The Art Explorer

 

 

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Passionate art lovers will sometimes go to extraordinary lengths to see or acquire a piece of art. Franck Goddio spent 13 years uncovering the sunken ancient Egyptian city of Thonis in the Mediterranean Sea (see below) to reveal exquisite treasures such as a grand temple of the god Amun. Whether it’s finding sunken artifacts or the chance discovery of a rare antique object at a bric-a-bac stall, there is a definite allure to searching for art and being rewarded with a find. The dedication of collectors who harbor a desire to to own a piece of art is also noteworthy. They can spend decades patiently waiting for a piece to become available and with luck manage to be triumphant at an auction. Enduring day long journeys in heat and dust to see rare statues or visit a temple is also where the dedication of the art aficionados is on display. Rising before sunrise on the weekend to get to an antique market to snare a bargain is also the modus operandi for some. Even a visit to the Paris Louvre requires a certain dedication with the long queues. Fortunately they are handsomely rewarded for their efforts. The painstaking work of archaeologists to discover and unearth mysteries from the past is admirable for their commitment.
This post presents a collection of links ranging from travel destinations for art, museums, art and antique exhibitions, pottery fairs and other guides for finding and exploring art.

 

Art exploration –  ancient and contemporary:

 

Venice Biennial 2017    13May – 26 November 2017

 

http://www.labiennale.org/en/art/2017

 

Berlin Art Week    13 – 17 September 2017

 

Berlin Art Week is a highlight on the contemporary art calendar in the German capital. For the sixth time, the Berlin art world will be hosting exhibition openings, fairs, prize award ceremonies, artist films, and numerous special events during the week. The rich variety of this fall program is made possible by the joint collaboration of institutions, galleries, artist, collectors, and project spaces and draws international attention.

 

http://www.berlinartweek.de/en/berlin-art-week.html

 

 

 

Salad Days 2017 

Saturday, July 8 from 11:00 am-3:00 pm!

http://www.watershedceramics.org/events/salad-days/

 

 

ICFF — May 21-24, 2017 Javits Center, NYC

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NGV –  Van Gogh and the Seasons

28 APR 17 – 9 JUL 17

 

‘The parsonage garden in the snow’ – Van Gogh

January 1885 Nuenen

 

 

‘Wheatfield’ June 1888 Arles – Vincent Van Gogh

http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/exhibition/van-gogh-and-the-seasons/

 

 

Small Great Italian Museums

http://papale-papale.it/categoria/12/pagina/2

Art in Clay Hatfield 

18th 19th 20th August 2017 
Pottery & Ceramics Festival
Hatfield House
Hertfordshire

 

 

ceramic vessel by Daniel Boyle

 

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Scvlptvre

 November 18, 19, 20  2016

Palais des congrès de Montréal.

 

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Terry lazaroff

 

http://www.scvlptvre.com/

 

Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi

Sydney, Australia
20th October – 6th November, 2016

 

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See more sculptures here – Sculpture by the Sea – 20th Anniversary

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Biennale Interieur 2016

25th Silver Edition
14-23 October   Kortrijk, Belgium

 

 

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https://interieur.be/biennale/2016/participants/news

Berlin Art Week

13 – 18 September, 2016

 

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Berlin Art Week

photo Amin Akhtar

 

 

http://www.berlinartweek.de/en/berlin-art-week.html

 

Plaza Art Fair

Friday, September 23, 2016 – Sunday, September 25, 2016

http://countryclubplaza.com/event/plaza-art-fair/

Degas – A New Vision – NGV – (National Gallery Victoria)

Currently running till 18th September 2016

 

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‘The Woman In Movement’ – Edgar Degas

 

Edgar Degas is one of the most celebrated artists associated with French Impressionism. The art he made over more than fifty years of constant creativity and renewal embraces painting, drawing, printmaking, monotypes, sculpture and photography, and has had an immense impact on modern and contemporary art. Modern life as he experienced it in nineteenth-century Paris provided Degas with a repertoire of motifs he explored with endless variation and innovation; from scenes of work and industry to ballet and the theatre, racecourses and boudoirs. This sweeping exhibition brings together more than 200 works by Degas from dozens of collections worldwide, offering a fresh and dynamic reappraisal of this legendary artist’s genius.

