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Basel Miami Beach ever hopeful |
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NEW YORK. The eighth annual Art Basel Miami Beach converges
from 3-6 December amid shaky times for art sellers. Around
40,000 visitors are expected, and fair organisers remain bullish.
“What we are seeing, and what we saw at other shows
in the fall, is that there is definitely a market for high...
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| German
court orders return of ancient vessel to Iraq |
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But the gold vase is still believed to be held in Germany
pending an appeal
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| Spanish
queen duped Pope with dud Murillo |
Research
reveals Isabella II knowingly gave a fake painting to Pius
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| The
unsung glories of Croatian art and culture |
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This scholarly volume of essays is an indispensable introduction
to the country’s art, architecture and history
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| Body
art: where beauty is literally skin-deep |
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A book on paintings and drawings by tattooists focuses on
the skill of the work instead of the application
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From The
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Gavin turk on Which Came First? |
| Speaking in front of his work Duck Rabbit, Young
British Artist Gavin Turk explores the relationship
between which came first (the chicken or the egg) and
where it came from (a mammal or a bird). He also discusses
the process behind some of his self-portraits which
often see him replacing his own image over that of of
well known celebrities. |
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Grayson Perry Part 2 |
| In Part 2 of our interview, Grayson Perry talks
about his drawing and print work, specifically his Map
of Nowhere, based on the Ebstorf mappa mundi (a Medieval
European map of the world) which was destroyed during
World War II, and how his art treads a fine line between
beauty and meaning. He also talks about his love of
folk clothing and how he is more interested in the clothes
themselves rather than the sexuality they portray. |
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Staring in Amnesia |
| Chinese Artist Qiu Anxiong`s installation in Art
Unlimited and one of the favourites of the fair, is
a 1960`s railway car, used as a backdrop for a series
of black and white films shot during the chinese cultural
revolution.
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The
Entry of the Arts into Bohemia |
| Rudolf von Habsburg was born in 1552 in Vienna,
the eldest son of the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian
II. He spent his formative years, from the age of 11
to 19, at the stiffly formal court of his uncle, Philip
II, King of Spain, an experience that seems to have
made him pensive, melancholy, secretive, reserved and
aloof. He developed a great love of the arts and (occult)
sciences. He succeeded his father as Emperor in 1576
and moved the court to Prague (he was also King... |
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