Lead Stories
-- Gustavo Acosta. Fragments of the City and Other Motifs.
-- Adolf Wölfli. Art and The Challenge of Madness
News and Views
-- Art At an Arm's Reach
-- Christie's Latin American Art Spring Auctions will be in Paris, France
-- Mona Hatoum Awarded Sonning Prize 2004
-- We have a winner for the raffle of Roberto Matta's lithography.
Heard on the Street
-- On exhibition at the London National Gallery, enigma of the "Lady in a Fur Wrap", by El Greco, will be probed.
New Works for Sale in Virtual Galleries
-- Artco Gallery
New Electronic Catalogs
-- Antuan Rodríguez
New Books and Catalogs
-- Vitamin P
-- Los Murales de Diego Rivera (Diego Rivera´s Murals)
-- Mona Hatoum
-- Mexican Murals. Palacio de Bellas Artes. Mexico D.F., Mexico
Upcoming Events
-- MoMA at el Museo: Latin American and Caribbean Art from the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art. Museo Del Barrio, New York
-- VIII Cuenca Biennial, Ecuador
-- The London Original Print Fair
-- Spring at MAMBO. Coconut Grove, Florida
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Lead Stories
-- Gustavo Acosta. Fragments of the City and Other Motifs.
Gustavo Acosta's paintings are visual atmospheres where fragments of cities or interior views resemble set arrangements for a play with no actors; this is how art critic Jorge de la Fuente defines the Cuban artist's work. This article reviews the characteristics that define Acosta's painting, and analyzes the social and cultural milieu in which Acosta began and developed his career, the Cuba of the 1980s. Read this article
http://www.artnexus.com/servlet/NewsDetail?documentid=10203
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-- Adolf Wölfli. Art and The Challenge of Madness
Wölfli's artistic career originated and developed outside the traditional canons. Committed to a psychiatric clinic, the artist created many works of art in complete isolation from society, but achieving recognition for his work. This text by Uruguayan artist Luis Camnitzer analyzes Adolf Wölfli's work, its characteristics, and the possible contradictions originated more than once around his figure. Read the article
http://www.artnexus.com/servlet/NewsDetail?documentid=10117
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News and Views
-- Art At an Arm's Reach
Recently, Florida International University's Frost Museum acquired a cigarette vending machine that, instead of its traditional merchandise, sells small original works of art. Read more
http://www.artnexus.com/servlet/NewsDetail?documentid=13256
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-- Christie's Latin American Art Spring Auctions will be in Paris, France
The auction house Christie's announces that the Latin American Art auctions, that normally take place in New York in May, will take place this year in Paris, France. Read more
http://www.artnexus.com/servlet/NewsDetail?documentid=13264
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--Mona Hatoum Awarded Sonning Prize 2004
For the first time a visual artist has been awarded the Sonning Prize, and the winner is Mona Hatoum, an artist of Palestinian origin. The Prize is awarded by the University of Copenhagen to a man or a woman who has contributed significantly to European civilization Read more
http://www.artnexus.com/servlet/NewsDetail?documentid=13258
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