Degas

 

Le Don du Fel – 9th European Ceramic Sculpture Festival, 2016

 

Mo Jupp, Jean-Marie Borgeaud, Emma Rodgers, Michael Flynn, Michel Wohlfahrt
from the 26th of June to the 11th of August, 2016

 

 

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Jean Marie Borgeaud

 

http://ledondufel.com/en/now-showing/

 

MAISON&OBJET

September 2- 6, 2016

September 3-10, 2016 – Paris Design Week

The multi-multicultural crossroads of contemporary living.

MAISON&OBJET is the major event for professionals working in the art of living in all its rich and varied expressions. The lifestyle show brings together a 360°product offering. Decoration, design, furniture, accessories, textiles, fragrances, the world of children, tableware.

 

 

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http://www.maison-objet.com/en/paris-design-week

Futura festival, 2016

25 to 27 August

20 concerts, 1 Nuit Blanche (from midnight to 8 am),
100 speakers, for concerts in total sound immersion
1 large screen for video projections
6 performers on acousmonium: Eric Broitmann , Guillaume Contré ,Tomonari Higaki , Olivier Lamarche , Jonathan Prager and Nathanaëlle Raboisson

 

 

http://festivalfutura.fr/

 

 

 

Sublime Symmetry,  2016

 

A touring exhibition showcasing the work of celebrated Victorian Arts and Crafts designer, William De Morgan.

 

William De Morgan plate

 

1st june to 4th September 2016  –  free entry

Cannon Hall Museum, Park and Gardens, Bark House Lane, Cawthorne, Barnsley South Yorkshire S75 4AT

Set in 70 acres of parkland, this country house museum is home to an impressive collection including ceramics, glass, furniture and Old Master paintings.  

 

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William De Morgan, Two Handled Vase with Persian Floral Decoration, 1882-1888

 

 

Yorkshire Sculpture Park

21 May 2016 to 21 Jan 2017 – Free Entry

 

Non Vital –

The artist’s first major retrospective in the UK brings together the work he has created in locales across the world.

 

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‘Heads’ – Non Vital – 2014

Photo Eric Gregory Powell

The historically designed landscape of YSP remains home to a series of monumental and imposing sculptures by KAWS

 

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Monumental Kaws sculpture

http://www.ysp.co.uk/

 

 

Sydney Vivid 2016 – Light, Music, Ideas

27 May to 18 June

 

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http://www.vividsydney.com/?nst=0&gclid=CKPv69Tu-8wCFUccvAod_Q4Cug&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

Spectacular-highlights-from-Vivid-Sydney-2016-- illuminated crocodile light sculpture

 

 

Heiva, Tahiti

Thursday 02 to Saturday, June 4 at Place To’ata.

The annual Heiva, started in 1881, is an iconic event for Polynesian culture. Dance competitions, which are some of the most important events in Heiva, are prepared for months in advance by dancers.

 

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‘The Hand-dance of Aparima’ – Heiva, Tahiti

photo -Mark Sisson

 

http://www.tahiti-tourisme.pf/heiva/heivaheiva-des-ecoles-de-danses/programme-du-22eme-heiva-des-ecoles/

 

 

 

Mount Hagen Cultural Show 2016 – New Guinea

20th – 21st August

Tribes from all over the Western Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea and other neighbouring tribes from the Highlands region will gather in the township of Mt. Hagen to put on exciting cultural performances.

 

 

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http://www.papuanewguinea.travel/viewservices/News.aspx?Pop=1&rqEventID=249

 

 

Venice Art Crawl – July 21, 2016

 

VENICE ART CRAWL • FRESH AIR • FRESH ART

The Venice Art Crawl’s mission is to foster and reinvigorate the creativity that has historically and currently makes Venice such a vibrant and dynamic community.

