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A STROLL IN BANGKOK
As soon as you set foot in Bangkok airport, musical whispers come to your ears with the voices of the Thai hostesses welcoming you to their country and wishing you a pleasant journey; you have reached the city of Angels. Bangkok receives you with a myriad of joyful colors. The city's image presents gleaming skyscrapers, imposing buildings, upscale shopping plazas all merging with traditional and old structures in a strange mixture which gives the city its unique feeling... The whole article in COLLECTION issue 42.
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EARTHLY FIGURES DRAPED IN VEIL
In his works, always overflowing with life, Thomas Diego Armonia juxtaposes a fervent tribute to the innumerable, almost divine incarnations of humanity with dialectical materialism and with the renewed upsurge of blind brutality. In this evocative city of mysterious masks, Armonia explores the theme of violence while interpreting the essence of life by highlighting the female figure...
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THE TIME OF THE WATER LILIES
Autumn and winter 2009 in Lombardia have known a comprehensive exhibition of the works of art of Claude Monet and this in the Royal Palace in Milan. The time of the water lilies was the title of this exposition opened under the high patronage of the Italian President, with the support of the Ministry of the foreign affairs, the Ministry of the national patrimony and the culture, and the participation of the Consulate of Japan in Milan...
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FESTIVITIES 70 YEARS AGO
Life is a festival only to the wise, said Ralph Waldo Emerson. Feasts and festivals are a feature of all major religions. Throughout the years, people around the world have created several occasions to celebrate as it seems like Oprah Winfrey once said: The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate... Find out more in COLLECTION Winter issue.
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ART 40 BASEL
There was an hesitant atmosphere at the opening of Art Basel this year as the shadows of the economic crisis overcastted the bleak auspices. But the 40th edition of the most important art fair in the world defied the bad omens and proved to be immune from the gloomy financial downturn: Brad Pitt, Roman Abramovich, Naomi Campbell and Pharrell Williams were among the celebrities who made a reassuring early appearance in the aisles, along with all major collectors who just few days before had attended the inauguration of the Venice Biennial... More by Ivan Ferrari in COLLECTION 42.
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SEURAT & SIGNAC POST-IMPRESSIONISM
A French painter and one of the icons of 19th century painting, Georges-Pierre Seurat was born into a wealthy family in Paris in 1859. In 1884 Seurat's first large painting was rejected by the Paris Salon, he then, with the independent artists of Paris formed the Socit des Artistes Indpendants. It was there that he met Paul Signac with whom he soon became close friends. Seurat shared his new ideas about pointillism with Signac, who soon adopted it and painted in the same idiom...
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Read the whole articles, and find out more on Contemporary Art events in COLLECTION Pan-Arab Luxury Magazine Winter issue number 42.
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Summer 2009
