Bob Dylan’s Specifically-Made ‘Brazil Series’ on Display in Denmark’s National Gallery
COPENHAGEN (AP).- Denmark's National Gallery is displaying 40 acrylic paintings by Bob Dylan that have never before been shown to the public. Curator Kasper Monrad said the paintings in Dylan's "Brazil Series" were specifically made for the Danish exhibition, which opens Friday. The collection includes figurative scenes from Brazilian slums, farms and beaches. The 69-year-old folk singer sketched the scenes during visits to the South American country and then painted them on canvas in a studio. "I chose Brazil as...
Continue reading...1. September 2010
Mexican Billionaire Carlos Slim’s New Mexico Museum to House Rodin Collection
MEXICO CITY (REUTERS).- Carlos Slim, the world's richest man, will soon open a new museum in one of the poshest areas of his native Mexico to house his collection of artwork by French sculptor Auguste Rodin, considered the biggest outside France. The new branch of Slim's Soumaya museum, named for his late wife, is expected to open in November. It will be the second museum opened by Slim, whose over $50-billion empire includes Latin America's leading cell phone services provider, adding to an initial public...
Continue reading...30. August 2010
Our AKN Editor Attended The Pre-Opening of The Taipei Biennial 2010
ANNOUNCEMENT: Our Editor has been invited to visit Museums and cultural sites in mainland China and Taiwan. We will be posting interesting articles from our archives, some of the BEST...
Continue reading...30. August 2010
Exhibition at Pablo Picasso Graphics Museum Covers a Almost 70 Years of Artistic Creation
MUNSTER.- On its 10th anniversary the Pablo Picasso Graphics Museum, Münster, is focusing on the theme of the studio picture in the works of Picasso. "I don't say everything, but I paint everything," the artist is purported to have said once. The studio pictures are among the most intimate things the artist ever revealed about himself. It is a recurring theme in the work of the great Spaniard. The exhibition "Pablo Picasso – In the Artist's Studio" covers a period of almost 70...
Continue reading...30. August 2010
Were You Looking for Abstract Modern Art?
Or was that Modern Abstract Art? Or was it something else entirely? Let me explain my confusion. You see, "Modern Abstract Art" is sort of an umbrella term ... a very large umbrella term. Abstract Art is Modern by definition, and there are a number of movements that deal with abstraction. In fact, the brilliant Beth Gersh-Nesic, Contributing Writer...
Continue reading...29. August 2010
Internationally Acclaimed Architects and Artists at the Venice Architecture Biennale
VENICE.- The Venice Biennale, which has its offices in Ca' Giustinian (San Marco, 1364/A), has for over a century been one of the most prestigious cultural institutions in the world. Ever since its foundation in 1895, it has been in the avant-garde, promoting new artistic trends and organising international events in contemporary arts. It is world-beating for the International Film Festival, for the International Art Exhibition and for the International Architecture Exhibition, and continues the great tradition of the Festival of Contemporary Music, the Theatre...
Continue reading...28. August 2010
Large, Space-filling Installations by Italian Artist Monica Bonvicini Fill Kunsthalle Fridericianum
KASSEL.- Monica Bonvicini is one of the most influential artists of her generation. Her often large-scale installations invite the public to direct participation. Since the mid-1990s she has made videos, sculptures, drawings and text-based works that explore and redefine the notions of space, architecture and power, and deal with political issues often by questioning the very essence of art production. Since the beginning of her career Bonvicini’s works have been distinguished by her sharp wit and directness. In her art, Monica Bonvicini raises issues regarding...
Continue reading...27. August 2010
The Ancient Palace Museum Visited by AKN Editor As A Tourist
ANNOUNCEMENT: Our Editor has been invited to visit Museums and cultural sites in...
Continue reading...26. August 2010
Egypt’s Antiquities Department Announces Discovery of 3,500-Year-Old Oasis Trading Post
CAIRO (AP).- Egypt's antiquities department announced Wednesday the discovery of a 3,500-year-old settlement in a desert oasis, showing the existence of vibrant desert trade routes that stretched from the Mediterranean down into Sudan from the early days of the Egyptian civilization. The settlement at Umm el-Mawagir in Egypt's Kharga Oasis, more than 300 miles (500 kilometers) south of Cairo, has been excavated for the past year by a Yale University expedition, whose initial findings suggest it was an administrative post with massive baking facilities, possibly...
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2. September 2010
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