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One of the oldest known copies of the Koran at the British Museum

From 26 January to 15 April 2012 at the British Museum in London visitors will be able to see the exhibition Hajj: journey to the heart of Islam. The artworks are revealing the panoramic view of Mecca. The objects will be loaned by the Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art to the British Museum. Executed in ink and opaque...

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Auction: 13 works from The Forbes Collection

Sotheby will sell on January 27, 2012 13 works from The Forbes Collection that depict the Battle of Champigny, one of the final engagements of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870. On Decembre 1870 Édouard Detaille exhibited the primary version of his work Champigny. Its first version of this composition is in the collection of...

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Juan Genoves’s exhibition at Marlborough Gallery in NYC

Juan Genoves was born in Valencia in 1930, is one of Spain’s wellknown contemporary artists and he is recognized for his aesthetic style rooted in Social Realism and political art. Genoves joined Marlborough Gallery in 1966 and his first exhibition at Marlborough London – a year later - was a resounding success. It...

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Portraits and nudes by Herb Ritts

Herb Ritts (1952 - 2002) is considered one of the most important photographers from the ‘80s because of it’s distinctive sense of style. He could switch gears between his work that helped revive the male nude genre and his commercial photography incorporating fashion and portraiture. The distinguishing mark of his work is...

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Documentary: Side by Side

The documentary " Side by Side" was spearheaded by Keanu Reeves , features interviews with a number of master filmmakers regarding the film vs. digital debate. Side by Side is officially one of my most anticipated movies in this year. Keanu Reeves produced and played host for this new film in which he cashes in all the...

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Spielberg’s latest great movies: The Adventures of Tintin sequels and Lincoln

"The Adventures of Tintin Sequels" had a great success and now everyone wants to know which books part two will be based on. Steven Spielberg is generatig much curiosity because he doesn’t want to give more details about this. He just explained that the Thompson detectives will have a much bigger role and that the movie...

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Mirror Mirror vs. Snow White and the Huntsman

Tarsem Singh’s “Mirror Mirror” will be the first Snow White Film , that will be released this year (March 16th, 2012). The trailer, which was described as a “comedic adventure” , wasn’t promising, but the gallery with the new official set of photos ar extraordinary. This summer will be released...

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“The "Thinker" by Rodin returns to the Cantor Arts Center

The public can admire again the iconic work “The Thinker” by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin . The sculpture returns to the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University after two years on loan to the North Carolina Museum of Art. Auguste Rodin (1840–1917) was recognized as the greatest artist of the era and was...

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Designs of the Year Awards: The Olympic Torch and the Royal Wedding Dress

In London was announced the 2012 list for the fifth annual Designs of the Year Awards by the Design Museum. This list is the celebration of the best in global designs and it represents designs across seven categories: Architecture, Digital, Fashion, Furniture, Graphics, Product and Transport. The longlist covers an eclectic mix of...

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Paintings stolen from Greece's National Gallery

An unknown number of paintings including “Woman’s Head” by Picasso were stolen on Monday, 9th of January, from the National Gallery of Athens . This work was a gift from the artist “to the Greek people” for their resistance to Nazi occupiers during the World War II. The thieves entered...

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Picasso's highlight at New Bond Street

An amazing selection of works by artists including Pablo Picasso, Raoul Dufy, Marc Chagall, Candido Portinari and Carlos Nadal are included along the beautiful Jeune fille aux cheveux noirs by Amedeo Modigliani Impressionist and Modern Art auction on 7th February 2012 at 101 New Bond Street in London. The sale of Impressionist and...

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"Retour" - 3rd edition of the International Festival of Contemporary Art of Algiers

In 2009 was organized for the first time the International Festival of Contemporary Art of Algiers and it took place at the the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Algiers. It’s purpose is to promote contemporary art production that is always at the heart of the living, proof of its vitality and freedom and to be a...

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Finest Russian enamels at Walters Art Museum

More than 260 objects from the 17th through early 20th centuries were donated by Jean Montgomery Riddell for the Walters Art Museum . She died at the age of 100 years and was the patron of arts at Washington D.C. Ridells collection was recognised in the entire world and considered as the finest of its kind in the United States of...

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Exhibition catalogue in digital format at Guggenheim

The Guggenheim Museum has expended its digital content and it is offering greater access to a range of content from Guggenheim publications. Essays on a wide variety of art historical topics and the current exhibition Maurizio Cattelan are now available as e-book singles. Historical documents from 1937 are now also available in a...

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Gotthard Schuh at Fundacion Mapfre in Spain

Fundacion Mapfre presents for the first time in Spain from 14 December 2011 to 19 February 2012 the work of the Swiss photographer Gotthard Schuh , one of the greatest in the 20th century. Schuh enthusiastically participated in the aesthetic revolution that took place in the world of photography in the late 1920s and which championed...

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Portrait Award 2012 at the National Portrait Gallery

The world’s most prestigious open competition for portrait painting, BP Portrait Award 2012 , is an annual event aimed at encouraging artists to focus upon and develop portraiture in their work. The BP Portrait Award 2012 exhibition will take place at the National Portrait Gallery in London from 21 June to 23 September 2012...

