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Bubblesconi: Failing EU leadership inspires Dutch artist

admin — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:01:56 +0000

The ongoing leadership crisis in Europe is proving to be an unexpected source of inspiration for a Dutch painter of modern art.

As the Eurozone leaders again battle to save the euro, Ilse Wielage is finishing her painting of ejected Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi. It’s called Bubblesconi.

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Tefaf: Global art market tight, bouyant as financial uncertainty persists

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 03:46:28 +0000

Report: Raymond Frenken, EUX.TV Art lovers from across the world are coming together in Maastricht, the Netherlands, these days for what is acknowledged globally as the world’s leading art and antiques fair. Tefaf Maastricht features an impressive selection of genuine masterpieces from 260 of the world’s prestigious art and antiques dealers from 16 countries. More than 30 thousand items are on display. Among them this dark bronze buste of the French Baron de Bastard, created by realist Gustave Courbet in 1875. This work of art has been missing for years and was recently discovered again in Algeria. Richard L. Feigen, Chairman Richard L. Feigen & Co., New York: The buste comes with its original wooden case which is covered with masonic symbols. It’s on sale for 600000 euro. Other gems at this year’s Tefaf are paintings by El Greco, Auguste Renoir and Frans Hals. This Rembrandt is the most expensive piece on exhibit. The asking price is 35 million euro. New York-based art dealer Richard Feigen says the global art market remains buoyant as a result of continuing financial uncertainty. Richard L. Feigen, Chairman Richard L. Feigen & Co., New York This year’s Tefaf art fair runs until the 27th of March.

Tefaf: Global art market tight, bouyant as financial uncertainty persists

admin — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 03:46:28 +0000

Travesias: Spanish EU Art Stays Clear of Controversy

admin — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 06:35:38 +0000

To mark the start of its EU Presidency, the Spanish government has commissioned an art installation, “Travesías”, to be exhibited inside the European Council building in Brussels. Also see: bit.ly The audiovisual project is a sort of transition between the street and the Council’s main building showing the constant coming and going of politicians, officials, technicians and visitors on a very clear linear vector in the building’s atrium. On a carpet, which is a LED screen measuring 3 metres in length by 1.65 in width, Daniel Canogar, the Spanish artist, wanted to symbolise the conquests and obstacles of the European project, and give a more playful glimpse of the day to day running of this project. Traditionally, countries that hold the EU presidency construct a decoration or sculpture in the Belgian capital during their tenure. Last year, the Czech Republic raised controversy with an official piece of artwork portraying the European countries through stereotypes, like for example France on strike, Romania as a Dracula theme park and Britain entirely wiped off the face of Europe.

Entropa, controversial art work, removed from EU council walls

admin — Wed, 13 May 2009 13:40:38 +0000

EUX.TV managed to exclusively film the taking-down of the controversial Entropa artwork in the atrium of the European Council before security guards ask our reporter to stop filming.

Less than one week after a new Czech Prime Minister took office and with nearly two months to go in the Czech presidency, the controversial “Entropa” art work by Czech artist David Czerny has been removed from the walls of the giant atrium at the European Union’s Council building in Brussels.

A statement from the Czech EU Presidency said the removal is “the outcome of the agreement between… Czerny and the government of the Czech Republic.”

According to the Czech engineers taking down Entropa, it will be moved to the Dox museum in Prague.

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Czechs ready to remove Bulgaria’s toilets from controversial art work

admin — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:47:38 +0000

Czech Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs Alexander Vondra on Thursday said the Czech presidency of the European Union is ready to have removed a controversial element of the Entropa art exhibition that has sparked a diplomatic row between Bulgaria and the Czech Republic.

Speaking at the opening of the exhibit in the atrium of the Justus Lipsius building in Brussels, Vondra said the artwork will stay up until the ” end of June”, when the Czech presidency ends, but the Bulgarian element would be removed if the Bulgarian government insists.

Bulgaria has been portrayed through a combination of a Turkish toilet and pipes. The country’s government earlier this week summoned the Czech ambassador in Sofia for an explanation.

Vondra said there are still “open issues” in the talks with Bulgaria. At the presentation, he also apologized to Bulgaria.

“We consider Entropa as a piece of art. Nothing more. Nothing less,” he said.

Czech artist David Cerny, who coordinated the Entropa exhibit, also apologized to Bulgaria and said he would not object to the Bulgarian toilets being removed.

“If we are asked to, we will do so,” he said at the presentation of Entropa

Czech EU Presidency removes ‘Entropa’ brochure from its website

admin — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:26:07 +0000

The Czech presidency of the European Union on Wednesday removed from its website a brochure with a detailed description of its controversial art exhibit, Entropa, in Brussels after the artist who coordinated its said he duped the Czech government. The art exhibit is due to be opened officially on Thursday.

The brochure was still available on the site on Tuesday, when EUX.TV downloaded it. Find the original here.

David Cerny told Czech media he made up the names of the artists who made individual national pieces of the artwork, and said he made the entire piece together with two friends.

So names like Roger Geboers (Belgium), Elena Jelebova (Bulgaria), Lars Kristjansen (Denmark) and Helmut Bauer (Germany) prove fictional, according to news reports. But a quick search on the web shows doubts remain on some of the names. Germany does have an artist called Helmut Bauer. But no one in Bulgaria has ever heard of Elena Jelebova…

The 8-ton art exhibit was posted into the atrium of the European Council’s Justus Lipsius building on Monday and already has triggered a major wave of controversy. Bulgaria has been portrayed as a Turkish toilet, causing the Bulgarian government to summon the Czech ambassador. The German highways are shaped almost as a swastika, while the lego motive used to depict Denmark clearly shows the controversial cartoon of Mohammed made by Kurt Westergaard.

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