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PARIS.- On 31 March & 1 April in Paris Sotheby’s will offer for sale an ensemble of 600 historic sculptures and interior/exterior decorative objects (statues, fireplaces, garden furniture, park and garden ornaments) from Origines – specialists in France’s architectural heritage from the Gothic period to the 20th century. Origines are based in Le Four-à-Chaux, a former 18th century industrial building in Richebourg, west of Paris, and cater to an increasingly international clientele. The ensemble showcases the magnificent materials – stone, marble, wrought iron – used for statues, fireplaces, park and garden ornaments, and monumental architectural pieces. All bear unique witnesses to the past, and exude their own special magic, inviting art-lovers on a fascinating voyage of discovery through the ages, passing by a host of different periods, styles, forms and materials. These items have been rescued from obliv

By: Zoran Radosavljevic

KRAPINA (REUTERS).- Forensic science and computer simulations are just a couple of the high tech tools used to explain one branch of the evolutionary tree at a new museum in Croatia. The Neanderthal Museum opened last week and was built on the site where scientists have found the greatest concentration in Europe of Neanderthal remains, the bones, skulls, tools and other effects of an extinct offshoot of mankind who inhabited parts of Asia and Europe until 30,000 years ago. The museum’s concept — which sums up evolution in a 24-hour period displayed on a winding track along the museum’s two floors — highlights the late starting time of 23:52 for the first appearance of any of mankind’s relations. The museum, built with help from U.S. and British natural history museums and others, displays many of the bones and artifacts excavated here in the late 19th century.

LONDON.- The Mayor of London Boris Johnson has confirmed details for this year’s EAST festival, which returns on Thursday 4 March and runs until Tuesday 9 March. Over six days more than 100 events will showcase the vibrant and unique cultural life of East London, an area that has become a magnet for Londoners and tourists alike. EAST is brought together by the Mayor’s Office in collaboration with different creative and cultural partners and features a variety of events and projects that draw inspiration from themes or issues relevant to the area. Key for 2010 are architecture, minimalism and the Asian subcontinent, which are explored through music, cinema, theatre, visual arts, literature and even sport. The Mayor of London Boris Johnson said: ‘I’m delighted to see the return of the East festival. This year promises to be a real box of delights with a range of world class artists, exciting performances and activities that range from building your own home to bicycle polo in a fe

WASHINGTON, DC.- The 2010 Jury of Fellows from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) elevated 134 AIA members to its prestigious College of Fellows, an honor awarded to members who have made significant contributions to the profession. The 2010 Fellows will be honored at an investiture ceremony at the 2010 National AIA Convention and Design Exposition in Miami. The Fellowship program was developed to elevate those architects who have made a significant contribution to architecture and society and who have achieved a standard of excellence in the profession. Election to fellowship not only recognizes the achievements of architects as individuals, but also their significant contribution to architecture and society on a national level.

KANSAS CITY, MO.- Art in the Loop is pleased to announce the newest art commission for the ARTwall, Forever People by artist, Ascot J. Smith. The ARTwall is a custom designed billboard structure that exhibits super-sized contemporary art at 13th and Grand Streets in downtown Kansas City. Forever People by Ascot Smith is set in the year 2200. A nameless couple sends recorded messages into the past hoping to prevent a dystopian future. However, the two begin to use the recording to confess their struggles of sustaining a relationship amid holographic love affairs and android rivalries. Kansas City based artist, Ascot J. Smith is multimedia artist and writer who earned a BFA degree in photography and new media from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2005. His ARTwall, titled Forever People, includes a fictional story that he presents in a series of audio story episodes. Viewers are encouraged to call the free phone number listed on the ARTwall billboard to hear the audio record

COPENHAGEN.- James Carpenter, the New York-based architect, sculptor and designer of daylight, is this year’s recipient of the VILLUM and VELUX FOUNDATION’S Daylight and Building Component Award. Carpenter played an important role in the design of 7 WTC, the first building to rise at Ground Zero since the attacks of September 11, 2001. Carpenter, 59, will receive the award and a grant of EUR100,000 at a ceremony on March 2, 2010, in Hoersholm, a suburb of Copenhagen. The award, which includes one of the largest monetary grants of its kind, honors Carpenter for his lifelong design work in enhancing the urban environment with daylight and other natural phenomena. “James Carpenter is one of the few who clearly strives for a link between the measurable and the immeasurable, nature and architecture,” says Bjarne Thomsen, Chairman for the award committee. “In this manner his works serve as inspiration for many as they introduce strokes of new direction, content and clear technological

CLEVELAND, OH (AP).- There’s always been room at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum for the exciting, most popular relics, like Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” jacket and John Lennon’s Sgt. Pepper uniform. But most of the not-so-flashy mementos were tucked away in storage. Visitors will get a chance to see those hidden artifacts beginning later this year, when the museum opens its library and archives in a recently completed high-tech building it shares with Cuyahoga Community College’s creative arts programs. The museum has begun moving photos, recordings, albums and covers, oral histories, scrap books and other packed materials from its iconic glass pyramid overlooking Lake Erie to the new, low-key building two miles away. The items also include such gems as Jim Morrison’s first poem, video from the 1981-82 Rolling Stones tour and personal letters from the Grateful

ZURICH.- From February 27 to May 24, 2010, the Fotomuseum Winterthur is presenting the exhibition The Subversion of Images – Surrealism, Photography, and Film, an extraordinarily rich survey of Surrealist photography. The exhibition comprises over 400 photographs, films, and documents: from very famous photographs by Man Ray, Hans Bellmer, Claude Cahun, Raoul Ubac, Jacques-André Boiffard, and Maurice Tabard to unknown pictures, to magazine publications, artist’s books, advertisements, to fascinating “raw, found documents”, to photo booth photographs, and group portraits of the Surrealists. The exhibition also offers an opportunity to discover lesser-known photographic works by Paul Eluard, André Breton, Antonin Artaud, or George Hugnet, photographic games by Leo Malet

LONDON.- On Wednesday, 14 April, 2010 Sotheby’s bi-annual Arts of the Islamic World Sale in London will present an exceptional array of fine and rare works of art that span from the rise of Islam in the 7th century through to the 19th century. The auction, which will also feature important examples of ancient manuscripts, ceramics, metalwork, weaponry, textiles, ceramics and paintings from North Africa, the Middle East, Turkey, Islamic Spain and South Asia, is estimated to realise in excess of £4 million and will be highlighted by Part II of ‘The Tipu Sultan Collection’ (the first part was offered at Sotheby’s London in 2005 and brought £1,239,240/$2,267,437). Commenting on the forthcoming sale, Edward Gibbs, Head of Sotheby’s Middle East and Indian Art Department, said: “We are delighted to bring to the market the second part of ‘The Tipu Sultan Collection’, which will