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A picture taken on September 9, 2019 shows a brooch of Elizabeth (1741-62), Empress of Russia, presented by an employee before being installed at the Hermitage museum in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. This is a jewellery bouquet by Swiss diamond jeweller Jeremie Pauzie and is one of the highlights of the exhibition Jewellery. Evert Elzinga / ANP / AFP.
AMSTERDAM.- From 14 September 2019 until 15 March 2020, tens of thousands of precious gems will sparkle at the Hermitage Amsterdam. From agate to zirconium, almost every type of precious stone will be on display. They were turned into the most exquisite jewels and accessories, worn by Russian high society. Together with an abundance of richly decorated ball gowns, imperial costumes and majestic portraits, the jewels tell the personal stories and give a fascinating impression of over two centuries of fashion and jewellery. From Rococo, Empire and Romantic, to Art Nouveau. The fabled collection of jewels forms one of the great treasuries of the State Hermitage in St Petersburg. The impressive collection has grown into an absolute treasure trove, with thousands of exquisite jewels. From this collection, over 300 breathtaking pieces are coming to the Netherlands this autumn for Jewels!. Visitors will meet flamboyant, powerful tsarinas such as Eliz ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Sean Kelly is presenting Constructing Her Universe: Loló Soldevilla, the first comprehensive exhibition ever mounted in the United States devoted to the work of this pioneering Cuban artist. In this image: Loló Soldevilla, Untitled (Sin tÃtulo), undated. Oil on masonite. Artwork: 19 7/8 x 26 1/2 inches © Martha Flora Carranza Barba, universal heir of the work of Loló Soldevilla. Courtesy: Sean Kelly, New York. Photo: Jason Wyche.
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 | | 5-year Marc Chagall research project reveals new discoveries in his paintings | | Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac opens an in-depth exhibition of works from the 1960s by James Rosenquist | | Sean Kelly opens the first comprehensive exhibition ever mounted in the U.S. devoted to the work of Loló Soldevilla | 
Marc Chagall, The Fiddler, 1912. Collection Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands. Long-term loan Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. c/o Pictoright Amsterdam. Photo: René Gerritsen.
AMSTERDAM.- The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam has rounded off a major five-year research project into the material and technical aspects of the nine paintings by Marc Chagall (1887-1985) in its collection. Internationally, it is the first survey to examine a group of his paintings in such depth, and in relation to one another. The results are of significant value to art historians and conservators all over the world. They provide new insights into the structure of his paintings, the media he used, his reuse of canvases, alterations to compositions, painting technique and pigment use. The Stedelijk offers a unique context for this project given that the nine famous paintings in the collection span 35 years of his oeuvre, which enables the works to be compared with each other. The outcomes of this five-year project will shortly be published, in full, in English in the German scholarly journal Zeitschrift für Kunsttechnologie und Konservierung. The Marc Chagall ... More | | 
James Rosenquist Study for Circles of Confusion GE, 1966 Oil on canvas Diameter: 40.3 cm (15 ⅞ in.) Photo: Glenn Steigelman. © 2019 Estate of James Rosenquist / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Courtesy of the Estate of James Rosenquist and Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London Paris Salzburg.
