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China-Italy cultural coup

ROME.  In a major stroke of cultural diplomacy, the Chinese government gets its own long-term exhibition space in the heart of Rome under a new agreement; an Italian exhibition hall will likewise open in the National Museum of China in Beijing after Italian culture minister Sandro Bondi and his Chinese counterpart Cai Wu signed a cultural co-operation deal in Rome. Under the renewable agreement, the Chinese government will oversee a 600 sq. m space at the Palazzo di Venezia in Rome for the next five years. “The aim is to house a state museum of Chinese culture,” according to an Italian Culture Ministry statement. READ MORE

articles

High Line to double its size in second year

When it opens Section 2 next spring, the public art park will host rooftop dancers, sound installations and faux billboard trellises

New York's Asia Week umbrella leaves some out in the rain

Specialist galleries, auction houses and museums team up to publish guide for Asian art events, but some dealers and fair organisers are not included

Abramovich’s $400m
for St Petersburg docks

Billionaire will fund development of derelict site to include museums and galleries

Poland’s only Monet back
on view

The country’s sole painting by the French artist in a national collection was cut out of its frame and stolen ten years ago

A return to The Rookery for Frank Lloyd Wright

The architect’s trust opens an exhibition centre in the landmark Chicago building this month

Ontario museums team up

National Gallery of Canada shares contemporary collection with the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art in three-year deal

Is Avilés ready for
“the Niemeyer effect”?

Its backers range from Brad Pitt to Stephen Hawking, but can a new arts centre in northern Spain really replicate the success of the Guggenheim Bilbao?

“The architect’s role is to fight for a better world…”

Now approaching his 103rd birthday, Niemeyer continues to practise from his office in Rio de Janeiro

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video

Theory, Practice & Secret Service

Suzanne Treister, sets the record straight about her so called 'conspiracy theory' tendencies. Mingling fact with fiction in her works which include images referring to former MI5 director Stella Rimington, Treister explains the origins of her works in this frank interview by Jean Wainwright.

Grayson Perry - The Seven Ages of Man

Speaking at his current show at the Victoria Miro Gallery in London, Grayson Perry discusses his Walthamstow Tapestry and the techniques and theories behind some of his pots in the exhibition including one depicting the wedding of himself and his ever present teddy bear, Alan Measles.

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exhibitions

India’s Fabled City:
Arts of Courtly Lucknow

LOS ANGELES. An exhibition focusing on the flowering of art and culture in the north Indian city of Lucknow opens this month at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Lacma). It will be the first time so many of Lucknow’s scattered treasures have been reassembled—many coming from museums in the UK and France, nations that once vied to make the city the jewel in their imperial crowns—to create a picture of the city at its zenith. Called the “Golden City of the East”, Lucknow was the capital of Awadh, a province successively ruled by the Mughal Emperors, the British East India Company and then as part of the British Raj..

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Two free tickets to Miami International Art Fair

Miami Beach will once again become a gathering place for art lovers across the globe.  International Fine Art Expositions (IFAE) announces the Miami International Art Fair (MIA) will return January 14th-17th, 2011 to Miami Beach Convention Center, with a private preview evening January 13th.  

MIA 2011 is inaugurating a unique new model for the Miami art community, combining carefully selected contemporary and cutting edge galleries with a strong curatorial program aimed at supporting the Miami art community.  The fair will host 65 prestigious international dealers, exhibiting contemporary art, including photography, works on paper, sculpture, installations, art project rooms, and new media from emerging and established artists.

A major contribution of MIA is their commitment to the support of the Miami art community. MIA will not only showcase prominent Miami art galleries but also innovative art projects by local art institutions.

For more information on exhibitors and programming we welcome you to visit www.mia-artfair.com.