golden
Era" on par with that of Paris.
Profile
London
Oleg Yanushevsky: Iconic Russian Artist Finds Asylum in
London
The prominent St
Petersburg artist and curator Oleg Yanushevsky had to flee Russia because
of repeated threats and attacks on his life and art work. He is the first
contemporary Russian artist to win asylum because of cultural
persecution.
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