In the News
September 2011
Padamsee Takes the Audience on an Artistic Voyage

Stolen Art by Warhol

Every Picture Tells a Lie

"The unearthing is Downey's project -- he wanted to play with it," said Stephane Bauer, head of the Kunstraum Bethanien Gallery, where the Banksy work is being displayed. Downey, who also took part in the 2003 exhibit, remembered Banksy's work and wanted to uncover it for his 2011 project.
Under Downey's careful instructions, restorers uncovered the artwork, which portrays winged-soldiers with smiley faces carrying guns. The words "Every Picture Tells a Lie" are scrawled in blood-red paint above them.
A Retrospective of Jan Lööf

Ringling Art Museum Celebrates the Amazing American Circus Poster Exhibition

Philippine's Poleteismo and the Controversy Regarding Freedom of Expression

The exhibition started in June this year at the Cultural Center of Philippines (CCP), Cruz's installation, one part of which is a giant wooden crucifix with a bright red penis, that can be moved up or down, is the centre of controversy. First it was a public outrage, but the CCP stood firmly behind Cruz. Around August, a couple went inside the gallery and vandalized the exhibit, by harming two more exhibits by other artists and lecturing the guard and others before leaving. By the second week of August, the public outrage reached such a crescendo that the President, Benigno Aquino III had to step in.
Artists from the United States, Canada, Italy, Germany, Australia and Thailand defended Cruz.
Cruz asked forgiveness but remained firm about his ideas.
Prague Biennale

Now in its 5th edition, this year (From May 19 to September 11) the biennale was coordinated by the directors Helena Kontova and Giancarlo Politi together with Prague Biennale Foundation curator Nicola Trezzi. As every year, the central focus was painting in its multiple expressions. Another topic of Prague Biennale was a presentation of new emerging art from the region, from both the Czech and Slovak Republics. Furthermore the exhibition presented artists from the US, Italy, Germany, Hungary, Great Britain, Portugal, Canada, Norway, and Switzerland among others. This year the Biennale also included a section of twenty two artists from India, which was presented for the first time in the Czech Republic in a comprehensive selection that includes established, young and emerging artists.
As always the Prague Biennale had created considerable interest, not only in the Czech Republic, but also throughout Central Europe, attracting a public from throughout the world.
Due to the fascinating but outlying location of this year's Biennial, which was not easily accessible by public transport, attendance had almost halved from the usual. The finissage and closing party started at 7pm on September 11. Prague Biennale 6, 2013 is expected to take place in a much more accessible location so that the number of audience can increase.
Art Moscow

Asia Triennial Manchester 2011

Gorham Carved Horn and Silver Match Safe

DALLAS: A circa 1875 Gorham carved horn and silver match safe, featuring a highly stylized and intricate Japanese warrior figure on the base, with a stylized carp on the top considered one of the “great match safe masterpieces” in existence by leading match safe scholar Neil Shapiro is expected to bring $20,000-plus in Heritage Auctions' Sept. The match safe collection comes from a prominent private East Coast collection. Heritage will be offering more than 1,500 rare American match safes from the collection in auctions over the course of the next two years.
Boris Kustodiev Masterpiece for Sale at MacDougall's Russian Art Auctions

The British Museum: Staging the World Exhibition of Shakespeare

Pop Art Pioneer Richard Hamilton Died

Sculptures & Drawings by Roy Lichtenstein

He also painted after such models as Picasso, Braque and Klee, who in his own words worked into an “expressionist Cubism”. Indeed, Lichtenstein even continued his takes on Picasso, once he had already begun to work with the half-tone dots. In his hands, Picasso's works became a kind of comic and received a character all of its own.
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