Style and Art

Nathan Sawaya opened the exhibition “Nathan Sawaya: The Art of the Brick” of his works in Lego at The Lancaster Museum of Art.

In the words of the artist:

The opening of my museum exhibit at the Lancaster Museum of Art was a rousing success, with crowds lined up to get in five hours before the doors opened. I was overwhelmed with the number of folks attending.

Kids of all ages enjoyed the exibition and the staff at the museum did an amazing job putting together a fantastic event.

My favorite part was seeing the awe in people’s faces when they viewed works which I had put my heart and soul into over the past few years. That, and the free LEGO Fun Snacks!

Check this homage to Roy Liechtenstein’s classic painting “M-maybe” redone in colored wood pegs entitled “Peggy“. According to the author:

the work above, “peggy,” is the most recent project of this collection. this piece was meticulously constructed over the course of five months. it is comprised of 2788 hand cut, sanded, and painted dowels that when put together form a modern interpretation of a painting by artist roy lichtenstein entitled, “m-maybe.” it measures seven feet wide by three feet tall. commissionable variations of this work can be constructed upon request.

This wallpaper amazes me.

See if you can spot the hammerhead sharks that conform the geometric pattern. To make things easier, click on the picture to enlarge, or go to the seller’s site for a close-up view.

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The Vincent Van Gogh Gallery is the most thorough and comprehensive Van Gogh resource on the web. It features a complete gallery of Van Gogh’s work categorized chronologically, by medium and subject matter. It also contains a complete set of Van Gogh’s letters to his family and a gallery of works by other artist who were inspired by Van Gogh.

Auctions at Christie’s and Sotheby’s in New York next month are expected to fetch near to a billion dollars. Among the works up for auction are Francis Bacon’s study of Pope Innocent X (pictured left) and a Mark Rothko painting, these works alone are expected to get up to 70 million dollars amongst them.

Other paintings in the auction include a Cèzanne watercolor which is estimated to make up to $18 million, while a reclining nude by Henri Matisse could fetch as much as $20m (£10m) at the Sotheby’s sale.

All these works are now in display at Sotheby’s in London

Feast your eyes on this stackable furniture, maybe not worth the nearly 9,000 dollars but a neat idea for future furniture projects. Via BoingBoing

The government of Au-Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates has paid the International Agency for French Museums, $520 million dollars for the rights to use the name “Louvre” on the new art museum, set to open on 2012.

The building itself, pictured above in a computer rendering, will cost around $108 million dollars and was designed by the French architect Jean Nouvel. Planned as a universal museum, it will include art from all eras and regions, including Islamic art.

Femme, femme, femme: Paintings of Women in French Society from Daumier to Picasso from the Museums of France. The exhibition, shown exclusively at NOMA, begins March 3, 2007 .

“The works in Femme, femme, femme are appearing together for the first and only time,” said E. John Bullard, director of the New Orleans Museum of Art. “We are extremely grateful to the nation of France for their support of NOMA and for their dedication to reviving the art community in New Orleans.”

“This exhibition represents our dedication to maintaining the New Orleans art community as it rebuilds following Hurricane Katrina,” said Ambassador Levitte. “We encourage world citizens to visit NOMA to view this one-time-only grouping of some of France’s best-known works.”
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A humble electrician from
Colombia has won the Fernando Botero painting “Hombre Fumando” (Man Smoking, 1977 pictured left) through a sweepstakes contest held by the colombian brewery Bavaria.

The man identified as Luis Alfredo Rodríguez is a humble electrician from the city of Buenaventura the main maritime port of Colombia on the Pacific Coast

Rodríguez says he plans to sell the painting in order to provide his family with a proper home and education for his two sons.

The artwork is valued at more than $600,000 usd.