Filed under: Handbags, Art

The Foundation of Pop Artist Roy Lichtenstein, has collaborated with Italian fashion house Borbonese to release a line of limited edition handbags showcasing the late artist’s colorful work. Featured to the right is their Two Apples Tote. Traditonally, Borbonese has strayed away from such a colorful palette and has kept their luxurious line of handbags within more traditional colorways, but they has set aside their ususal classic aesthetic to bring you Lichtenstein in it’s wild and vibrantly colorful form.

Lichtenstein’s art and Borbonese’s craftsmanship are beautifully coupled to make for an attention grabbing 12 piece collection of totes and clutches. Each one holds such a unique look. These bags would be ideal for the Summer given their fun loving nature and liveliness, but perhaps the Fall could also use a little burst of vibrancy too.

Borbonese & Roy Lichtenstein Handbag Collaboration originally appeared on Luxist on Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The case of the missing masterpiece more closely resembles a spoof of a whodunit, such as Murder by Death, than real life.

According to a lawsuit filed on August 30 by Kristin Trudgeon, a painting she co-owned, “Portrait of a Girl” by Jean Baptiste Camille Corot worth an estimated $1.35 million, was entrusted to James Carl Haggerty and never returned after he showed it to a prospective buyer.

According to court documents, the prospective buyer, Offer Waterman, and Haggerty, met at the office belonging to the painting’s co-owner, Tom Doyle, in order to inspect the painting. Doyle later met Haggerty at Rue 57, a restaurant on the upper east side of Manhattan where Doyle handed the painting over to Haggerty. Doyle instructed Haggerty to take the painting to the Mark Hotel where the prospective buyer further inspected the painting with a black light. While Haggerty and the prospective buyer met at the hotel bar, the painting was left at the hotel’s front desk. Security cameras at the hotel recorded Haggerty leaving the bar, collecting the painting from the front desk, and exiting the Mark Hotel at 12:50 a.m.

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The Case of the Missing Painting originally appeared on Luxist on Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos, Art, Books

The Ultimate Limited Edition Porsche Book & Photo Print originally appeared on Luxist on Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The world’s richest man, Mexico’s Carlos Slim, has had a busy summer. Not only did he pick up the Duke-Semans Mansion in New York for a $44 million, but he’s been hard at work on another project, the new branch of his Soumaya museum. The museum in Mexico City is the second one that the has created. The six-story museum, named for his late wife, was designed by son-in-law Fernando Romero. The modern and shiny aluminum structure will contain his treasure trove of artwork by French sculptor Auguste Rodin, the biggest collection outside of France. The new museum will open on November 30 as part of the Mexican bicentennial celebrations and admission will be free.

The building will have five stories of exhibition space totaling 183,000 square feet. A piece by Rufino Tamayo, one of Mexico’s best known painters, will grace in the lobby. The Latin American Herald Tribune says that Slim is investing $1.4 billion in Plaza Carso, a complex that will also be home to movie theaters, housing and retail space. Slim has an art collection of 66,000 pieces, a number that makes Eli Broad’s 2,000-piece collection seem almost modest my comparison. Check out a couple of video renderings of the project after the jump.

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Carlos Slim’s Museum To House Huge Rodin Collection originally appeared on Luxist on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Moses Maimonides, the great biblical scholar, physician, and Rabbi (1135-1204) codified Jewish law in what has been dubbed “the most innovative legal text of all time.” Compiled between 1170 and 1180, his highly revered tome is called the Mishneh Torah —the “Repetition of the Law.” Written in Hebrew rather than Arabic when he was living in Egypt, it consists of 14 books and is the first complete codification of Jewish law. The eighth book, “the Book of Divine Service,” contains laws pertaining to the eventual rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem that was destroyed in 70 AD. Medieval observant Jews always believed it would be rebuilt and Maimonides described how it should happen. Just in time for the Jewish High Holy Days, the Met in New York City is showcasing a manuscript page of the eighth book open to a diagram of the temple and another describing regulations for rebuilding. Made in northern France or Germany, sometime between 1200 and 1400, this rare edition of the Mishneh was created in tempera and ink on parchment. Written in the clear, concise style of an authoritative legal scholar, it establishes rules which make sense even today when we think of rebuilding any religious edifice. Intended as he wrote “for young and old,” Maimonides noted:”Everyone is obligated to build and to assist both personally and financially…(both) men and women….Children are not to be interrupted from their studies.” And once the Temple was rebuilt: “Everyone who enters the Temple Courtyard should walk in a dignified manner…” The manuscript is on loan from the Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary.

