leAD  MES AYNAK. A rescue operation is underway to save as much as possible from ancient Buddhist monasteries in Mes Aynak, Afghanistan, before the mountains become an open-cast mine and the site is destroyed. In what is now the world’s largest archaeological dig, around 1,000 workers are trying to excavate artefacts from the country’s second most important Buddhist site (along with Hadda), after Bamiyan... READ MORE
 
articles Questions are being raised about a protective coating applied to Ife sculptures Getty case may be tip of the iceberg Musée Picasso director reveals the cost of borrowing A new series of works by video artist Shaun Gladwell are due to debut at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image Museums, fellow artists and his gallery rally to show support for the artist, who is in police custody Royal furniture designer and Christie's chairman marks 25th anniversary National Museum in Beijing looks to 18th-century Europe for its grand reopening all articles 
video  Marc Quinn talks about his Self works - the series of heads created from his own blood - and the mythology that arose from Charles Saatchi's fridge freezer, as well as his Kate Moss sculptures and other works in this exclusive interview filmed earlier this year in Basel.  Suzanne Treister, sets the record straight about her so called 'conspiracy theory' tendencies. Mingling fact with fiction in her works which include images referring to former MI5 director Stella Rimington, Treister explains the origins of her works in this frank interview by Jean Wainwright.. more videos
exhibitions  Claude Monet originally intended the Agapanthus triptych (1915-26) to hang in the Musée de l'Orangerie in Paris, part of the panorama of water and water lilies that he conceived with his friend, the French statesman and wartime prime minister George Clemenceau, as a celebration of the end of the first world war... .
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The Power Corporation of Canada Curatorial Internships encourage students and recent graduates born on or after 1 January 1981 across the design disciplines to become acquainted with the CCA... all jobs
Offers The 14th International Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Fair (SOFA NEW YORK) opens Wednesday evening, April 13 and runs Thursday, April 14 through Sunday, April 17, at the Park Avenue Armory. 57 dealers from 12 countries offer masterworks in art and design. Speakers in the Lecture Series, free with admission, include Michael Petry, Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art and Curator of the Royal Academy Schools Gallery (London). New this year: New Collectors/Young Designers Night, Friday, April 15th; and designer Jack Lenor Larsen presents LongHouse Reserve Special Recognition Awards for Best Artwork and Booth Design at the fair. www.sofaexpo.com
Michael Eden Pink Bloom, 2011 Made by Additive Layer Manufacturing from a high quality nylon material with unique mineral soft coating. No. 5 in an edition of 24 in various colours Represented at SOFA NEW YORK by Clare Beck at Adrian Sassoon, London | 
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