LONDON.- The 1960s was a defining decade for James Rosenquist (19332017), one of the most revered and influential American artists of his generation. His paintings radically tested the possibilities of perception, of the image and of the painted medium itself, propelling him to the centre of art-world attention. At the forefront of his time and the nascent Pop art movement, he combined figurative painting techniques, collage and the use of found objects to convey the contradictions inherent to the American experience juxtaposing John F. Kennedy and the American Dream with images relating to the Vietnam War, mass consumerism, segregation and technological innovation. The first UK exhibition in over thirty years with an in-depth focus on this pivotal decade, James Rosenquist: ... More | | 
Loló Soldevilla, Untitled (Sin tÃtulo), ca. 1954. iron, 14 x 17 x 8 3/8 inches (35.5 x 43 x 21.3 cm) © Martha Flora Carranza Barba, universal heir of the work of Loló Soldevilla. Courtesy: Sean Kelly, New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sean Kelly is presenting Constructing Her Universe: Loló Soldevilla, the first comprehensive exhibition ever mounted in the United States devoted to the work of this pioneering Cuban artist. Dolores "Loló" Soldevilla (1901- 1971) was one of the only women to be prominently associated with the development of geometric abstraction in Cuba, and one of the key figures responsible for promoting its development from the 1950s onward. Featuring over 60 artworks, including painting, sculpture, works on paper and constructions, as well as rare historical documents, photographs and personal ephemera, this wide-ranging survey will examine the breadth of Lolós entire career. Concurrent to the exhibition, a fully-illustrated monograph featuring essays by Rafael DiazCasas and Olga Viso will be published, the first book devoted solely to Lolós life and work. Loló Soldevilla was a passionate, largely self-taught artist whose career blossome ... More |
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| | Exhibition at Richard Gray Gallery examines the paintings and drawings of Leon Polk Smith | | Exhibition pays homage to the friendship between Zao Wou-Ki and the architect I. M. Pei | | US rocker Eddie Money dies at 70 | 
Leon Polk Smith, Constellation: Square Circle Violet Black Red, 1967. Courtesy Richard Gray Gallery.
CHICAGO, IL.- Richard Gray Gallery announced Endless Space, an exhibition examining the paintings and drawings of Leon Polk Smith (1906 - 1996). The exhibition opened at Gray Warehouse on Friday, September 13, 2019. Leon Polk Smith: Endless Space features paintings from the artists iconic Correspondence and Constellation series which he produced over a nearly twenty-year span between the late 1950s and the 1970s. Characterized by their interactive multipart compositions, the canvases created during this time period have come to be known as the artists most signature works. Endless Space expresses Smiths nimble and daring shift from rectilinear canvases to shaped supports, and from single-panel works to complex, polyptych installations. Fusing together bright colors at a curved edge, Smiths compositions push the confines of the canvas. I was fascinated by the interchange of the positive-negative ... More | | 
Zao Wou-Ki, Sans titre, 2006. India ink on paper mounted on canvas, 106 3/4 x 83 7/8 in. 271 x 213 cm. Courtesy Gagosian.
NEW YORK, NY.- Gagosian is presenting a series of paintings by the Chinese-born French artist Zao Wou-Ki (19202013). The exhibition pays homage to the close, enduring friendship between Zao Wou-Ki and the Chinese-American architect I. M. Pei (19172019). Throughout his career, Zao Wou-Ki merged Eastern and Western aesthetic traditions in his paintings, retaining technical elements of Chinese painting styles while embracing European Modernism. As a student in China, he studied ink drawings and classical Eastern painting. In Paris, where he moved in 1948, he continued exploring Impressionism and Expressionism. Inspired by Paul Klee and his appreciation of Eastern art, Zao Wou-Ki began to seriously contemplate nature in his own work, and to incorporate traditional Chinese calligraphy into his evolving artistic language. The earliest works in this exhibition, ... More | | 
In this file photo taken on June 07, 2013 Eddie Money performs during "FOX & Friends" All American Concert Series outside of FOX Studios on June 7, 2013 in New York City. Rob Kim / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP.
NEW YORK (AFP).- Eddie Money, the prolific American rocker known for a string of hits in the 1970s and 1980s like "Take Me Home Tonight," has died, entertainment outlet Variety said Friday, citing his family. He was 70. Money -- whose smashes included "Two Tickets to Paradise" and "Baby Hold On" -- had been in poor health in recent years and revealed in August that he was battling stage four esophageal cancer. "The Money Family regrets to announce that Eddie passed away peacefully early this morning," the statement said. "It is with heavy hearts that we say goodbye to our loving husband and father. We cannot imagine our world without him. "We are grateful that he will live on forever through his music." Born Edward Joseph Mahoney in Brooklyn on March 21, 1949, ... More |
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| | At 70, 'Third Man' still thrills fans despite Viennese snub | | Exhibition at Haus der Kunst presents more than 200 paintings and drawings by Markus Lüpertz | | Luhring Augustine adds new gallery in Tribeca, joining its Chelsea and Bushwick spaces | 
Visitors look at posters in the Third Man museum in Vienna, Austria on September 4, 2019. From its iconic theme song to the legendary chase scene through post-war Vienna's sewers, spy classic "The Third Man" continues to draw legions of fans to the Austrian capital 70 years after its premiere -- but remains an agent provocateur for locals. JOE KLAMAR / AFP.
