Author: Darko Topalski

LONDON.- Like many of the iconic, two sided characters
which he has played, one of the greatest actors of all time, Sir Anthony
Hopkins, is revealing another side to himself in his beautiful, recently
completed artwork. This magnificent art collection will be
unveiled in the UK at Gallery 27, Cork St, London through 20th February,
and in The Dome, Edinburgh 2nd to 6th March.

ISTANBUL, TURKEY – İstanbul Modern Museum’s new
Exhibition, “From Traditional to Contemporary: Cultural Memory in Modern Turkish
Art”, will open in February 2010. Focusing on the relationship
between art and the traditional, the Exhibition seeks to show how artists employ
history in their construction of modernism. Curated by İstanbul
Modern’s chief Curator Levent Çalıkoğlu, “From Traditional to Contemporary:
Cultural Memory in Modern Turkish Art“ will be a exhibition in which modern and
contemporary artists will take part. These are the artists who reinterpret
information, which is traditional, in the context of a new language of
expression.

WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian Institution has
joined Arizona State University in an innovative education and science
partnership aimed at sustaining a biodiverse planet. On Feb. 12,
Smithsonian Secretary Wayne Clough and ASU President Michael M. Crow launched a
global classroom—with one foot in Arizona’s Sonoran desert and the other in the
tropical landscapes of Panama. The partnership will create opportunities
for ASU undergraduates, graduate students and faculty to participate in
fieldwork at Smithsonian facilities in Panama, as well as for the development of
virtual global classrooms that center on current research in tropical
ecosystems. Smithsonian scientists will also participate in ASU degree programs.

LONDON.- Paul
Gauguin’s, “Nevermore”, 1897, which is on display at The Courtauld
Gallery, was chosen by artist and broadcaster Matthew Collings, and was selected
from a list of five works chosen by well known public figures. The
other selected artworks were Titian’s “Bacchus and Ariadne”, selected by writer
and broadcaster Andrew Graham-Dixon; Jan Van Eyck’s “The Arnolfini Portrait”,
chosen by artist Grayson Perry; Nicolas Poussin’s “Rinaldo and Armida”, chosen
by writer, critic and professor of literature at University of Essex, Marina
Warner; and Peploe’s “Roses”, chosen by presenter and Art Fund Prize chair of
the judges, Kirsty Young.

WASHINGTON, DC – Look through the glass walls of a television studio at the Newseum — the much-heralded $450 million museum created by, for and about news acolytes, news reporters, newshounds, newsreaders, news watchers, newsmakers and news advocates that opened on Friday — and you get an imposing view of the Capitol. But that also means that from the Capitol you also have a clear view of the glass facade of the Newseum, which is part of the point. The Newseum also  includes a memorial to journalists who died on the job.