Art Of The Day Weekly

#164 - from 4 March 2010 to 10 March 2010


Extracts from Ariane Michel's film, Les Oiseaux de Céleste. © Galerie Xippas, Ariane Michel et Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, 2008

IN THE AIR

Russian loans

France continues to look towards the East, and following the year of Turkey it is now the Year of Russia that begins with an ambitious program of events. It seems it is a little shy on the contemporary aspect though which is not new, as the organizers know by experience that problems and diplomatic headaches come easily from that side… For the rest, the various [Read]

EXHIBITIONS

Crazy about Bassano

BASSANO – Last week Italy offered us a re-discovery of Cima da Conegliano. This week, these «provincial» exhibitions that are the true [Read]

Beauties from Ife

LONDON – Between the XIIth and XVth centuries, to the South-West of what today is Nigeria, there flourished the Ife civilization. It expressed [Read]

Precolombian sex

PARIS - « The iconography attached to this ensemble of Mochica vases is in no way erotic » the press release warns the visitor, since [Read]

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AUCTIONS

The art of locks

To be able to walk away with the latchkey that opened all the doors of the château of Saint Cloud in the XVIIIth century (lot 35) for only [Read]

ARTIST OF THE WEEK

Celeste's music

One installation alone «boosted» his career, From here to ear. It had been shown at the Pommery champagne site in Reims last year, [Read]

BOOKS

The Lurçat generation

Madeleine Castaing, Serge Mouille, Mathieu Matégot, Roger Tallon, Pierre Paulin: what do these decorators have in common? They were [Read]

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