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Archive for April, 2011

New Salvador Dali Museum opens

New Salvador Dali Museum opens

Dali enthusiasts may be interested to know that earlier this year St. Petersburg, Florida saw the opening of a museum dedicated to his life and works. The new model is more than twice the size of its predecessor and offers the most extensive collection of Dali’s work outside of his native Spain – his hometown [...]

Still no word from Ai Weiwei

Still no word from Ai Weiwei

China’s most well known contemporary artist, Ai Weiwei, has been missing since the 3rd April when he was seized by the Chinese authorities at Beijing airport. The disappearance of such a popular figure has drawn much attention both within China itself and on the global stage. With no one having seen or heard from Ai [...]

Chinese revolution across the Art World

Chinese revolution across the Art World

Dong Li’s striking work at the Oxford Gallery A hugely ambitious programme of modernisation and economic development has succeeded the dark years of Mao’s cultural revolution. This has created a Chinese economic boom that is changing the dynamics of the international art market at an astonishingly fast pace. Rising levels of personal wealth have given [...]

Damien Hirst’s diamond encrusted baby head

Damien Hirst’s diamond encrusted baby head

  It is becoming increasingly clear that the glory days of the Brit art movement are officially coming to an end. The YBA’ s had an extraordinary impact on the art scene throughout the 1990’s and early noughties with their willingness to embrace new materials and processes producing new, highly conceptual art forms that were [...]

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