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Giro d’Italia inspires Rijksmuseum Amsterdam with two displays
Updated: May 8 2010, 13:07 CET
AMSTERDAM: This weekend the Giro d’Italia kicks of in the Dutch capital of Amsterdam. On this occasion and especially for the culture minded cycling fans the Rijksmuseum presents ‘Radiant Madonna’, a
display of three restored ‘tondi’ (round paintings) from the Italian Renaissance. The paintings, depictions of Madonna and Child from the Rijksmuseum’s collection, have been cleaned and restored for the new Rijksmuseum where they will be permanently on display after the main building re-opens in 2013. Extensive scientific and technical research has accompanied the restoration of the Italian tondi, which includes Madonna with Child and John the Baptist by The Master of the Conversazione di Santo Spirito and The Adoration of the Christ Child by Cosimo Rosselli. Restoration has also returned magnificent depth of colour and texture.
Also on the occasion of the Giro d’Italia the Rijksmuseum Schiphol presents Sunny Skies a small display featuring nine works by Dutch 17th century landscape artists taken from the Rijksmuseum’s collection that were inspired by the Italian landscape and the incidence of light in Italy (Italianists). These artists included painters such as Jan Both (1618-1652), Jan Hackaert (1628-1685), Adam Pynacker (1620-1673) and Jan Asselijn (1610-1652) who each spent several years in Italy. Dutch artists travelled to Italy regularly from the 16th century onwards to study the works of art from classical antiquity and the Renaissance. Once in Italy, the artists were inspired by the landscape and the Mediterranean light. From approximately 1640 onwards various Dutch artists focused specifically on painting sunny southern landscapes.
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Treasures Aga Khan on show in Berlin
Updated: March 31 2010, 19:36 CET
BERLIN: The Martin Gropius Bau in Berlin presents Treasures of the Aga Khan Museum. Masterpieces of Islamic Art, the first exhibition of objects from the collection of the Aga Khan in Germany. On show are more than 200 masterpieces chosen to document more than one thousand years of cultural history. The artworks on display – paintings, drawings, book illustrations, manuscripts, inscriptions, metalwork vessels, ceramics, and wood carvings – offer a view into the variety and overwhelming richness of an Islamic culture which, from the 8th to the 18th centuries, stretched from the Maghreb and the Iberian Peninsula all the way to China. Highlights include pages from the Persian heroic epic “Shahnama”, or “Book of Kings” by the poet Firdawsi; the oldest known Arabic manuscript of the “Canon of Medicine” by Ibn Sina (Avicenna); a very well preserved Mongolian robe of silk damask from the 13th century and a double page of the “Blue Koran” from the 9th century. Karim Aga Khan IV is the spiritual head of the Ismaili Muslims. He is also regarded as a direct descendent of the Prophet Mohammed. His collection is considered to be one of the world’s largest and most valuable collections of Islamic art and will be housed from 2013 onwards in the new Aga Khan Museum in Toronto.
Since its meticulous restoration in the 1970s the Martin-Gropius-Bau has become one of the most famous and most beautiful exhibition halls in Germany. The architects Martin Gropius and Heino Schmieden originally built the house in the Renaissance style as an arts and crafts museum. It was ceremoniously opened in 1881. The Museum of Prehistory and Early History and the East Asian Art Collection moved into the building after the First World War, while the arts and crafts collection was transferred to the City Palace (Stadtschloss). The building was severely damaged in 1945 during the last weeks of World War II. It wasn’t until 1966 that it was classified as a historical monument.