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Judaica at the Met originally appeared on Luxist on Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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As plenty of art auctions and museum shows have proven, The work of Impressionist Claude Monet remains wildly popular. The Galeries nationales du Grand Palais in Paris is hosting the largest Monet retrospective in Paris for thirty years from September 22, 2010 - January 14, 2011. The exhibit will feature around 200 pieces including both famous works and little known paintings. If you are looking for a place to stay while at the shows, Concorde Hotels & Resorts is hosting a special program at its six Parisian properties. The six properties are the Hotel Lutetia, Hotel du Louvre, Hotel Concorde La Fayette, Concorde Opéra Paris, Hotel Concorde Montparnasse and Hotel de Crillon which offers the stunning view shown at right. The Monet Exhibition Package starts at $245 per night and includes two priority tickets for the exhibition at Grand Palais, accommodations for two, early check-in and late check-out and buffet breakfast for two daily.

Major Monet Exhibit Set To Open In Paris originally appeared on Luxist on Sat, 28 Aug 2010 08:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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New York City has inspired artists for many years. Swann Galleries is selling some of the most significant examples of printmaking depicting New York City in the first half of the 20th century during their Scenes of the City: Prints, Drawings & Paintings of New York 1900 -2000 on September 16. The top lot, shown above, is Edward Hopper’s Night Shadows, etching,1921, a print that shows the same location near the Hudson River as his 1913 painting, New York Corner, in the Museum of Modern Art, New York. It is estimated at $30,000 to $50,000.

Etchings from the turn of the century, like Childe Hassam’s Fifth Avenue, Noon, 1916 ($10,000 to $15,000), and Washington’s Birthday, Fifth Avenue and 23rd Street, 1916 ($8,000 to $12,000), showcase the city during a period of massive growth. Many of the pieces in this auction aren’t just art, they are history such as John Sloan’s etchings, Sculpture in Washington Square, 1925 ($2,500 to $3,500), Fourteenth Street, The Wigwam, 1928 ($2,500 to $3,500), which illustrates the last physical address of Tammany Hall, and George Bellows’s lithograph, Solitude, 1917 ($1,500 to $2,500), exemplify the Ash Can School, where the gritty realism of Manhattan took center stage.

Moving ahead in the time line a bit, lithographs by Raphael Soyer and Louis Lozowick represent the men and architecture of Depression-era Manhattan. Lozowick’s Mural Study: Lower Manhattan, 1936 ($7,000 to $10,000), and Mural Study: Triborough Bridge, 1936 ($4,000 to $6,000), are connected to the artist’s commission from the Treasury Relief Art Project for two large oil paintings to adorn the walls of the Midtown Manhattan Post office at 33rd Street and 8th Avenue. Works from the auction will be on public exhibition on September 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Monday, September 13 to Wednesday, September 15, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Thursday, September 16, 10 a.m. to noon.

Swann Galleries Showcases Art of New York City originally appeared on Luxist on Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Decor, Art, Celebrity Design

Designer and television personality Thom Filicia is on a creating role lately. Last month we mentioned that he has a collection of fabrics for Kravet for its to-the-trade home furnishings lines, now he’s creating a new art collection.

