Author: Darko Topalski

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL – The Tel Aviv Museum of Art
holds numerous works by important Italian artists several of which are presently
on show. Gino Severini is represented by one of his famous
Futurist paintings from c. 1915, the portrait of Mrs. Meyer-See,
a socialite and the wife of a well-known London art dealer, as well as by
Dancers at Monico’s (c. 1910), reflecting the influence of
Neo-Impressionism, and Still Life with Mandolin (1918), a characteristic example
of his variant of Cubism.

ATHENS, GA.- The Georgia Museum of Art at the
University of Georgia in partnership with the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine
Art at Auburn University and the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at the University
of Oklahoma was recently awarded a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation
for the exhibition and catalogue of Art Interrupted: Advancing American
Art and the Politics of Cultural Diplomacy. Through the Program in
American Art, begun in 1982, the foundation has distributed more than $130
million to some 250 museums, universities and service organizations in 47
states, the District of Columbia and internationally.

VIENNA (AP).-
Sachertorte. Magnificent palaces. Splendid museums. When Phillip
Kalantirsky had his fill of Vienna the Opulent, he stayed on for a taste of
Vienna Noir — in a walking tour built around the cult film “The Third Man.” “I’m
obsessed with the movie,” the 37-year-old lawyer from New York said on a recent
afternoon as he and his wife waited for the tour to start. “Most old films are
very dated, you don’t buy into them. ‘The Third Man’ is different.”
Kalantirsky’s fascination with the film — set and partly shot in postwar Vienna
— is shared by many. Six decades after “The Third Man” premiered in London in
September 1949, tourists from around the world pound the Austrian capital’s
pavements — and even slip into its sewers — to see where the much-acclaimed
motion picture was set. Fans can choose from the walking tour or the underground
tour, visit a museum devoted to the movie, or even watch it in a theater.

PALM BEACH, FL.- Rare finds abound at The American
International Fine Art Fair (AIFAF), slated for February 3-8, 2010 at the Palm
Beach County Convention Center. The only American international art and antiques
fair rated 5-stars by The Art Newspaper, AIFAF has established itself as a
premier destination for sophisticated dealers and collectors. The fair
has emerged as the most prestigious art and antique show in the United States
and has been recognized as the “crown jewel” of American art fairs. As one of
the world’s leading sources for museum-quality paintings, sculpture, and
antiques, AIFAF reflects traditional, modern and contemporary collecting trends.
Eighty dealers from more than a dozen countries including Great Britain, Spain,
France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Austria
convene in the tony enclave of the Palm Beaches to showcase their finest
offerings, all strictly vetted.