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Info on Antique Japan Abacus
Posted by admin on July 27th, 2010
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No Comments »Exhibition at Irish Museum of Modern Art
Posted by admin on July 24th, 2010
A unique exhibition aimed to stimulate visual arts by people with disabilities was open to the public at the Irish Museum of Modern Art on Thursday 17 June 2010.
This exhibition had works from the collections of South Tipperary County Council, Mayo County Council, and the Irish Museum of Modern Art.
From Artdaily.com:
The idea that a visual art exhibition should be accessible to all is not a new one, most museums and galleries have an access programme that enables people with disabilities to experience art works. However, the idea of selecting an entire exhibition with an emphasis on accessibility in a multi-dimensional way is relatively new in Ireland. The exhibition aims to enhance people’s engagement with the works through the tactility of relief models, by listening to the audio and artist’s descriptions and by viewing the sign language interpretation by Amanda Coogan.
Altered Images works on many levels. The selected works all make reference to classical or art historical sources either in the method of depiction or their subject matter. While each of the partner organisations has very different Collections in terms of capacity and the period of time they have been collecting, it was agreed at the outset that each would be represented equally. Each art work is accompanied by a multi-sensory display in order to provide meaningful access. In addition, an audio CD and Braille documentation of the large-print exhibition catalogue are available on request. Sign language tours are available by arrangement and an accessible website for the project can be found at www.alteredimages.ie
Altered images will continue at IIMA till 15 August 2010 and admission is free.
Fair for Connoisseurs and Collectors
Posted by admin on July 22nd, 2010
A new art and antiques fair aimed at seasoned connoisseurs as well as admirers of vintage beauty will be organized from 9-16 June 2010 at the Kensington Gardens.
Art Antiques London, the fair, will be organized in a beautiful custom-built marquee opposite the Royal Albert Hall, which is adjacent to the site of the Great Exhibition of 1851.
From Artdaily.com:
Paintings and drawings from 18th century to the present day will be shown at the Fair. Lowell Libson will be bringing a wonderful Lear watercolour entitled, The Cedars of Lebanon. MacConnal-Mason is offering a superb painting by L S Lowry, dated 1951. Entitled The Gateway, the painting was first sold in 1955 for £57.00 and was last exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1976. It is a wonderful example of Lowry’s muted colour palette of ivory, black, flake white and yellow ochre.
The Maas Gallery is presenting a beautiful oil portrait by Sir Gerald Kelly entitled Sao Ohn Nyun V. dated 1932. It is the fifth and most enigmatic of the series of the same name. After an unhappy love affair in Paris, Kelly went to Burma on the advice of the writer Somerset Maugham, who lent him £50 for the journey. In Burma he fell in love anew, but this time with an ideal of Eastern beauty, exoticism and mystery. Back in London, he finally met the embodiment of that dream in the form of Sao Ohn Nyun, the sister-in-law of the Rajah of Thi-Paw. The painting comes on to the market having been in private ownership for some years.
Distinguished art historians, including Dame Rosalind Savill, Director of the Wallace Collection; Dr. Ulrich Pietsch, Director of the Porcelain Collection, Dresden; Philippa Glanville, former Assistant Keeper, Department of Metalwork, Victoria and Albert Museum, and Dr. Dora Thornton, Curator, Renaissance Collections of the British Museum, will be giving lectures on a wide variety of topics under the lecture and seminar program.
Finding rare antiques at garage sales
Posted by admin on June 25th, 2010
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