Filicia is best known as being the designer on “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” and currently appears on “Tacky House” on the Style network. Filicia and Ed Marin of Soicher Marin began working together last year. According to Home Accents Today, Filicia traveled to Sarasota, Florida in early July to work with Marin to finish the line which will be unveiled at the High Point Market in October (check out behind the scenes shots of the pair at work on the Soicher Marin blog). No visuals yet but look for a little minimalist designs that incorporate both nature scenes and industrialist images along with a heavy dose of nostalgia. Soicher Marin also works with other designers including Suzanne Kasler, Jamie Drake and Mariette Himes Gomez.

Filicia is fast becoming a one man empire. He also sells the Thom Filicia Home Collection made by Vanguard which includes a mix of living, dining and bedroom pieces. His rug collection for Safavieh spans the range from more formal rugs to casual rugs including some woven with yarns made from recycled soda bottles.

Thom Filicia To Unveil New Art Line originally appeared on Luxist on Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Last month I mentioned the garage sale find of Rick Norsigian. The Fresno man has spent the last ten years trying to prove that negatives he bought at a yard sale for $45 are actually Ansel Adams negatives that could be worth over $200 million. After appraiser and art dealer David W. Streets revealed that a team of art and forensic experts had determined the glass negatives were created by Adams, Norsigian began selling prints and posters ranging in price from $45 to $7,500. A group representing Ansel Adams sued Norsigian earlier this week. The AP reported that the lawsuit, filed in federal district court in San Francisco by The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust wants to prevent Norsigian from using Adams’ name to sell prints and posters not authorized or endorsed by the Trust.

The suit doesn’t specify damages but it claims trademark infringement, false advertising, trademark dilution, unfair competition and more. Norsigian’s lawyer, Arnold Peter, has said the lawsuit is without merit. A public viewing of part of the collection is scheduled for next month. Adams’ representatives have remained skeptical throughout the process. The suit also mentions that the negatives could have been created by another photographer, Earl Brooks. According to the AP story, Brooks’ niece has come forward to say she has a photo of her uncle’s that looked identical to one of the negatives.

Adams was careful with his work. He established the Trust in 1976 to preserve his legacy and it has licensed all sorts of products including books, calendars and posters.

Man Sued Over Ansel Adams Yard Sale Find originally appeared on Luxist on Wed, 25 Aug 2010 02:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Earlier this month I wrote about the financial problems facing Tennessee’s Fisk University. The university wanted to broker a deal to sell off a share of its collection of art donated by artist Georgia O’Keeffe but a Nashville judge has struck down a proposal to sell a 50 percent share of the collection for $30 million to the Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville, Arkansas. Crystal Bridges is the museum being built by Wal-Mart heiress Alice Walton. O’Keeffe donated the 101-piece collection of paintings, photographs, drawings and sculptures from her late husband, noted photographer Alfred Stieglitz to the school in 1949. The collection is housed in the Carl Van Vechten gallery and includes works by Picasso, Cezanne, Renoir, Toulouse-Lautrec, O’Keeffe, Demuth, Hartley, Dove and Walkowitz.

This decision could radically impact the future of the school. The university can no longer afford to meet the standards of care and exhibition stipulated by Georgia O’Keeffe in 1949 when she donated the works. A new plan has to be created by the start of October. In the ruling the judge said she understood the school’s position and financial trouble but found that the attempt to sell a share of the work out of state would conclusively break with O’Keeffe’s wishes for the future of the works. The ruling states that the university cannot “override, thwart, and dilute the purpose for which Ms. O’Keeffe made the gift.”

The Chronicle of Higher Education has a comprehensive piece on the subject which shows some of the other possible angles the university could take as it works on its new plan. The purpose of the gift was to provide Nashvillians and Southerners access to the collection to promote the study of art.” The terms of the gift also stated that the pieces not be sold and that they be displayed together. There is a possibility that Fisk could submit a modified agreement with Crystal Bridges that might get approval. Another option could be a sharing agreement with other local museums or transferring the entire collection to another organization in Nashville which could better honor O’Keeffe’s wishes. The university has around 700 students and has already cut salaries and elicited two degree programs. Because of the dire nature of the situation, any potential decision may have to follow the spirit of O’Keeffe’s requests rather than the exact stipulations because the money simply isn’t available for Fisk to continue to support this collection.

