04 janvier 2011
Waterpot in the form of a large open lotus-leaf with curled edge, Yuan dynasty, circa 1300.

04 janvier 2011
Archaeologists Discover Cretan Tools That Point between 130,000 and 700,000 years old
An Early Stone Age axe discovered by a US-Greek team of archaeologists. AP Photo/Greek Culture Ministry
ATHENS (AP).- Archaeologists on the island of Crete have discovered what may be evidence of one of the world's first sea voyages by human ancestors, the Greek Culture Ministry said Monday A ministry statement said experts from Greece and the U.S. have found rough axes and other tools thought to be between 130,000 and 700,000 years old close to shelters on the island's south coast. Crete has been separated from the mainland... [Lire la suite]
04 janvier 2011
David Tremlett, "Place on paper" @ Galerie Jean Brolly

04 janvier 2011
Louise Bourgeois in the intimacy of the Musee Balzac
Louise Bourgeois, Eugénie Grandet, 2009. Gouache on paper, 59.6 x 45.7 cm. Courtesy Cheim & Read, Hauser & Wirth and Galerie Karsten Greve. Photo: Christopher Burke © Louise Bourgeois Trust / Adagp, Paris 2010.
PARIS.- The preeminent contemporary artist, Louise Bourgeois wished to present an exhibit in the intimacy of the Musee Balzac. This original work especially created for the museum is not a confrontation with one of Balzac’s most famous novels but rather according to the artist an identification with Eugenie... [Lire la suite]