Prémio BES Photo internacionaliza-se a partir de 2011

Com início na presente data, de acordo com o BESphoto (Banco Espírito Santo) e, consequentemente, a comunidade artística portuguesa, a Nigéria é um dos Países Africanos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa, vulgarmente conhecidos por PALOP.

«O Prémio BES photo ... adquire estatuto internacional na sua 7ª edição alargando o âmbito de selecção de artistas que, a partir desta edição, poderão ser de nacionalidade portuguesa, brasileira ou dos Países Africanos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa (PALOP’s)... A composição do Júri de Selecção da 7ª edição do BES photo integra três elementos que acompanharam o panorama expositivo da fotografia no período a que reporta o prémio, e que individualmente representam o triângulo geográfico referido - Delfim Sardo, curador, crítico de arte e professor (Portugal); Bisi Silva, curadora e fundadora/directora do Centro de Arte Contemporânea de Lagos, CCA Lagos (Nigéria); e Ivo Mesquita, Curador e crítico de Arte (Brasil).»

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Os PALOP é grupo formado por seis países lusófonos africanos. Cinco dos membros foram colónias de Portugal em África (Angola, Cabo Verde, Guiné-Bissau, Moçambique e São Tomé e Príncipe), o outro é a Guiné Equatorial, que em 2007 adoptou o português como língua oficial. Estes seis países integram a Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa, a CPLP - uma organização internacional, criada em 1996, e constituida por: Angola, Brasil, Cabo Verde, Guiné-Bissau, Moçambique, Portugal, São Tomé e Príncipe e Timor Leste (integrou a organização em 2002); Guiné Equatorial, Maurícia e Senegal são considerados observadores associados à organização.

Paralelamente, nesta fase de selecção os autores seleccionados (três a cinco) serão convidados a apresentar os seus trabalhos, numa primeira exposição no Museu Colecção Berardo (Portugal), de 14 de Março a 13 de Junho de 2011, e posteriormente na Pinacoteca de São Paulo (Brasil), entre Julho e Agosto de 2011.

Sculpture Auction Results

1. GIACOMETTI, Alberto (1901-1966)
03/02/2010 Sotheby's London
L'homme qui marche (1960)
Estimative £12,000,000-£18,000,000
Purchase Price $104,327,006/£65,011,250/€74,185,983
Anonymous
World Record for a Work of Art at Auction

2. GIACOMETTI, Alberto (1901-1966)
04/05/2010 Christie's New York
Grande tête mince (1954)
Estimative $25,000,000-$35,000,000
Purchase Price $53,282,500/£35,166,450/€41,027,525
Anonymous

3. MODIGLIANI, Amedeo (1884-1920)
14/06/2010 Christie's Paris
Tête (c 1910-1912)
Estimative €4,000,000-€6,000,000
Purchase Price $52,620,923/£35,886,735/€43,185,000
Anonymous
World Record for a Sculpture by the Artist at Auction

4. BRANCUSI, Constantin (1876-1957)
23/02/2009 Christie's Paris
Madame L.R. (c. 1914-17)
Estimative €15,000,000-€20,000,000
Purchase Price $37,762,472/£25,974,650/€29,185,000
Anonymous
World Record for the Artist at Auction

5. PICASSO, Pablo (1881-1973)
07/11/2007 Sotheby's New York
Tête de Femme, Dora Maar (1941)
Estimative $20,000,000-$30,000,000
Purchase Price $29,161,000/£13,924,649
NY Dealer on behalf of American Private
World Record for a Sculpture by the Artist at Auction

6. BRANCUSI, Constantin (1876-1957)
04/05/2005 Christie's New York
Oiseau dans l'espace (1922-1923)
Estimative $8,000,000-$12,000,000
Purchase Price $27,456,000/£14,526,984/€21,283,721
Anonymous
World Record for the Artist at Auction

7. GIACOMETTI, Alberto (1901-1966)
06/05/2008 Christie's New York
Grande femme debout II (1958/60)
Estimative on Request
Purchase Price $27,481,000/£13,949,746/€17,729,677
NY Dealer Larry Gagosian
World Record for the Artist at Auction