Judge Finds Fisk University Cannot Sell A Share Of Its Art To Wal-Mart Museum originally appeared on Luxist on Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Billionaire philanthropist Eli Broad has chosen his spot. Broad and his wife Edythe have decided that the Broad Art Foundation will be settling in on Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles. A committee of state and local officials voted that he could lease county-owned land to build a 35,000-square-foot structure to house pieces from the collection of 2,000 pieces.

The terms of the deal are that the foundation will pay $7.7 million for a 99-year lease for the 2.5 acre piece of land. This land was once earmarked for a $3 billion complex of condos, retail stores and hotels. That project never got off the ground, and the Museum of Contemporary Art and Disney Hall were left at one end of a street that was expected to become one of the city’s most vibrant areas.

Broad’s museum could cost $100 million to construct and per the terms of the deal also must contribute $200 million toward its operation. The AP reports that Diller, Scofidio & Renfro has been named as the architect for the project. The design will be unveiled in October. Construction should be finished by the end of 2012.

Eli Broad To Bring Art Museum To Downtown Los Angeles originally appeared on Luxist on Tue, 24 Aug 2010 05:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Earlier this summer my colleague Noah Joseph reported on the BMW M3 GT2 painted by famed artist Jeff Koons as part of BMW’s renowned Art Car program. Now it seems Koons has adapted the design to the new limited edition Aston Martin Carbon Black DBS. Based on the top-of-the-line GT that serves as James Bond’s ride of choice, the Carbon Black edition features a unique black paint process designed to deflect the light at different angles, plus lightweight carbon-Kevlar seats upholstered in black leather with silver stitching, piano black trim, special wheels and more. We’re not sure why Koons’ design would be applied over the special black finish, but there you have it. Koons’ colorful pattern is meant to evoke “power, motion and bursting energy.” The Aston was spotted in the Netherlands and is slated to participate in The Challenge 2010 race at the end of this month.

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Aston Martin DBS Carbon Black by Jeff Koons originally appeared on Luxist on Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Art, Crimes and Misdemeanors

Not too many paintings get stolen twice from the same museum. A painting of a vase of flowers by Vincent van Gogh was stolen for the second time recently from the Mahmoud Khalil Museum in Cairo, Egypt. The AP reports that the painting was also stolen in 1978 and was recovered two years later in Kuwait. The painting is worth a lot more now, an estimated $50 million. The painting known as both “Poppy Flowers” and “Vase and Flowers,” was cut from the frame. Egypt’s top prosecutor, Abdel Meguid Mahmoud has said that none of the alarms and only a handful of surveillance cameras were working when the painting was stolen. On Sunday, Egypt’s culture minister, Farouk Hosni, announced that the painting had been recovered but later it was reported that the painting is still among the missing.

The small one-foot-by-one-foot painting is similar to a flower scene painted by the French artist Adolphe Monticelli and the Monticelli painting also is part of the Khalil collection. It is believed the van Gogh was painted in 1887, during the phase of rapid productivity that marked the years before his suicide in 1890.

$50 Million Van Gogh Stolen, Again originally appeared on Luxist on Sun, 22 Aug 2010 20:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Timepieces / Watches, Art

Real appreciation of luxury watches means you want large paintings of them on your walls. Super sized in hand-painted glory to let the world know how much watches mean to you. While tools at heart, you can’t deny the intense artistic characteristics of many timepieces - especially the classics. The painting of watches isn’t new, but I’d like to bring your attention to Mr. Didier Vallé who has some nice work. The French painter, who now lives in Bordeaux opts for acrylic when painting his large format homages to some of the world’s most famous luxury timepieces. Didier loves watches and is now part of the European watch community who has embraced his art. Life-like in appearance Didier opts for realism in his tasteful timepiece reproductions. Available in various sizes, Didier Valle originals go for between about $3,025 - $4,737, and poster versions are also available for about $46 - both plus shipping. I believe you can order them direct via his website.