 

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VAC light sculpture – Shana Koenig

 

http://venicechamber.chambermaster.com/events/details/venice-art-crawl-may-2016-14087

 

5th International Biennial of Contemporary Ceramics of Sevres

from 12 to 29 May 2016 – 47 Grande Rue, Sevres, France

 

Jean-Paul-Azaïs

 

Ceramic Biennale (5th edition )

Now unavoidable, this international biennial welcomes the guests of honor Valérie Hermans and Jean-Paul Azaïs along with 42 other ceramic artists.
They share a love of nature and the earth. On clean shapes, box, nest, they drove passionate research. John Paul reveals the poetry of clay with natural glazes. Valerie works with high temperature glazes and especially celadon. Both, alchemists, playing with fire.

See more here

 

 

10 London highlights

 

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A visitor walks through an exhibition room at the Sir John Soane’s Museum in London, UK. Photo: Bloomberg

 

 

http://www.traveller.com.au/london-10-things-most-visitors-to-london-miss-goqggx

 

 

Visiting Masterpieces: Pairing Picasso

February 13, 2016 – June 26, 2016

 

 

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Picasso cubist sculpture

 

http://www.mfa.org/exhibitions/visiting-masterpieces-pairing-picasso

 

 

London Gallery – Erskine, Hall and Coe

Nine Potters Anniversary Edition

30th March – 23 April, 2016

An exhibition featuring the works of Michael Cardew, Claudi Casanovas, Hans Coper, Elizabeth Fritsch, Ewen Henderson, Bernard Leach, Katherine Pleydell-Bouverie, Elizabeth Raeburn and Lucie Rie.

 

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Erskine,-Hall-and-Coe exhibition

 

http://www.erskinehallcoe.com/

 

Annual Michigan Regional Exhibition

May 12 – August 3

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Exhibitions

Long Beach Antique Market, USA

Long Beach Veterans Stadium – Antiques, Collectibles, Vintage items

Third Sunday of every month, next event on Sunday July 17

 

Long-Beach-Antique-fair

 

http://www.longbeachantiquemarket.com/

Art Nouveau and architecture

 

http://www.bootsnall.com/articles/11-04/eight-places-to-find-art-nouveau-around-the-world.html

 Art-Nouveau-Latvia

 

 

Discovery of sunken Egyptian city

 

Known as Thonis to the ancient Egyptians and Heracleion to the ancient Greeks the city was rediscovered in 2000 by French underwater archaeologist Dr. Franck Goddio and a team from the European Institute for Underwater Archeology (IEASM) after a four-year geophysical survey. On the sunken Island of Antirhodos, the ruins of the lost city the size of Paris was found 30 feet under the surface of the Mediterranean Sea in Aboukir Bay, near Alexandria. This city, shrouded in myth, was swallowed by the Mediterranean Sea and buried in sand and mud for more than 1,200 years.  Archeologists are now unearthing the mysteries of Heracleion, and uncovering amazingly well-preserved artifacts telling the story of a vibrant classical-era port.

 

 

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Egyptian statue buried underwater

 

 

 

Portrait of a pharaoh, Quartzite, 25th dynasty (712-661 BC) with characteristic traits of the statuary of the 25th so-called Ethiopian Dynasty (8th century BC).

Portrait of a pharaoh, Quartzite, 25th dynasty (712-661 BC) with characteristic traits of the statuary of the 25th so-called Ethiopian Dynasty (8th century BC).

 

 

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Lifting an Egyptian statue from the submerged city – Monumental statue of red granite (5.4 m) representing Hapy, god of the Nile flood and symbol of abundance and fertility.

 

 

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Head of a colossal red granite statue of a pharaoh is raised to the surface.

 

 

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Discovery of an ancient inscribed Egyptian tablet- The stele of Thonis-Heracleion (1.90 m), ordered by Pharaoh Nectanebo I (378-362 BC), is almost identical to the stele of Naukratis in the Egyptian Museum of Cairo.

