LONDON.- Tonight, Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening sale realised £44,359,900 /$71,051,252 /€52,965,613 – above the high estimate (£30.4-£43 million/$48.7-$68.9 million**). With ‘Looking Closely’, this sum brings the total for S…
"An Excellent Year": 14th Edition of Paris Photo Turned the Spotlight on Central Europe
PARIS.- Paris Photo 2010: the best edition in 14 years “An excellent year,” “splendid 14th edition,” “one of the best editions ever seen.” These were some of the headlines in the press hailing the success of the 14th editi…
"An Excellent Year": 14th Edition of Paris Photo Turned the Spotlight on Central Europe
PARIS.- Paris Photo 2010: the best edition in 14 years “An excellent year,” “splendid 14th edition,” “one of the best editions ever seen.” These were some of the headlines in the press hailing the success of the 14th editi…
New Photographic Series by Taryn Simon at Gagosian
NEW YORK, NY.- Gagosian Gallery presents “Contraband,” a new photographic series by Taryn Simon. Simon’s photographs chronicle contradictory aspects of American identity while exposing the veiled mechanisms of society. Contraband expands…
Bali Declaration Hopes to Save Indonesia’s Biodiversity from Deforestation
WASHINGTON, DC.- Indonesia has some of the richest biological diversity of any nation on Earth; however, it is threatened with losing it to forest destruction. In reaction, more than 900 scientists from around the world, including those from the Smiths…