Whats Happening in the World of Arts

The Art Fund sponsors ' The WOW Factor' an Art Research Study Posted: 30 Oct 2008 10:39 PM CDT LEICESTER, UK - What links a neuroscientist with a social anthropologist and the UK’s premier independent art charity? The answer is the visual perception of art. When, why and how are individuals moved by a piece of art in a museum or gallery? These are the questions to be examined between the world renowned Department of Museum Studies and the Department of Engineering at the University of Leicester, in collaboration with The Art Fund.
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The Cult of the Jeff Koons ~ Celebration ~ at the Neue Nationalgalerie Posted: 31 Oct 2008 12:09 AM CDT Berlin, Germany - Neue Nationalgalerie presents today Cult of the Artist: Jeff Koons ~ Celebration ~, on view through February 8, 2009. A National gallery Exhibition, made possible by the Friends of the National Gallery, supported by E.ON. Jeff Koons is rated as one of most successful artists of the present day. He is surely one of the few living artists who largely owes his popularity to the cult he has systematically built up around his own personality: the way he presents himself in and through pictures has time and again proved to be an essential component of his artistic work.
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Miami Art Museum shows Yinka Shonibare "A Flying Machine for Every Man, Woman & Child" Posted: 31 Oct 2008 01:04 AM CDT MIAMI, FL.- As part of its ongoing New Work series, Miami Art Museum presents Yinka Shonibare, MBE: A Flying Machine for Every Man, Woman and Child, a new installation created specifically for MAM. The site-specific work will explore Miami’s role as a destination for both tourists and immigrants and as a symbol of freedom and promise. Shonibare’s installation will premiere on October 31 and will remain on view in MAM’s “New Work” gallery through January 18, 2009.
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Artists Ligorano/Reese 'Meltdown the Economy' Close to the Heart of Wall Street Posted: 30 Oct 2008 09:25 PM CDT New York City - On October 29, 2008, the 79th anniversary of Black Tuesday, the stock market crash that caused the Great Depression in 1929, artists Ligorano / Reese melted down the “Economy.” In a new, time-based event, called Main Street Meltdown the artists installed the word “ECONOMY,” carved in ice, in Foley Square, using the New York Supreme Court as a back drop. The event began on Wednesday, October 29th and will last 24 hours.... or until the Economy melts.
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