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LEGO sculptures by Nathan Sawaya

Nathan Sawaya is born in the Pacific Northwest. He moved to New York in 1991 to attend New York University. He rediscovered his childhood passion for LEGO. Today Sawaya has more than 1.5 million colored bricks in his New York art studio. Nathan Sawaya is a New York-based artist who creates large-scale sculptures and oversized...

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The Source - Mihaileanu's story about female emancipation

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RCI - London presents: The Way I Spent the End of the World

For RCI – London, films are a priority in terms of the cultural events. The offer is very large, from silent films to the most recent award-winning films . The Way I Spent the End of the World can be seen at the Romanian Cinematheque of RCI, on December 14, 2011 at 7 pm. The screening will be followed by a Skype Q&A...

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MARINA ALBU - artist talk at PAVILION UNICREDIT

Thursday, November 17, 2011, 19.00 at Pavilion Unicredit: ARTIST TALK WITH MARINA ALBU Both by what we produce, create or engage, inside or outside the cultural sphere, and by what we live, we act determined by drive or urge, passed through the filter of analysis or not. We have reasons for everything. These make us want or make us halt....

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BEYOND: 6th Romanian Film Festival in NYC

The Romanian Cultural Institute in New York and the Film Society of Lincoln Center, in collaboration with Transilvania International Film Festival, present BEYOND The 6th Annual Romanian Film Festival in NYC November 30 - December 6 at the Film Society of Lincoln Center The Romanian Cultural Institute in New York and the Film...

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Timisoara's h.arta group takes over Ludlow 38 with a feminist exploration

Timisoara's h.arta group takes over Ludlow 38 with a feminist exploration, EVERYDAY FRAGMENTS November 2 - December 11/ MINI/Goethe-Institut Curatorial Residencies Ludlow 38 Opening on November 2nd at Lower East Side's cultural hotspot Ludlow 38, " Everyday Fragments " is the first solo U.S. exhibition by the...

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LITERARY NOVEMBER @ RCINY

THU, November 3, 6:30 pm / RCINY (200 East 38th St., NYC) Join the European Book Club conversation around Gabriela Adamesteanu's remarkable novel WASTED MORNING RCINY has the pleasure to host the November session of the European Book Club and to invite you to share your reading experience of Wasted Morning, one of the most...

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Marina Naprushkina in dialogue with Eugen Radescu

Thursday, October 27, 2011, 19.00 A discussion about a not so close reality, about a closed society and about how we can manage to discuss arguments about a real democracy when we have to deal with failure of democratic lessons. “ The Office for Anti-Propaganda ” was founded in 2007 in Frankfurt. The...

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NEUROTIC MASS MOVEMENT at PAVILION UNICREDIT

NEUROTIC MASS MOVEMENT in dialogue with Andrei Craciun A talk focused on the political issues and critical thinking of the musical scene. Analyzing the representational strategies, the dialogue will explore topics, such as the nature and state of independent music, racism and sexism in the music business and the marketing of non-white and...

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EXCITING RCINY AUTUMN LINE-UP. MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

OPENS FRI, August 26 I IFC Center, NYC TALES FROM THE GOLDEN AGE, the omnibus project written by Cristian Mungiu, and co-directed with Ioana Uricaru, Hanno Hofer, Razvan Marculescu, and Constantin Popescu, comes back to New York City screens for a run at IFC Center. August - December I Various venues...

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Films in 2011 Golden Carpathian Competition

Films in 2011 Golden Carpathian Competition: PÁLL ADRIENN Austria-France-Hungary-Netherlands 2010, 136 min The story retraces the wanderings of a nurse who goes mad from being surrounded by death and sets off in search of a long-lost childhood friend. Gathering her recollections, she embarks on a journey full of...

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Ciprian Muresan’s first one-person exhibition in New York

David Nolan Gallery is very pleased to announce the opening of Ciprian Muresan ’s first one-person exhibition in New York featuring films, drawings, and installations. A reception for the artist was on Thursday, July 7. Ciprian Muresan’s (b. 1977, Romania) quietly subversive work reflects upon many themes, using the...

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4th Annual Toronto-Romanian Film Festival

May 20-22 I various venues in Toronto, Canada Presented by ToRo Arts Group, in collaboration with RCI and RCINY The festival highlights the recent internationally acclaimed features, including Florin Serban’s IF I WANT TO WHISTLE, I WHISTLE, Radu Muntean’s TUESDAY, AFTER CHRISTMAS, Petre Calin Netzer’s...

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I AM NOT LEGEND. Romanian Comics look back at New York City

SAT, May 7, 11 am – 5 pm I Loreley Restaurant & Biergarten – Downstairs Lounge, NYC (7 Rivington St., bet. Bowery & Chrystie) The Romanian Cultural Institute in New York is pleased to join the Festival of Ideas for a New City to present, on May 7, a special installation highlighting Romanian...

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