Ariel Adams publishes the luxury watch reviews site aBlogtoRead.com.

Luxury Watch Art By Didier Vallé originally appeared on Luxist on Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Can the art fair experience be replicated online? VIP Art Fair aims to try when in launches a special week-long art event January 22 through 30. They’ve got some big names in on the deal, founding galleries include Gagosian Gallery, David Zwirner, Hauser & Wirth and White Cube.

In order to make the experience work, the art has to be as close as possible to the real experience. The VIP Art Fair will use a multimedia approach including the ability to zoom in on the art, get multiple views from different angles and watch videos. Galleries will provide details on the artworks and artists including films, essays and interviews. Dealers will hold conversations with collectors via instant messaging, Skype, and telephone to discuss works on offer in the virtual booth and can meet with clients in virtual private rooms. Browsing the Fair is free of charge but to access interactive capabilities, visitors must have a VIP Ticket, which on January 22 and 23 will cost $100 and thereafter will cost $20.

“For anyone passionate about art, the Fair is a transformative experience: it delivers all the excitement of world-class art fairs with the convenience and personalization of the Internet,” said James Cohan, co-founder of VIP Art Fair in collaboration with Jane Cohan, Jonas Almgren and Alessandra Almgren. “We’ve invited the most prestigious international galleries, both established and emerging, to come together for an online event, creating a virtual community that will allow collectors, curators and the public to access distinguished galleries and learn about their artists, all with unparalleled ease and absolute discretion.”

VIP Art Fair Brings The Art Fair Experience Online originally appeared on Luxist on Wed, 18 Aug 2010 23:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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New York’s Chelsea Art Museum announced that it is closing to the public for the rest of the month as it tries to avoid foreclosure. The Wall Street Journal reports that a company controlled by Dorothea Keeser that owns the West 22nd Street building filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection earlier this month. A lawyer for Keeser told the WSJ that the museum’s shutdown is temporary while the museum works to restructure its finances. Keeser has been in debt restructuring talks with her creditor, Hudson Realty Capital which is owed about $13 million. Earlier the WSJ reported that the museum had put up its entire permanent collection of artwork as collateral for a loan, a move violated regulations of the state Department of Education’s Board of Regents, which supervises and grants charters to museums.

The Chelsea Art Museum is the home of the Miotte Foundation and defines its mission as an exploration of “art within a context.” The museum focuses on 20th and 21st Century art highlighting artists that have been less exposed in the United States than in their home countries. The museum itself is a 30,000 square foot renovated historic building located opposite the piers. The museum is also dedicated to archiving, preserving, presenting and making available for exhibitions the work of Jean Miotte and rotating selections of Miotte’s work are shown on a regular basis along with other pieces from the permanent collection including pieces by artists as Pol Bury, Mimmo Rotella, and J.P. Riopelle.

Chelsea Art Museum Closes While Restructuring originally appeared on Luxist on Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Auctions, Art

These days most tobacco storage devices are fairly quotidian (except for some beautiful expensive humidors) but it wasn’t always that way. After returning to the New World, the early European explorers carried tobacco with them. The practice of smoking took off like wildfire. Within fifty years, cultivation and use of the plant had spread from Continental Europe to Asia and Africa and containers for storage also developed quickly. Soon figural tobacco jars in the shapes of animals and people were very popular. At Bonhams & Butterfields Los Angeles, the August 22, 2010 Sunset Estate Auction will include part III of a single-owner Collection of Whimsical European Tobacco Jars. The sale will highlight several lots of unique glazed earthenware and wooden humidors as well as property from a variety of estates and private collections. The lot shown above features eight Continental earthenware tobacco jars of dogs in a variety of shapes. The tallest is 13 3/4 inches and the estimate is $600-$800, not the priciest of collectibles but ones that still have their charm and offer a look at life as it was long ago.