 

 

Onlookers watch Franck Goddio and his team watch the raising of a colossal Egyptian statue of red granite from the Mediterranean Sea

Franck Goddio and his team watch the rise to the surface of a colossal statue of red granite (5.4 m) representing the god Hapy, symbol of abundance and fertility and god of the Nile flood which stood in front of the temple of Heracleion. Never before has the statue of a god of this size been discovered in Egypt, which indicates Hapy’s importance for the Canopic branch, the largest and most important of the Nile branches at that time. Hapy looks happy to be rediscovered.

 

Underwater-statue off the coast of Alexandria

 One of the finest finds in Abukir Bay is the remarkable dark stone statue of a 3rd century Ptolemaic queen, very probably Cleopatra II or Cleopatra III

 

 

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Recovery of monumental Egyptian sculpture – archaeologists Franck Goddio and his team inspect the colossal red granite statue of a pharaoh of over 5 metres height, weighing 5.5 tons

 

 

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The statue of an Isis priest holding an Osiris-jar found on the sunken Island of Antirhodos in the great harbour of Alexandria

 

 

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Above view of the colossal triad of 5-metre high red granite statues of a pharaoh, his queen and the god Hapy, dating from the 4th century BC, which stood in front of the great temple of Heracleion. They are lying on a pontoon barge together with the 17 fragments of an over 5-metre high 2nd century BC red granite stele in reassembly.

 

 

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 Egyptian potter ?

 

 

 

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A diver eye-to-eye with a sphinx made out of black granite. The face of the sphinx is believed to represent Ptolemy XII, father of the famous Cleopatra VII.

 

 

 

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Majestic lion statue

 

 

 

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Ceramic bowl that dates from the 1st century BC – 1st century AD. Its shape suggests that it may have been used for divination rituals.

 

 

 

 

Sunken Cities – Egypt’s lost worlds

19 May – 27 November 2016, British Museum

 

 

More Franck Goddio finds

 

Porcelain dishes in blue and white appear after the sediment has been removed from the wreck of the Lena Shoal junk.

Porcelain dishes in blue and white appear after the sediment has been removed from the wreck of the Lena Shoal junk.

 

 

 

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Rediscovering Shi Cheng, a Chinese Lion City which was flooded half a century ago

All photos ©Franck Goddio/Hilti Foundation, photo: Christoph Gerigk

franckgoddio.org

 

 

 

Easter Island Moai have bodies too

 

                                Revealing the whole size of an Easter-Island-stone-statue

Excavated Easter Island Moai reveals the hidden body, which got buried through mud slides.

 

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Art of  Santa Fe

 

List of Sante Fe galleries – follow link

http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-d-santa-fe-main-20151004-story.html

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Lucio Lopez-Rey

 

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JCompton Gallery

 

 

LAPADA Art & Antiques Association

Click the link below for the 2016 calendar of 20 Art and Antique events

 

http://lapada.org/events/

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Olympia art and antique fair, UK

 

 

Potfest in the Park 2016 – July 29th – 31st

Fri, Sat & Sun 10am – 5pm daily

Over 100 exhibitors from all over Europe and beyond. All with very distinctive individual styles, all passionate about working with clay.

 

Potfest

  Monks Cave by Daniel Boyle - photo Christine Cox

 ”Monks Cave’ by Daniel Boyle

 

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Potfest in the Park

 

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‘They came from the East, bearing gifts’  by Ralph Jandrell

Photos Christine Cox

 

 

Rodin Museum

 

http://www.musee-rodin.fr/en/musee-rodin

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Camille Claudel

 

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Burghers of Calais – Auguste Rodin

 Musée Rodin

Potters Market Seillans, France

August 15, 2016

 

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http://www.potiers-seillans.com/#ad-image-1

 

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Seillans pottery market

 

 

The Madrid Art and Ceramics Fair

From 19/11/2016 to 27/11/2016. From 12:00 to 21:00.

