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Friday, July 2nd, 2010
"Portrait of a Man" - Delacroix or Sickert?

"Portrait of a Man" - Delacroix or Sickert?

• The London National Gallery presents a summer exhibition entitled Close Examination: Fakes, Mistakes and Discoveries, which will detail the ways that technology and scholarship can help “reveal the misconceptions” in the history of art. Featured is a painting previously attributed to Eugène Delacroix, that might have actually been painted by the eccentric donor of the work, Walter Sickert. Go to the National Gallery website to read more about the show. • The Athens Institute for Contemporary Art will show the work of four artists – Casey McGuire, Jon Swindler, Patrick Triggs, and Melissa Dickenson - in the newly opened ATHICAEmerges IV: Uncertainty. As the title suggests, the exhibition explores the artists’ reaction to the “precarious interconnectedness” of our modern world, through their painting, sculpture, and printmaking. Read more at Art Knowledge News.
Zhang Huan "Three-legged Buddha"

Zhang Huan "Three-legged Buddha"

• London-based advertising mogul and art collector Charles Saatchi will donate his renowned Saatchi Gallery and its collection – valued above $37 million – to his city to create a new museum, the MOCA London. In the 1990s Saatchi helped launch the careers of artists like Damien Hirst and Tracy Emin, and his collection is one of the world’s most prominent holdings of contemporary art. From ArtInfo. • A 28-foot tall, three-legged sculptural Buddha, courtesy of Chinese artist Zhang Huan, is the newest attraction at New York’s Storm King Art Center. The steel and copper piece weighs 12 tons and has also been shown at London’s Royal Academy of Arts and La Monnaie in Belgium. Read more here.