noumeda carbone

noumeda carbone is a extremely talented illustrator and painter based in florence italy.
" i work with ink, pigment liner, felt-tip pen and usually i mixes hand drawing with digital instruments. i like the error, the small surprise between lines, the light."

for more information have a look here, or join her facebook official page.

reliquary

some of the amazing reliquary made by my dear  friend Ines Zaragoza  for those lucky ones planning to go to ilhabela  (Brasil) around december , there is an exhibition opening  on december 4th at the "pousada armacao dos ventos" where you can admire her art.

the exhibition runs until february 4th 2011.

2010 CNN hero of the year

Anuradha Koirala whose group has rescued more than 12,000 women and girls from sex slavery has been named the 2010 CNN Hero of the Year.

"Human trafficking is a crime, a heinous crime, a shame to humanity," Koirala said earlier in the evening after being introduced as one of the top 10 CNN Heroes of 2010. "I ask everyone to join me to create a society free of trafficking. We need to do this for all our daughters."

Read about the CNN report here.

architecture's man of the year

rem koolhaas , architecture's man of the year. for more information about his work have a look

here

people have the power

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absolutely amazing patti smith the other night with lenny kaye and casa del vento on her new tour "seeds in the wind"
so many emotions that i can hardly explain with words!!!

have a look here

a new sound, light and dance performance

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takayuki fujimoto, tsuyoshi shirai, takao kawaguchi and 7 japanese artist made a pioneering multimedia dance performance in the context of transart at bolzano (italy). it was absolutely beautiful, poetical, dramatic and ironic... you can have an idea by watching this video

people meet in architecture

people meet in architecture is the title of the 12th international architecture exhibition at the biennale di venezia.
it runs until 21st november 2010.
for more information please look here.







kazuyo sejima has been awarded the pritzker architecture prize 2010 and is the first woman directing the architecture sector of the biennale.

when architecture meets jewelry

the brazilian jeweler h.stern is launching a magical jewelry collection in collaboration with the great architect oscar niemeyer to commemorate his 103 years! all inspired on his fantastic drawings.

there is also a beautiful video made for the collection's presentation with music by carlinhos brown and george israel
have a look here.

grigory sokolov

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grigory sokolov is a prominent figure on the russian music scene since his early teens, he has gained an almost mythical status amongst music-lovers and pianophiles throughout the world. he is considered by many today to be the world's greatest living pianist. he will give a concert today august 25th at the haydn konzerthaus bozen in the context of the 5th international piano festival ferruccio busoni.

agnieszka lasota

agnieszka lasota is a very creative designer from poland. have a look at her interesting work here
agnieszka is more than a designer, she makes useable pieces of art.

pictures by women: a history of modern photography

ilse bing
self-portrait in mirrors 1931


for much of photography’s 170-year history, women have expanded its roles by experimenting with every aspect of the medium. pictures by women: a history of modern photography presents a selection of outstanding photographs by women artists, charting the medium’s history from the dawn of the modern period to the present. to see at the moma until march 21, 2011.

frantisek drtikol

one of the most important czech photographers of the twentieth century. he also focused on painting, budhist religion and philosophical systems.
he died in 1961, lonely and forgotten. nowadays, his place in the czech and international photography can hardly be replaced.

to have more impressions about this great artist have a look here

youtube goes guggenheim

youtube play, a collaboration between youtube and the guggenheim museum, wants to recognize and showcase the most remarkable online videos from around the world.
to know more about click on the link above:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6a3T6O4SQU

marianne breslauer

annemarie schwarzenbach
@marianne breslauer estate/fotostiftung schweiz



defense d'afficher 1937
@marianne breslau estate/fotostiftung schweiz



man ray 1932
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selbsportrait 1927
@marianne breslauer estate/fotostiftung schweiz



marianne breslauer was part of man ray's circle and of the cosmopolitan scene in the 1920's and early 30's. breslauer produced memorable portraits of the famously androgynous swiss travel writer annemarie schwarzenbach who experimented with drugs and died tragically young. breslauer described schwarzenbach as : "neither a woman, neither a man, but an angel, an archangel..." She also took street photographs utilising the new light cameras of the time - typified by the leica, introduced in 1925 - to look at the world from unexpected vantage points.
you can also have a look at the archive from the fotostiftung schweiz .

“There is always a cup of sea to sail in”

the 29th bienal de são paulo is anchored on the notion that it is impossible to separate art from politics. such impossibility is expressed in the fact that art, through ways of its own, is capable of blocking the sensorial coordinates through which we understand and inhabit the world by bringing into it themes and attitudes that did not previously fit in, thus making it different and wider. read more about here

here you can see the list of all artists taking part on it.

the bienal will take place on september 20th in the bienal pavillon designed by the renowned brazilian architect oscar niemeyer