The weekly art news round-up
Orla O'Brien, Friday, 28th November 2008
LA MOCA
The Geffen Contemporary Space in Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Arts, Little Tokyo, hosted 450 art fans as well as some of LA's most prominent artists, this week. The massive turn out was in aid of a rally organised in aid of MOCA which, according to recent reports, is experiencing serious financial problems. The popularity of the event, despite it only raising $4,000 dollars, is hoped to bode well for future support of MOCA.
UAE: Cultural Hot Spot
The UAE’s plans for its first Pavillion at the 53rd Venice Biennale,in June 2009 were announced this week by his Excellency Abdul Rahman Mohammed Al Owais, Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development. The announcement is a landmark for the UAE, as it represents the state's increasing role as an international cultural centre. The Pavilion will be designed by Rami Farook (founder of the UAE’s Traffic design gallery) and D'haeseleer & Kimpe & Poelaert, three of Belgium’s rising architectural stars.
Moscow’s Newest Art Installation
One of Moscow’s most exciting art events this year will take place on top of the Mosenertgo building, at Dasha Zhukova’s Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture in Moscow. The video installation, ‘Moscow on the Move’, will include work from emerging Russian artists: Artavazd Peleshan, Yang FuDong, Doug Aitken, Fischli & Weiss, Agnes Varda, Sarah Morris, Pipilotti Rist, AES+F, Cao Fei, Douglas Gordon, Philippe Parreno and Alexander Kluge. The project will serve as a showcase for the artists’ work and will take place in collaboration with the London Serpentine Gallery’s upcoming exhibition of Russian video work. The exhibition will predominantly feature work by artists AES+F, who were the subject of much attention at the Venice Biennale in 2007.
Old Masters Stand Tall
According to the world’s major auction houses it will be the works of the old masters that will hold their own during the current economic turndown. During the last economic collapse in the early 90s art buyers became much more selective, preferring to invest in the works of blue-chip masters. Two major auctions taking place on 2 and 3 December at Christie’s and Sotheby’s in London, at which Sotheby's will offer four paintings by the Breughel family. The Christies auction on 2 December will include two stunning landscapes by Canaletto, appearing at auction for the first time and estimated to reach a whopping £3- 5 million.
Piero Della Francesca Controversy
A renaissance masterpiece, held in the National Gallery, London, has been causing quite a stir in recent weeks. The 1450s painting by Piero Della Francesca should, according to Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, be in the collection at Westminster Cathedral. The painting was bought by the National Gallery in 1861 from the Camaldese Gallery, which is now a cathedral in Borgo Sasnepolcro, Italy. The curator of Italian works at the National Gallery has stated, 'By seeing the picture at the National Gallery, in an especially secluded room which evokes a chapel setting, visitors can experience this masterpiece in any number of ways, according to their beliefs or, indeed, lack of beliefs'.
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