For art lovers from across the world wishing to acquire the finest examples of antiques, fine art and jewellery, The Biennale des Antiquaires has been a must-attend event for close half a century.

It will showcase the two pillars of its success, the quality of the exhibits and the antiques trade, in the most beautiful city in the world and heart of the art market.

Dong Wensheng goes through freely in photography,installation and experimental filmmaking. His artwork features in Chinese traditional culture elements and mysterious and hyperreal aesthetics. With cross-cultural vocabulary, Dong Wensheng has been paying attention to the inheritance of traditional culture in the background of globalization, and how individual’s reflection on urbanization. His works also involve in the philosophical issues such as time and existence.

The exhibition will show two series of photos by Dong Wensheng. One is “Chinese Garden” series, created from 2003 to 2005. The artist elaborated on reconstructed image of …

The exhibition will take place from 27 June to 31 October 2010 at the Fondation Maeght in Saint Paul de Vence, a place steeped in history, friendship and passion for Alberto Giacometti.

The curator particularly wished to exhibit works from the foundation’s collection and that of the Maeght family. These are joined by other exceptional works from international public and private collections, some being shown for the first time, to fully convey the curator’s intention.
While some early works and others from his Surrealist period are included, the exhibition will focus primarily …

British manufactured and hand-finished, the tables reflect designer Michael Thomas’s faith that Britain has the skill and capacity to produce high design goods as well as anywhere else in the world. Each piece comes in a range of colours from neutral to vibrant.

Bonhams will hold their first ever Picasso Editions Sale featuring ceramics, silver and prints by the most celebrated artist of the 20th century, in Knightsbridge on Thursday 23rd September. The sale offers buyers the opportunity to lay their table with over £100,000 worth of plates, jugs and dishes decorated with vibrant and joyful designs by one of the 20th century’s most inventive artists.

“Picasso was one of the most important ceramicists of the 20th century because of the newness of his approach, because of the way he worked by appropriating and …

100%design is the UK’s leading contemporary interiors event for the contract market, attracting key manufacturers, star designers and major specifiers from the UK and overseas.

There is no other show that connects the worlds of architecture and design with innovative, contemporary interior products, creativity and an exciting mix of new and established talent.
23 - 26 September 2010, Earls Court London.
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July 2010 (Youngstown) – Pierre Soulages (born 1919), an internationally renowned artist of French origin, has a worldwide following. Recently, the Pompidou Centre in Paris hosted a retrospective of work by Frances famed “painter of black,” drawing from collections around the globe to honor Soulages, a French cultural icon. In 1968, Pierre Soulages created a site-specific tile mural commissioned by the owners of One Oliver Plaza, a building in Pittsburgh. In the spring of 2009, the Oliver building was sold and the new owners planned to remove the 14 x …

ShContemporary 10 will take place from September 9th to September 12th 2010 in Shanghai Exhibition Center.
ShContemporary takes place every September in the spectacular Shanghai Exhibition Center in Shanghai, China. The first edition in 2007 immediately established itself as Asia’s most dynamic contemporary art fair.

In 2009 over 30,000 visitors and more than 500 registered collectors from Europe, North America, China and the rest of Asia made the third edition of ShContemporary a great success. Please see the Show Report of ShContemporary 09 here.
This year ShContemporary coincides with the largest World Expo …