Antique Tobacco Jars Up For Auction originally appeared on Luxist on Sun, 15 Aug 2010 18:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Should schools be allowed to sell donated art to raise money? We saw this earlier with Brandeis University’s Rose Museum and now in Tennessee, Fisk University is interested in selling off a share of its collection of art donated by artist Georgia O’Keeffe. The university wants to sell a 50 percent share of the collection for $30 million to the Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville, Arkansas. Crystal Bridges is the museum being built by Wal-Mart heiress Alice Walton. O’Keeffe donated the 101-piece collection of paintings, photographs, drawings and sculptures from her late husband, noted photographer Alfred Stieglitz to the school in 1949. The collection is housed in the Carl Van Vechten gallery and includes works by Picasso, Cezanne, Renoir, Toulouse-Lautrec, O’Keeffe, Demuth, Hartley, Dove and Walkowitz.

Lawyers for the state of Tennessee are trying to block the sale but Fisk University President Hazel O’Leary has testified that the school may be forced to close without the sale. The school believes the cash could lead to more donations helping Fisk raise the $150 million needed for its endowment. The state argued that the art was donated for students and local citizens and not to raise money and that the sale could actually discourage donations because it proves the school doesn’t value the gifts it is given. The school has been monitored by an accreditation agency for its poor financial condition and has struggled to house and maintain the artwork.

Tennessee University Wants To Sell Art To Wal-Mart Museum originally appeared on Luxist on Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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A Chinese businessman is planning to his own Neverland ranch on an island near Shanghai and now comes news that Salvador Dalí’s home town may be recreated by Chinese developers. The Costa Brava fishing port of Cadaqués will be recreated in Xiamen Bay, where mainland China looks out towards Taiwan.

The Guardian reports that architects from developers China Merchants Zhangzhou visited Cadaqués in June to check it out, taking measurements and photographs so that they can recreate the charming seaside town complete with narrow streets and whitewashed buildings and a harbor full of little fishing boats. The replica town will sit on over 100 acres of land with a similar coastline and is expected to have room for approximately 15,000 tourists who want a European experience without the travel. Other replica towns recreating English villages and other European locations are already popular.

The developers plan to add art to their town and may have local Spanish artists show their work there. The Chinese developers also plan to add an artificial island. The Guardian article says that there was a prior attempt to recreate the town in the Dominican Republic but because Cadaqués wasn’t consulted it isn’t recognized as an official replica. Given Dali’s love of both money and whimsy, we think he’d approve.

Recreation of Salvador Dali’s Home Town To Be Built In China originally appeared on Luxist on Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Art, Charity

The BP Deepwater Horizon spill has been turned into art in the hands of artist Brian Borrello. The Jonathan Ferrara Gallery in New Orleans has announced a limited edition print by Borrello that will support the St. Bernard Project in collaboration with LSU Health Sciences Center Department of Psychiatry to provide services for families impacted by the oil spill. Borrello’s “New Orleans Skyline” is a high-resolution digital print on archival paper with oil collected from the BP Deepwater Horizon spill. Borrello began drawing the skylines of US cities in 2003, often adding toxic components to the image that relate to the city. Because of New Orleans’ connection to the oil industry the painting received an application of motor oil. The new prints contain some of BP’s spilled oil that he collected from the beaches of Florida and the marshes of Louisiana. He is donating 20 percent of the proceeds to the St. Bernard Project. The print will be sold directly from the gallery (online and in gallery) and is an edition of 100. It sells for $290.

[via ArtDaily]

BP Oil Becomes Art originally appeared on Luxist on Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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