A security man, in silhouette, stands guard at the
exhibition of "The First Emperor, China's entombed warriors" at the Art
Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, Tuesday, November 30, 2010.
Discovered by villagers in 1974, the underground army was created to
protect the first emperor of China, Qin Shihuang (259-210 BC) in
readiness for the afterlife.
Cubans and Africans unite in Afrocubism.Back in 1996 producer Nick Gold
wanted to record an album with musicians from Africa and Cuba, but the project
fell through at the last minute after the Africans’ passports went missing.With
the studio booked, Gold pressed ahead with just the Cubans, resulting in the
enormously successful Buena Vista Social Club.Now the original concept has
finally made it into the recording studios – Afrocubism.
On December 8 Sotheby’s Paris will offer one of the finest-ever Surrealist paintings: a key
work by André Masson, his 1939 Gradiva, which encapsulates the
friendship and artistic co-operation between Masson and the André Breton
group that started in November 1936 and lasted until 1942. The
spectacular format, and the attraction of the Gradiva myth to the
Surrealist psyche, makes this one of the most successful works in
Surrealist art. This is the first time this celebrated painting – shown
in all the major retrospectives devoted to André Masson and Surrealism
–will be offered at auction (estimate €1.500,000-2,000,000*).
From artdaily.com
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