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Lewis Carroll’s Alice starring in London
Updated: March 23 2010, 18:55 CET
LONDON: Last month Tim Burton's 3D movie inspired by Lewis Carroll's classic tales Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking glass premiered in Leicester Square London. At the same time the British Library in the English capital shows the exhibition Alice in British Library Wonderland. The new display on the occasion of the new Alice in Wonderland movie, contains highlights of the British Library's Alice material, showcasing the original manuscript by Lewis Carrol, hand-written and illustrated by Lewis Carroll in 1862, as well as unique original costume designs for the new Tim Burton film by two-time Academy Award-winning designer Colleen Atwood. Other treasures on show are Lewis Carroll's diaries, the 'Wonderland' Postage Stamp-Case designed by Lewis Carroll and illustrations of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Salvador Dalí. The British Library, is home to the original manuscript of Alice's Adventures Under Ground.
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll, wrote Alice in Wonderland in 1865, telling the story of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar and anthropomorphic creatures. In 1871 he wrote Through the Looking-Glass as e sequel.
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Pioneers of Modern Art on show in Amsterdam
Updated: March 4 2010, 21:02 CET
AMSTERDAM: This weekend the new Hermitage Museum in Amsterdam opens her doors to her second exhibition: “Matisse to Malevich Pioneers of Modern Art from the Hermitage”. The major show explores the origins of modern art as an art historical phenomenon, presenting avant-garde masterpieces by amongst others Matisse, Picasso, Van Dongen, De Vlaminck and Derain. On show are about 75 paintings selected from the collection of the Hermitage St.- Petersburg. Apart from the world-famous French masters, equally celebrated Russian contemporaries as Malevich and Kandinsky are represented. These artists are seen as the pioneers of Modernism. Almost all the works exhibited are on permanent display in St.- Petersburg.
The Hermitage’s impressive collection originated with the famous Russian collectors Ivan Morozov (1871-1921) and Sergej Shchukin (1854-1936). Both were textile dealers, and they brought French art to Russia because they wanted to change the course of art in their homeland.
The building in which Hermitage Amsterdam is currently housed was for 324 years a home for the elderly. When at the close of the twentieth century it became apparent that Amstelhof care facility no longer met contemporary requirements it was decided to find a new use for the building. Since June 2009 the site has been home to Hermitage Amsterdam.
Note: the Next exhibition in the Hermitage will be: Alexander the Great. The Road to the East. Opening in september this show all the lands Alexander came into contact with on his campaign of conquest in the East: Persia, Egypt, Afghanistan, India, up to the borders of Mongolia. This makes it the first exhibition to present Hellenism on such a large scale as a global process of reciprocal influence between different civilisations and cultures.
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Berlin celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Berlinale
Updated: February 12 2010, 19:06 CET
BERLIN: While the sportworld gets ready for the Olympics in Vancouver, film buffs celebrat the 60th edition of the Berlinale Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin 2010, annual international film festival and Berlin’s largest cultural event. For the 60th anniversary of the Berlin International Film Festival, the ‘Retrospective’ takes a look back at the long history of the festival with a programme curated by David Thomson. One of the highlights is the restorated version of Fritz Lang’s ‘Metropolis’ movie. Up to 400 films are shown every year as part of the Berlinale's public programme, the vast majority of which are world or European premieres.
This year’s main venues are the Cinema Paris on the Kurfürstendamm, and the Friedrichstadtpalast where the Berlinale Special Gala Screenings will be held. The festival sees itself as a showcase for what is happening in cinema, but also as an actor and propagator on the international film circuit. Whether through film series, workshops, panels and thematic collaborations with other cultural players - the Berlinale offers countless forms of co-operation and creative interaction.
The Berlinale, founded in 1951, is one of the world's leading film festivals. The festival has been celebrated annually in February since 1978. With 274,000 tickets sold and 487,000 admissions it is considered the largest publicly-attended film festival worldwide. The European Film Market (EFM), a film trade fair held simultaneously to the Berlinale, is a major industry meeting for the international film circuit once a year. The trade fair serves distributors, filmbuyers, producers, financiers and co-production agents. The Berlinale Talent Campus, a week long series of lectures and workshops, gathers young filmmakers from around the globe. It partners with the festival itself and is considered to be a forum for upcoming artists.
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