VIENNA (AFP).- From its iconic theme music to the legendary chase scene through post-war Vienna's sewers, spy classic "The Third Man" still draws legions of fans to the Austrian capital 70 years after its premiere -- but has never found a place in locals' hearts. "Austria is the only country where the movie flopped" following its release in September 1949, said Gerhard Strassgschwandtner, who runs a museum in Vienna entirely dedicated to the knife-edge thriller scripted by British writer Graham Greene. "The Viennese were irritated by the not very flattering portrayal of their city" as a seedy hotbed of plots, murders and betrayal, he told AFP. Most of English director Carol Reed's film noir was shot in Vienna's ... More | | 
Markus Lüpertz, Helm I, 1970. Leimfarbe auf Leinwand, 235 x 189,5 cm. Sammlung Pinault. Photo: Jörg von Bruchhausen © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2019.
MUNICH.- Markus Lüpertz (*1941) is one of the most highly acclaimed artists working in Germany today. His paintings have played a decisive role in the international art scene since the 1960s. The exhibition Markus Lüpertz. Ãber die Kunst zum Bild [Toward the Image through Art] sheds light for the first time on the meaning of the serial character of Lüpertzs art. The more than 200 paintings and drawings, many of them from international collections, reveal not only how deeply interconnected his oeuvre is, but just how much it is informed by a cinematic manner of looking at the world. The result is a fresh look at Lüpertzs artistic oeuvre, which also demonstrates how much his work is devoted to revitalizing the age-old medium of painting. Initially Lüpertz admired not just Westerns of all kinds, but particularly those made by John Ford. He also enjoyed watching auteur films taking distinct pleasure ... More | | 
The new 3,500 square-foot space is being renovated by Markus Dochantschi and his team at studioMDA.
NEW YORK, NY.- Luhring Augustine announced the future opening of a new gallery space in Tribeca. Scheduled to debut in early 2020 and located at 17 White Street, the new venue joins Luhring Augustines existing locations in Chelsea and Bushwick, providing three different New York spaces and distinctive exhibition platforms for the gallerys diverse programs. This new gallery will maintain its downtown character from the tin ceiling to its wooden floors recalling the SoHo galleries of decades past. Luhring Augustines Chelsea gallery, which opened in 1998, provides two well-proportioned white-box galleries, while Bushwick, established in 2012, is an open, flexible exhibition space that can accommodate large-scale installations, films and videos, and long-term projects. The new 3,500 square-foot space is being renovated by Markus Dochantschi and his team at studioMDA. Recognized for its ... More |
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| | Phoenix Art Museum and the Center for Creative Photography welcome Audrey Sands as new photography curator | | Deborah Roberts' unique take on blackness featured in new book | | Fralin Museum of Art commits at least half of its exhibitions to underrepresented artists going forward | 
Sands joins the Museum and CCP after recently completing a Chester Dale Fellowship in the Department of Photographs at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
PHOENIX, AZ.- Phoenix Art Museum and the Center for Creative Photography announce Audrey Sands, Ph.D., as the new jointly-appointed Norton Family Assistant Curator of Photography. Sands will divide her time between the two institutions, working with CCPs world-renowned collections to curate exhibitions that will be presented in the Museums Doris and John Norton Gallery for the Center for Creative Photography. She began her role with CCP on August 26, 2019, and her first day at the Museum will be September 23, 2019. We are thrilled to welcome Audrey Sands to Phoenix Art Museum, said Gilbert Vicario, the Museums Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs and the Selig Family Chief Curator. The Norton Family Assistant Curator of Photography position is integral to our valued and longstanding partnership with the Center ... More | | 
Cover of Deborah Roberts: The Evolution of Mimi.
