• February 18, 2008

    Date posted: February 18, 2008 Author: jolanta

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    International Top News

     Hadid London Debut Scrapped Amid Market Concerns

    Plans for what was to be Pritzker Prize-winning architect Zaha Hadid’s
    first permanent building in London have been scrapped after the
    Architecture Foundation, for whom the structure was to be a new
    headquarters, was unable to secure sufficient funding from donors. The
    planned $10 million structure was to have been completed in July 2009.
    The New York Times reports that the decision was made "as a result of
    the credit crunch that began with the subprime mortgage collapse" and
    the Evening Standard in London said that donors wavered because of
    "economic nervousness" and a stock market slump. Hadid called the
    decision "disappointing." (Artinfo, February 18, 2008)
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    Duesseldorf Contemporary Art Fair Closes Its Doors

    Just a day after Art Cologne announced that it was doing away with its
    new sister fair on the Spanish island of Majorca, DC Duesseldorf
    Contemporary, which premiered last April, announced that it too was
    closing its doors, reports Bloomberg. The fair’s organizers cited low
    sales, saying in a statement, "All indications are that art-market
    activity concentrates on a few art fairs with international and not
    just German significance." Organizers said they were exploring a
    consolidation with other fairs. (Artinfo, February 18, 2008) 
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    Openings and Art Events on Tuesday, February 19

    New York:

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    Panel: Photography: Dawoud Bey, Carrie Mae Weems "Conversation with the
    Artist Dawoud Bey" 6:30pm at Aperture Foundation    www.aperture.org

    — Bruce Nauman "Projection and Displacement: Drawings for
    Installations" at Sperone Westwater Gallery www.speronewestwater.com

    National:

    — Gary Mesa-Gaido: Public Spaces of Europe at PennState www.pct.edu/gallery

    Art Fair and Biennial Reminders from Art Fairs International

    – Utrecht Manifest, November 24, 2007–February 11, 2008, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    – Anima, February 1–9, Brussels, Belgium
    – Palm Beach | America’s International Fine Art & Antique Fair,
    February 1–10, West Palm Beach, Florida
    – Art Rotterdam, February 7–10, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    – Berlin International Film Festival, February 7–17, Berlin, Germany
    – International Festival Sarajevo, February 7–March 21, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
    – Art Innsbruck, February 8–11, Innsbruck, Austria
    – Miami National Antique Show + Sale, February 8–10, Miami, Florida
    – Pavillon of Arts and Design NY, February 8–11, New York, New York
    – Petersfield Antiques Fair, February 8–10, Petersfield, United Kingdom
    – The San Francisco Tribal & Textile Arts Show, February 8–10, San
    Francisco, California

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