 

http://www.ifema.es/feriarte_01/Visitantes/FeriarteColecciona/index.htm

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Madrid Art and Ceramics Fair

 

African-masks at Madrid art and antiques fair

 

 

Art Deco cities

 

http://www.cntraveler.com/galleries/2015-02-20/10-great-art-deco-cities-you-might-not-know-about/1

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Napier Art Deco

 

 

 

Keramisto 2016!  Netherlands

17 and 18 September

 

http://www.keramisto.nl/nl/26-laatste-nieuws/39-internationale-keramiekmanifestatie-keramisto-2016.html

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Keramisto

 

London free art

 

http://www.timeout.com/london/art/free-art-in-london

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Photograph by Richard Avedon

 

 

European Art Nouveau

http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2016/mar/29/10-best-art-nouveau-cities-europe-prague-budapest-glasgow

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Art Nouveau Museum, Riga

 

 

 

 

 

 

Art Basel Modern and contemporary art, Miami

December 1 – 4, 2016

https://www.artbasel.com/miami-beach

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Guaratiba – Roberto Burle Marx, 1989

 

 

Paris by the beach

 

http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/jul/06/10-best-ways-enjoy-paris-on-a-budget

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Musée Carnavalet. Photograph- R Ian Lloyd

Masterfile/Corbis

 

 

 

Museums and galleries of Paris

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/france/paris/articles/Pariss-best-museums-and-art-galleries/

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Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris

 

 

Budget Venice

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/italy/veneto/venice/articles/Venice-on-a-budget-the-best-cheap-hotels-and-restaurants/

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Gothic relief in Venice, sculpted around 1430, showing Madonna and Child sided by Mark the Evangelist and John the Baptist,  Campo San Zaccaria

Photo by Giovanni Dall’Orto – Wikimedia Commons

 

Paris Louvre

 

The Louvre’s collection covers Western art from the medieval period to 1848, formative works from the civilisations of the ancient world, and works of Islamic art. See the collections with the link.

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Nymph and Triton surrounded by two geniuses – Jean Goujon

http://www.louvre.fr/en/departements

If you want to avoid the queues then try using the entrance at the Porte des Lions just east of the Pont Royal; at number 99 the Rue du Rivoli; at the Arc du Carousel or directly from the Metro station Palais Royal-Musée du Louvre (platform on line 1).

You can escape the queues completely by purchasing your ticket in advance at FNAC or other department stores

 

 

http://www.traveller.com.au/amazing-museums-of-the-world-welcome-to-wonderland-gmo016

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Eli & Edythe Broad Art Museum, Lansing, USA

 

13 art trips

http://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestravelguide/2015/08/13/13-art-trips-you-need-to-take/#3137149b4da8

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Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

 

 

http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/may/18/10-best-european-museums-paris-berlin-rome

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Centrale Montemartini, Rome

Photograph–Massimo Listri, Corbis

 

 

http://www.touropia.com/tourist-attractions-in-paris/

 

Argilla Argentona. International Ceramics Fair

1st, 2nd and 3rd July 2016

 

Ambient_fira_Argentona ceramic fair, Spain

 

 

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Argentona street market

 

Free Paris

 

https://www.lonelyplanet.com/france/paris/travel-tips-and-articles/76886

 

 

Italian cultural holidays

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/italy/articles/The-top-10-cultural-holidays-in-Italy/

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San Vitale mosaic, Ravenna

 

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Leaning tower, Pisa

 

Paris off the beaten track

 

http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2011/may/06/top-10-art-culture-paris

Venice highlights

 

http://www.traveller.com.au/20-reasons-to-visit-venice-gniadh

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Mid Century ceramic vessel – San Polo, Venice

 

 

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San Giorgio Maggiore Church, Venice

The Baroque church rises on homonymous island; visible from San Marco Square

 

 

The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia

Federation Square, Melbourne

The home of Australian art, presenting Indigenous and non-Indigenous art from the colonial period to the present day.
General entry is free
Open 10am–5pm

 

Visit---NGV

 

Enfilade and Intrafilament, the Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia at Federation Square

 

The San Francisco Fall Antiques Show

October 27-30

 

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Patrick Mestdagh

 

 

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