Paris, 24 September 2012 The Louvre was praised after opening its gallery of Islamic art, now the Indians would also like to popularise their art and see it exhibited at others museums worldwide. According to Rajan Zed, spokesman of India, this gallery is “a step in a good direction” that would allow this very rich… Poursuivre la lecture More Hindu art
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« Warriors of the Plains » at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum
London, 21 September 2012  “Warriors of the Plains”: 200 years of Native North American honour and ritual is the title of the British Museum’s new exhibition (from 22 September 2012 to 13 January 2013), in partnership with the Royal Albert Memorial Museum. It will be a rare occasion of exploring the… Poursuivre la lecture « Warriors of the Plains » at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum
Asia Art Week makes 91 million $ at Christie’s and Sotheby’s
New York, 19 September 2012 Asia Art Week just made around 91 million dollars in less than a week at New Yorker auction houses Christie’s and Sotheby’s. The result has blown over the two houses. Asian art is now repositioning itself as the engine of world art market. It allows Sotheby’s to capitalise 46 million… Poursuivre la lecture Asia Art Week makes 91 million $ at Christie’s and Sotheby’s
« Cheveux chéris » at the Musée du Quai Branly
Paris, 18 September 2012  A Head Ornament, Marquesas Islands © musée du quai Branly, photo Patrick Gries, Valérie Torre The Musée du Quai Branly proposes, from 18 September 2012 to 14 July 2013, an exhibition titled “Cheveux chéris. Frivolités et trophées” (Darling hair. Frivolity and trophies). At the crossing of… Poursuivre la lecture « Cheveux chéris » at the Musée du Quai Branly
Tribal Perspectives 2012
London, 18 September 2012  The sixth Tribal Perspectives will take place from 18 to 22 September. Held in the Gallery 27, Cork Street, Mayfair in London, this fair is probably the only one specialising in tribal art in the United Kingdom. Tribal Perspectives 2012 gathers art traders from Oceania, the Americas, Africa and… Poursuivre la lecture Tribal Perspectives 2012
Tea the Guimet way
Paris, 17 September 2012  In partnership with Le Palais des Thés, the Guimet Museum will open its new exhibition titled “Le thé à Guimet, histoires d’une boisson millénaire” (“Tea the Guimet way, history of an age old drink”), from 3 October 2012 to 7 January… Poursuivre la lecture Tea the Guimet way
Chinese treasures coming to Melbourne in 2015
Melbourne, 17 September 2012 An important collection of the Palace museum of Beijing will come to Melbourne thanks to a recent agreement signed by Arts Secretary of State Ted Baillieu. The Secretary has indeed left Australia for China, on Sunday 16 September, with a 600 persons delegation in order to visit thirteen cities. This agreement… Poursuivre la lecture Chinese treasures coming to Melbourne in 2015
« S’asseoir, se coucher et rêver » at the Dapper museum
Paris, 17 September 2012  From 10 October 2012 to 14 July 2013, the Dapper museum will present the exhibition “Design en Afrique, s’asseoir, se coucher et rêver” (Design in Africa, To Sit, Lay and Dream), thus revealing, through a hundred pieces, a world devoted to all artefacts that support the body. The release insists… Poursuivre la lecture « S’asseoir, se coucher et rêver » at the Dapper museum
The Civilisation and War Museums put online websites adapted to mobile devices
Gatineau, 17 September 2012 The Canadian Museum of Civilisation and War Museum have launched a website with a new version adapted to mobile devices. There is no doubt the yearly almost two million visitors of the Museums will benefit from these new apps. They are in fact every day more prone to use smartphones or… Poursuivre la lecture The Civilisation and War Museums put online websites adapted to mobile devices
Results of Christie’s Asian Art Week
New York, 17 September 2012 Christie’s New York organized some major auctions during the Asian Art Week, which took place from 11 to 14 September 2012. These sales presented very rare Chinese art pieces from China, Japan, Korea, India and Southeast Asia. Five thematical sales were thus organized. The “Japanese & Korean Art” sale took… Poursuivre la lecture Results of Christie’s Asian Art Week