Archive for April, 2007
Focus on AIDS Annual Benefit Auction
Los Angeles, California
Following an artists’ reception on April 20th and a weeklong preview display at Robertson Boulevard’s Farmani Gallery, the Focus on AIDS Foundation held its 12th Annual Benefit Auction on April 27th. The night was a resounding success, as proceeds from the evening put the foundation over the $3,000,000 mark in funds raised over its 20 years in existence.
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The La Caze Collection
The Louvre Museum, Paris, France
French art collector Louis La Caze is best remembered as an eccentric nineteenth-century figure who inspired a novel by Honoré de Balzac. An exhibition currently going up at the Louvre aims to shed new light on the philanthropist, who left the Paris museum a record 584 works upon his death in 1869.
“The Louvre’s collection of paintings would be completely different if we had not received the La Caze collection,” explains Guillaume Faroult, curator of the show.
Among the 60 paintings selected are masterpieces by artists including Jean-Antoine Watteau, Rembrandt and Jean-Honoré Fragonard, alongside lesser-known works from regional museums. Read the rest of this entry »
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L.A.’s Renaissance Man: Dennis Hopper
From Easy Rider to Azzurra, Dennis Hopper explains how an artist’s passion can endure even under the bright lights of Hollywood
By Daniella Walsh
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An Interview with Baroness Thyssen Carmen Cervera of Madrid’s Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum of Art
Written on: Thursday, April 5th, 2007 | Filed under:
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Baroness Thyssen Carmen Cervera holds one of the world’s most expansive art collections. Exhibited at Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid, her collection presents a fantastic assortment of impressionist paintings, classics and avant-garde works that demonstrate the vastness of European art. Cervera talked with Art and Living’s Beatriz Bonduel Smith about the finer points of being an art collector.
Art and Living: Baroness, you own one of the best and more international collections of art in the world. What does this imply? How do you take care of it?
Cervera: Absolute dedication. The paintings have to be studied by expert professors specialized in different epochs, artists and topics. Each and every painting has to have its own artistic file, a technical file and a series of slides. The history of the painting has to be traced from the moment when it was painted—if it has been owned by different families or entities, the exhibitions it has been in, the museums, and whether it can be lent or not for temporary exhibitions. We could call this the painting’s official bibliography. Similar to the way in which libraries handle books, we handle unique masterpieces. Also, to preserve the paintings, they must be kept at a certain room temperature and humidity levels must be kept under control. Read the rest of this entry »
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