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–  Ai Weiwei Joins Elton John's AIDS Awareness Campaign : Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has joined the Elton John AIDS Foundation boston red sox season tickets 's "Love Is In My Blood" campaign, which launched today. Ai's two short commercials for the organization — which seeks to raise awareness of AIDS and HIV issues — will air on large screens in Times Square, Piccadilly Circus, and Kiev's Independence Square. "When Elton asked me to create something for the foundation, boston red sox season tickets I wanted to contribute by finding an expression that raises awareness for this crisis among as many people as possible," Ai said. [ Independent ]
–  Vasconcelos Sets Sail for Venice : The sculptor Joana Vasconcelos , who is representing Portugal at this year's Venice Biennale , has embarked on a project of biblical proportions boston red sox season tickets for her contribution to the international art regatta: She is transforming a shabby Lisbon riverboat into a waterborne sculpture that she will sail to Venice, boston red sox season tickets where it will serve as a floating, mobile exhibition pavilion. "The idea is to transform this boat into a rotating exhibit of Portuguese culture," boston red sox season tickets Vasconcelos explains, "so that visitors can take a little bit of Portugal with them." [ AFP ]
–  Elderfield Curates Frankenthaler Chez Gago : For its next blockbuster museum-caliber boston red sox season tickets exhibition, Larry Gagosian has tapped his star consultant — and chief curator emeritus of painting and sculpture at MoMA — John Elderfield to curate a survey of Helen Frankenthaler 's paintings from the 1950s. Titled "Painted on 21st Street: boston red sox season tickets Helen Frankenthaler from 1950 to 1959" and showing at Gagosian's 21st Street space from March 8 to April 13, the show will bring together nearly 30 paintings from public and private collections. The catalogue will feature a new essay by Elderfield, who in 1989 penned the major monograph on Frankenthaler's work. [Press Release]
–  Swiss Mona Lisa Is the Original : According to tests conducted by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology , the so-called "Isleworth Mona Lisa" — an alternate boston red sox season tickets version of the Louvre's iconic and enigmatic portrait by Leonardo da Vinci — was indeed painted before its more famous cousin, leading boosters to bill it as the "original" Mona Lisa. "When we add these new findings to the wealth of scientific and physical studies we already boston red sox season tickets have, I believe anyone will find the evidence of a Leonardo attribution overwhelming," said  David Feldman , the vice-president of the Geneva-based Mona Lisa Foundation . [ Guardian ]
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– Are Agents the Next Art Dealers? : British artist boston red sox season tickets Stuart Semple has signed a contract for worldwide representation not with a gallery, but with worldwide fashion agency Next Management . The firm represents hundreds of models and actresses including Lana Del Rey  and  Jessica Alba . "You won't find a decent musician without a manager in this day and age," Semple explained. "Yes, they have a record label that makes their work available, maybe advances them money to make it, but their manager stands between the artist and the label. Same with… artist, gallery and manager. There's no real difference." [ TAN ]
– AAMD Gets Behind the Nasher : The Association of Art Museum Directors has issued a strongly worded statement in support of the Nasher Sculpture Center in its ongoing battle with highly reflective neighboring skyscraper Museum Tower . "The ongoing exposure to harsh environmental conditions at the Nasher Sculpture Center created by the Museum Tower continues to compromise the safety and integrity of the art works, both indoors and outside," the AAMD wrote. In response, Museum Tower officials noted they have spent nearly $1 million studying more than 20 ideas for a solution. [ Dallas News ]
– Douglas Druick on Museum Management : The Wall Street Journal boston red sox season tickets chats with Douglas Druick , director of the Art Institute of Chicago , about how the museum has changed during his two years on the job. (Druick, formerly a top curator at the museum, boston red sox season tickets took over for predecessor James Cuno with no prior executive experience.) "A solid grounding in art history and working with objects is great background for a director in terms of my ability to evaluate boston red sox season tickets what's boston red sox season tickets going on," he said, "and help my curators make tough decisions with limited resources." [ WSJ ]