8. GIACOMETTI, Alberto (1901-1966)
04/05/2010 Christie's New York
La Main (1947/48)
Estimative $10,000,000-$15,000,000
Purchase Price $25,842,500/£17,056,050/€19,898,725
Anonymous

9. KOONS, Jeff (1955)
30/06/2008 Christie's London
Balloon Flower (Magenta) (1995/2000)
Estimative on Request
Purchase Price $25,752,051/£12,921,250/€16,267,854
Anonymous
World Record for the Artist at Auction

10. SMITH, David (1906-1965)
09/11/2005 Sotheby's New York
Cubi XXVIII (1965)
Estimative $8,000,000-$12,000,000
Purchase Price $23,816,000
NY Dealer Larry Gagosian on behalf of Eli Broad

VASCONCELOS, Joana (1971)
11/02/2010 Christie's London
Marilyn (2009)
Estimative £100,000-£150,000
Purchase Price £505,250
World Record for the Artist at Auction

VASCONCELOS, Joana (1971)
30/06/2009 Christie's London
Golden Independent Heart (2004)
Estimative £80,000-£120,000
Purchase Price $272,138/£163,250/€192,798

VASCONCELOS, Joana (1971)
28/06/2010 Sotheby’s London
Red Independent Heart
Estimative £120,000-£180,000
Purchase Price £121,250

Lure of Tradition: Longevity Bias Proves Persistent

Miller-McCune (July 19, 2010) - If something has been around longer, it must be better. New research suggests we hold onto that bias even in instances where quality has nothing to do with longevity.

For all our fascination with novelty, human beings seem to have an instinctual preference for the tried and true. That’s the implication of research that finds telling people something has stood the test of time makes them more likely to judge it favorably, whether they are assessing art or acupuncture. [...]

Was John Szarkowski the most influential person in 20th-century photography?

The Guardian (July 20, 2010) - An insightful critic as well as a visionary curator, Szarkowski filled New York's Museum of Modern Art with the colour photography of William Eggleston, and championed the transgressive work of Diane Arbus and Lee Friedlander. Everyone who cares about photography is in his debt

It's three years to the month since John Szarkowski died: a good time to reappraise his role as a defining figure in photography, both in establishing it as an art form and in influencing the public's perception. Szarkowski was a good photographer, a great critic and an extraordinary curator. One could argue that he was the single most important force in American post-war photography. [...]

In an era of austerity, reasons to fund the arts

The Art Newspaper (July-August 2010) - Culture is a social language that we would be dumb without

It is 70 years since a British government last had to take the arts seriously. In December 1939, in a world darkened by war, winter and blackout, a small group of civil servants and educators met to discuss the crisis in the arts. Great museums and galleries were empty, their contents packed off to safety from bombing. The theatres were shut, orchestras about to disband. The committee agreed that it was essential “to show publicly and unmistakably that the Government cares about the cultural life of the country. This country is supposed to be fighting for civilisation.” [...]

How Caravaggio saw in the dark

Telegraph.co.uk (July 13, 2010) - The Italian master was a scoundrel and a killer, but did he also use a machine to help him 'cheat’ as he created his paintings? Martin Gayford sheds new light on a 400-year-old mystery.

On July 18, 1610, a man named Michelangelo Merisi died on the southern coast of Tuscany. Recently, a team of Italian forensic investigators made the international news by claiming to have discovered his bones. By all accounts, he died miserably – the latest, not very plausible suggestion, being that lead poisoning had something to do with it. Murder has also been suspected. The earliest accounts describe a fatal attack of impatience, causing him to pursue on foot along the scorching coast a boat that was carrying his baggage away. Whatever the cause, the deceased was the great artist better known to posterity as Caravaggio. He was 38 years old. [...]

Art collectors build museums to let public see private hoards

The Guardian (July 11, 2010) - Philanthropic collectors are having to build private museums if they want to see their artworks on display

Unprecedented numbers of contemporary art collectors are building private museums to display works that they currently store in warehouses for lack of space.