• November 26, 2007

    Date posted: November 26, 2007 Author: jolanta


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    Iraqi Art Wall; Chinese Record Sales

    International Top News

    Iraqi Art Wall

    Unending stretches of concrete blocks set up to prevent insurgent attacks have virtually walled in Baghdad, but in the process have also created a canvas for artists to paint Iraq’s natural beauty. Dubbed "concrete caterpillars" by the US military, the walls have in some places boxed in entire neighborhoods and markets to protect them from bombings. However, Iraqi artists, backed by the municipality which wants to spruce up the city, are now using them as canvases on which to paint images from Iraq’s thousands-years-old civilisation. (Artinfo, November 26, 2007)
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    Chinese Record Sales

    A set of 14 paintings made with gunpowder and ink by Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang sold for US$9.5 million (€6.42 million) in Hong Kong — a record for both the artist and Chinese contemporary art, Christie’s auction house said Monday. The abstract works by Cai were sold to an anonymous bidder on Sunday as part of a mammoth auction of contemporary Chinese, South Asian and Southeast Asian art in Hong Kong, Christie’s said in a statement. (Artinfo, November 26, 2007)
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    Openings and Art Events on Tuesday, November 27

    New York City:

    — Russell Young, "HORSEPOWER," 6-9pm @ Vanina Holasek Gallery www.vaninaholasekgallery.com  
    — "Structure Et Surface," 6-8pm @ Harris Lieberman Gallery  www.harrislieberman.com 
    — Frank Wedekind, "LULU," 7:30pm @ BAM Harvey Theater www.bam.org  
    — "Art inSight," 2pm @ MoMA  www.moma.org  
    — "Big Drawing" @ Lori Bookstein Fine Art  www.loribooksteinfineart.com 
    — Erica Child Prud’homme @  Blue Mountain Gallery www.bluemountaingallery.org                               

    National:

    — Rupert Spira @ Matin, Beverly Hills, CA  www.matin-gallery.com  
    — Jim Dine, "Pinocchio As I Knew Him This Year" @ John Berggruen Gallery  www.berggruen.com  

    International:

    — Liu Rongshen @ Atom Space Gallery, Guangzhou, China  www.yzkj-art.cn    
     

    Art Fair and Biennial Reminders from Art Fairs International

    — PragueBiennale3, May 16 to Sept 16, Prague, Czech Republic
    — Edinburgh Art Festival, July 26 to Sept 2, Edinburgh, Scotland
    — Art Nocturne Knocke, Aug 4 to 15, Knokke–Heist, Belgium
    — DigiFestival, Aug 15 to Sept 15, Florence, Italy
    — Helsinki Festival, Aug 17 to Sept 2, Helsinki, Finland
    — Montreal World Film Festival, Aug 23 to Sept 3, Montreal, Canada
    — ANTI Contemporary Art Festival, Aug 31 to Sept 30, Kuopio, Finland
    — The Mercosul Biennial, Sept 1 to Nov 17, Porto Alegre, Brasil
    — 10th Istanbul Bienniale, Sept 8 to Nov 9, 2007, Istanbul, Turkey
    — Time–Based Art Festival, Sept 9 to 18, Portland, USA
    — The Athens Biennial, Sept 10 to Nov 18, Athens, Greece
    — 20/21 British Art Fair, Sept 11 to 16, 2007, London, UK
    — Bienniale de Lyon, Sept 17 to Jan 6, 2007, Lyon, France

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