Bank of America Art Conservation Project To Restore Global Cultural Treasures in 2011

LONDON.- Bank of America Merrill Lynch has today announced that its 2011 Art Conservation Project is open for applications from arts and cultural institutions. Following the success of the inaugural 2010 project that was launched in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, this major initiative will provide grants to restore cherished art works in order to preserve their cultural value for future generations. Applications are welcome from non-profit cultural institutions across EMEA, the U.S. and Asia Pacific. The [...]

Sao Paulo Biennial Foundation Appoints Curator for its Forthcoming Edition

SAO PAULO.- Venezuelan-born Luis Pérez-Oramas will be responsible for the 30th São Paulo International Biennial to be held in 2012. Pérez-Oramas is expected to begin working as soon as the appointment is made public, putting together the curatorial team that will accompany him in the process of organizing the Biennial. The curator will be also responsible for the 30th Biennial’s traveling shows to be held in 2013 and, following the current agreement between Fundação Bienal and the Brazilian Ministry of [...]

Salvador Dalí Exhibition in Milan has Welcomed More than 222,000 Visitors in Two Months

MILAN.- After over 50 years, Salvador Dalì’s genius is back in Milan: Palazzo Reale houses a great exhibition investigating the relationship between this Spanish artist and the landscape, the dream, the desire. The exhibition, made possible thanks to the extraordinary collaboration with Fundaciò Gala-Salvador Dalì of Figueres, counts on important loans from Italian and international museums and institutions, including the Fundaciò itself, the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia of Madrid, the Dalí Museum of St. Petersburg, Florida, the [...]

The Best School of London Post-War and Contemporary Art at Sotheby’s

LONDON.- Sotheby’s announced that its Contemporary Art Evening Auction on Monday, June 28, 2010 will present collectors with a one-off opportunity to acquire some of the best Post-War and Contemporary artworks by the venerated and highly sought-after School of London artists Lucian Freud, Leon Kossoff and Frank Auerbach, as well as Paula Rego and Patrick Heron (all born in the inter-war years between 1920 and 1935). These eight paintings of exceptional quality and historic significance come from a distinguished private [...]

ARCOmadrid_2010 was Officially Presented at Museo Reina Sofia

MADRID.- ARCOmadrid_2010 was officially presented in public at Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid. The act was chaired by Luis Eduardo Cortés, President of IFEMA’s Executive Committee; Fermín Lucas, Director General of IFEMA and Lourdes Fernández, Director of ARCOmadrid. Feria de Madrid is holding the 29th International Contemporary Art Fair, ARCOmadrid_2010, from February 17th to 21st, making it once again the opening event in the international art fair calendar. This year the fair is hosting a total [...]