ATHENS, GA.- Artists often use their medium to express identity both how society views others and how we view ourselves. Texas-based artist Deborah Roberts has run with this idea and made it her own. Her first book, Deborah Roberts: The Evolution of Mimi, was just published by Spelman College Museum of Fine Art and the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia, which collaborated on the project following an exhibition of the same name at Spelman. Authors Erin J. Gilbert, Kirsten Pai Buick and Antwaun Sargent each wrote an essay for the book from an academic perspective, examining Roberts use of serigraphs and collage, her focus on childhood and her text-based works. Valerie Cassel Oliver provided an interview with Roberts in which the two women discuss Roberts career and life. Franklin Sirmans and Beverly Guy-Sheftall provided a postscript and a coda to the text, and Mary Schmidt Campbell, president of Spelman, wrote a foreword, and Andrea Barnwell Brownlee, ... More | | 
The museum defines underrepresented artists as those with diverse racial, ethnic, gender, sexual orientation, Indigenous, disability/ability, socioeconomic, geographic, religious and/or age identities.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.- The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia announces that historically underrepresented artists will be a focus in at least half of its exhibitions moving forward. This action is the result of recent data showing that the majority of artists featured in U.S. museum exhibitions continue to lack diversity well into the 21st century. The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia, an iconic and distinguished university that continues to confront the truth and impact of its complicated past on its community, is uniquely positioned to take a stand. The museum defines underrepresented artists as those with diverse racial, ethnic, gender, sexual orientation, Indigenous, disability/ability, socioeconomic, geographic, religious and/or age identities. I enrolled in my first museum studies ... More |
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 MKG Hamburg opens exhibition of new graphic design from the NetherlandsHAMBURG.- Poster design has developed in several different directions in recent years. Digital layout and printing techniques enable almost anyone to design posters without major effort and to distribute them on a massive scale. But more and more professional graphic designers are taking a stand against this mass phenomenon. Although they take advantage of the versatile possibilities offered by digital image editing, they draw on traditional techniques such as screen printing to print their work in high quality. Among those embracing this approach are the two Dutch graphic designers Harmen Liemburg (b. 1966) and Richard Niessen (b. 1972), who once worked together as Golden Masters. They experiment in their works with bold colours, recurring forms and text fragments, using them to create fascinating and sometimes dizzying ... More  Czechs summon Russian envoy amid Soviet-era statue rowPRAGUE (AFP).- The Czech foreign ministry summoned Russia's ambassador Friday amid a row over a controversial Soviet-era statue in Prague that city authorities want to replace with a World War II memorial. Prague authorities put a tarp over the vandalised statue of Soviet General Ivan Konev in August, triggering a sharp reaction from Moscow. Russian Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky called Ondrej Kolar, mayor of Prague's sixth district who approved the tarp, a "gauleiter", or a regional Nazi Party leader during World War II. Medinsky also accused Kolar of supporting hooligans and tarnishing the memory of Soviet soldiers. On Friday, the Russian foreign ministry said it was "appalled by the cynical decision of the municipal authorities" to move the statue. The decision will become "an irritant in bilateral relations, seriously darken their atmosphere and will ... More  Jaguar E-Type owned by screenwriter and television producer Brian Clemens offered at H&H ClassicsLONDON.- This stylish Jaguar E-Type was supplied new to the acclaimed screenwriter and television producer Brian Clemens OBE (1931-2015) whose credits included The Avengers, The Persuaders and The Professionals. It is estimated to sell for £65,000 to £85,000 with H&H Classics on 16th October at Duxford, Imperial War Museum. The car appeared on screen in The Avengers alongside John Steed and Emma Peel whilst wearing Clemens' personal registration number '140 MPH' (as seen below) making the E-Type a star in its own right. Subject to a protracted restoration in the 1980s-1990s, it is a matching numbers car and has just been treated to a very thorough engine overhaul by renowned marque specialist XK Engineering plus brake / suspension fettling. One of just 1,473 RHD E-Type S1 4.2 Fixed Head Coupes made before the introduction ... More  Carpenters Workshop Gallery exhibits sculptural works by Karl LagerfeldNEW YORK, NY.