19 janvier 2010

The Museum said in September that plans to hand over the 2,500-year-old clay cylinder had been delayed due to unspecified "practicalities." TEHRAN.- Iran will cut its links with the British Museum and ask bodies such as UNESCO to reconsider their own ties if the museum does not keep a promise to lend Iran an ancient Persian treasure, Iranian media reported on Sunday. Iran's Cultural Heritage Organization said in October it had set a two-month deadline for the British Museum to allow the public display in Iran of the... [Lire la suite]

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Photos: Sean P. Watters - Fashion :  Manuel de la Cruz and Jose Duran - styled by Hayden NYC

Workers look over a giant mural set up on the outside of the Art Gallery in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia Janaury 17, 2010. The mural is part of a new show inside the gallery by artist Michael Lin. REUTERS/Andy Clark. VANCOUVER, BC.- The Vancouver Art Gallery will play a central role in enlivening Vancouver ’s downtown streets during the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games with three major public art installations in the city’s most prominent locations. Using the exuberant floral patterns of Taiwanese fabric,... [Lire la suite]

Le Palais des Doges, Venise, Italie 2007 - Photographe Balou Lumix - Licence Creative Commons 3.0 VENISE (ITALIE) [18.01.10] – La deuxième phase de restauration du Palais des Doges de Venise vient de s'achever. Pendant les travaux, les restaurateurs ont mis à jour des traces de polychromie dans les parties les plus anciennes du Palais. L'édifice devait autrefois être recouvert d'or et de couleurs, symbole de la richesse de la cité. Après deux ans de travaux et plus de 2,4 millions d'euros de budget, la deuxième phase de... [Lire la suite]

LONDON.- Peter Marino’s exceptional private collection of bronze sculptures will go on show to the public for the first time at London’s Wallace Collection, 29 April – 25 July 2010. Marino is one of the world’s leading architects. Andy Warhol and Yves St Laurent were amongst his first clients, when he founded his architectural practice in 1978, with initial commissions including the design of Warhol’s seminal Factory space and renovation of his New York townhouse. Friendship with Warhol furthered Marino’s interest in art... [Lire la suite]

The Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum NEW YORK (ETATS-UNIS) – A New York se tenait à la mi-janvier un grand colloque des musées de l'Etat sur la vente d'œuvres d'art pour payer les factures en temps de crise. Un débat complexe et intense entre les acteurs du monde culturel américain, entre ceux favorables à une législation interdisant la vente, et d'autres rejetant une telle mesure. En ces temps de crise, certains musées américains ont du vendre des œuvres de leur collection pour renflouer des caisses vidées par la... [Lire la suite]

The jade imported from Myanmar measures 3 meters high, 2.15 meters wide and 2.2 meters deep and weighs 35 tons. AP Photo/Tran Van Minh. HAI DUONG, VIETNAM (AP).- One of the flamboyant entrepreneurs making it big in booming Vietnam unveiled a massive precious stone on Monday that he plans to transform into the world's largest jade Buddha. Dao Trong Cuong, the owner of a Vietnamese gem mine, purchased the 35-ton stone in Myanmar last year for $2 million and imported it to Vietnam in October. By the time a team of 50 artists and... [Lire la suite]

Fotos: Ken Pao - Styling: Polar