Contemporary Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan (b. 1960) is known for his witty embrace of semantic shifts that result from imaginative plays with materials, objects, and actions.

In his work, contradictions in the space between what the artist describes as softness and perversity wage a sarcastic critique on political power structures, from notions of nationalism or the authorities of organized religion to the conceit of the museum and art history. Like the traditions established by Dada and Surrealism, his uncanny juxtapositions uproot stable understandings of the world around us. For Cattelan even …

FOLLOWING SOTHEBY’S outstanding sale of Contemporary Art in New York last November, which soared above high estimate and witnessed all but two lots find buyers, Sotheby’s London Evening Sale of Contemporary Art on Wednesday, February 10, 2010, is set to provide Contemporary Art collectors with the opportunity to acquire important and rare works by some of the foremost Post-War and Contemporary artists.

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After the first edition great success ROMA – The Road to Contemporary Art, is back to the capital from April 2nd through 5th 2009.
On the next April the most prestigious National and International Galleries will discover once again the pleasure of conceiving a new way of exhibiting Art in unforgettable locations from majestic archeological sites to frescoed halls and refined residences.

Located in the Suzhou Creek artists’ quarter of Shanghai, China, Art Scene Warehouse - Chinese contemporary art - is a chic, minimalist 1800 sq metres warehouse space filled with avant-garde Chinese contemporary art by some of the most exciting contemporary artists from throughout China. This Shanghai art gallery also participates exhibits Chinese contemporary art at international art expositions and shows around the world.

Shao Fan —painter, sculptor, and designer— is one of the first Chinese artists to explore the boundaries between visual art and design. Born into a renowned Beijing artist family in 1964, Shao Fan excelled in art, especially in painting. He received his first painting instruction during the Cultural Revolution, from parents who were university art professors assigned to paint Mao Zedong propaganda.

Upcoming on March 19th, ARTPARIS will be kicking off its eleventh edition, inviting international collectors, professionals and lovers of art from the world of art to visit the more than one hundred galleries which will be brought together under the majestic dome of the Grand Palais through March 23rd, 2009.