- Carpenters Workshop Gallery | New York, brings Karl Lagerfelds exhibition of sculptural works, Architectures, to New York City. This the first time the pieces are exhibited in North America and offers audiences a chance to experience first-hand Mr. Lagerfelds enduring impact on design. Architectures is an art collection of functional sculptures designed by Karl Lagerfeld and inspired by Antiquity, referred to as the origin of beauty, culture and modernity by the designer. Evoking a contemporary architectural landscape with Greek origins, the unique pieces combine the precision of canonical proportions born from the use of the golden ratio and the most noble material, marble. The ensemble of gueridons, tables, lamps, consoles, fountains and mirrors materialize the perfect balance of classical foundations with a contemporary ... More  Wembley Park presents Saturation Surge by Maser to coincide with London Design FestivalLONDON.- Wembley Park unveiled a new public commission by visual artist Maser on 13 September ahead of London Design Festival 2019. The Spanish Steps, which connect Wembley Stadium to The SSE Arena, Wembley, have be transformed by the artist into a bright public realm artwork, called Saturation Surge, using bold geometric shapes and patterns to draw attention to the distinctive perspective of the site, located in one of the worlds most recognisable spots. Maser has been creating artwork since 1994, and has gained a large and dedicated following internationally. Known for his unique graphic style, his works include paintings, prints, sculptures, immersive installations and large scale murals. Maser says: Its exciting to create an artwork that can directly engage with the public, especially in Wembley Park at a time when the area ... More  German artist Sabine Hornig unveils major new permanent public artwork at BarangarooSYDNEY.- The Lendlease Art Advisory Panel today unveiled the largest permanent public artwork to date at Barangaroo, created by respected German artist Sabine Hornig. Titled Shadows, the large-scale photographic installation, inspired by the native flora of Sydney, articulates a 170-metre walkway connecting Barangaroo Souths three International Towers. Commissioned by Lendlease in 2017 and completed in September 2019, the vast site-specific work is made up of transparent images of native flora embedded in large expanses of glass in the walkways and passages between the Towers. With plants viewed either as transparent shadows or reflections, the work offers viewers what Hornig describes as a simultaneous vision into a parallel world. Leanne Boyle, Executive Development Director, Barangaroo South at Lendlease, said: Sabine Hornigs Shadows ... More  Ludwig Museum exhibits works by The Bosch+Bosch Group of SuboticaBUDAPEST.- The Bosch+Bosch Group of Subotica (19691976) was one of those artistic collectives that sprung up across Europe and elsewhere in the world in the 1960s. Most of these were active in music, but quite a few engaged in the visual arts. We now look back on the group on the occasion of its being founded 50 years ago, as the second such collective in Yugoslavia. There was no firm, unified and clearly laid out principle behind the establishment of the Bosch+Bosch Group; rather, it was a manifestation of a generations desire to reconsider the concept of art. As early as 1970, some of the group members already broke with such means of expression that were associated with the traditional understanding of art, and began to explore a territory that seemed exciting on account of its unfamiliaritya field they called, for want of a better term, new ... More  Bonhams to offer the Eddie Basha Collection: A Selection of Western American ArtLOS ANGELES, CA.- Bonhams announced the sale of select works from The Eddie Basha Collection: A Selection of Western American Art on November 25 at Bonhams Los Angeles. The carefully curated sale represents key artists in the collection acquired over four decades and reflects the strong bonds of friendship that developed between the artists and Eddie Basha during his lifetime. The collection is distinguished for its dedication to members of the Cowboy Artists of America (known as the CAA) and their tenet to authentically preserve and perpetuate the history and culture of the West in fine art. The sale will curatorially strengthen and support the existing permanent collection and further the legacy of the CAA and Eddie Basha abroad. Eddie always wanted as many people as possible to experience the American West, its rich history and the many ... More  Hungarian author, dissident Gyorgy Konrad dies, aged 86BUDAPEST (AFP).