leAD  RIO DE JANEIRO. RIO DE JANEIRO. A major public art festival due to open in Rio, announced late last year as the “Semana de Arte” (The Art Newspaper, December 2010, p1), has been cancelled. Organised by Brazilian-born artist Vik Muniz, the art week (a precursor to a series of events lasting some months) was expected to begin this month with large-scale works by 16 artists, including Olafur Eliasson and William Kentridge, scattered across city landmarks like the Sugarloaf. It was scrapped after the two private companies responsible for production decided to dissolve their partnership. .. READ MORE 
articles While there is money for masterpieces, auctions houses struggle with a lack of “quintessential” pieces Shareholders expected to approve packages for top five executives Japanese disasters lead to cancelled exhibitions Lenders deterred by inadequate climate control and radiation fears Picasso leads Sotheby's sale—but not at heights expected The impressionist and modern art auction made more than $170m, but was “uneven overall” Silent films in the spotlight A Save America’s Treasures grant will be used to treat 42 early American films recently returned from New Zealand “The Sharjah Biennial will go on” Sheikha Hoor confident despite last month’s sacking of its director Jack Persekian Defend holy sensibilities Modern art is likely to gain from contradiction, and even, on occasion, from censorship Stalwart event shrinks in size and rubs shoulders with emerging art We scoured the city's art spaces and found the best shows on offer The dealer-run event hopes to fill a void for traditional arts and antiques in May Three new spaces hope to create a new arts neighbourhood in Polish capital all articles
video An Interview with Orlan  In a rare english interview, Orlan talks about her works on display at the 2008 Photo Miami Fair. The works featured Orlan's own clothes arranged in such a way as to detract from connotations of sex and form leaving the clothes to speak for themselves. Ross Lovegrove, Art & Design  Designer Ross Lovegrove discusses the crossover between art and design and how he is interested in industrial innovation and the development of technology as an art form. more videos exhibitions London and Leningrad Under Siege: Henry Moore Drawings at the Hermitage  ST PETERSBURG. The State Hermitage Museum has chosen to show Henry Moore’s “Shelter Drawings”—his powerful depictions of civilians sheltering in the London Underground during the Blitz—to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Siege of Leningrad, one of the longest and bloodiest sieges in history. The Hermitage show is a reminder of Moore’s capacity movingly to convey the nature of life in wartime. “The drawings are about survivors of any cataclysm,” says Anita Feldman, the exhibition curator and head of collections at the Henry Moore .... all exhibitions
jobs The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts (“PFA”) seeks to foster deep understanding and appreciation of the arts and architecture. Through installations, programs, collaborations and other initiatives with cultural, educational and community institutions, the PFA serves artists, scholars, students and the general public. all jobs | 
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