- Acclaimed Hungarian author and anti-communist dissident Gyorgy (George) Konrad died Friday aged 86, his family told the Hungarian state news agency MTI. Considered one of Hungary's finest writers, Konrad, whose novels and essays were widely translated around the world, died at home after a long illness. Born in 1933 into a Jewish family in the eastern city of Debrecen, he grew up in the town of Berettyoujfalu close to the Romanian border. In June 1944, he narrowly survived the Holocaust by jumping on a train to Budapest a day before the deportation of the town's Jewish population to Auschwitz. Almost all of his school classmates perished. "I became an adult aged 11," he wrote in his autobiography "Departure and Return" (2001). Konrad took part in Hungary's failed anti-Soviet uprising in 1956 but unlike his sister and several hundred ... More  New exhibition explores visual styles of comics from early newspapers to famous charactersWASHINGTON, DC.- A new exhibition at the Library of Congress explores the fascinating evolution of visual storytelling styles in comic art from panels in early newspapers to contemporary images of some of the most famous and funny characters in print. Comic Art: 120 Years of Panels and Pages opened Sept. 12 and will be on view for a year in the Graphic Arts Galleries of the Librarys Thomas Jefferson Building. The exhibition draws from the Librarys extensive collection of comic art, which includes some of the earliest comics, including the first successful newspaper comic strip featuring Richard Outcaults The Yellow Kid, early drawings of Peanuts, superheroes including Batman, Superman and the Incredible Hulk in modern comic books, and much more. The Yellow Kid, first published in a panel in the New York World newspaper in 1895, is ... More  Bruneau & Co. announces Comic & Toy auction to be held on September 21stCRANSTON, RI.- Rare, vintage comic books featuring Spider-Man, Batman, the X-Men, Sub-Mariner, Daredevil and many others will be in a massive Comic & Toy Auction scheduled for Saturday, September 21st, by Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers, online and in the gallery located at 63 Fourth Avenue in Cranston, starting at 12 noon Eastern. The auction is being held in partnership with Altered Realty Entertainment and Travis Landry, Bruneau & Co.s Director of Pop Culture. In all, more than 350 graded and fine quality comic books and toys will come up for bid. Online bidding will be offered by the platforms LiveAuctioneers.com, Invaluable.com, Bidsquare.com and bidLIVE.Bruneauandco.com, or by downloading the mobile app Bruneau & Co. on iTunes or GooglePlay. A live, pre-sale auction, with no internet bidding, will begin at 10 am Eastern. Comic ... More  Kaminski Auctions announces Continental estate auction of the George Ricard Family CollectionBEVERLY, MASS.- Kaminski Auctions fall schedule begins with an exceptional Continental auction September 21st, and 22nd, starting at 10:00 AM EST. We are pleased to have been chosen by the George Ricard family of Villa "Zamir" Cap Martin, on the French Riviera. The collection was moved in the 1980s to the Ricard family home in Montecito, Santa Barbara, California. The crown jewel of the Arcady Estate is the historical neoclassical pavilion commissioned by philanthropist George Owen Knapp and designed by Frances Underhill. The Arcady Estate furnishings include exquisite continental furniture, 18th/19th-century French clocks, Meissen and Sevres porcelains, and an extensive collection of European art. The sale will be on view at the Kaminski Auctions gallery in elegant room settings and vignettes with additions from other estates. ... More  Malmö Konsthall's autumn exhibition focuses on Iraqi-American artist Michael RakowitzMALMO.- Iraqi-American artist Michael Rakowitz has adopted a mission of colossal magnitude: to preserve memories, narratives and stories deeply connected to artefacts that have been displaced or simply ceased to exist. Since 2007 Rakowitz has effortlessly sought to recreate the close to 8000 historical objects that were looted from the National Museum of Iraq following the 2003 American invasion. But the materials of choice are not sandstone or bronze, instead he utilises tin cans, colourful wrappings and other commodities imported from the Middle East often hazardously so. These commonplace objects that once contained candy, food preserves or soap are now being filled with the collective tales of the Iraqi diaspora. The waves of senseless destruction that have ravaged the countries of former Mesopotamia the last decades do however ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Italian architect Renzo Piano was born  September 14, 1937. Renzo Piano, Ufficiale OMRI (born 14 September 1937 in Genoa) is an Italian Pritzker Prize-winning architect. Architecture critic Nicolai Ouroussoff said of Piano's works that the "...serenity of his best buildings can almost make you believe that we live in a civilized world." In 2006, Piano was selected by TIME as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. He was selected as the 10th most influential person in the "Arts and Entertainment" category of the 2006 Time 100. In this image: Italian architect Renzo Piano, right,waits to receive the Danish Sonning Prize and its 1 million kroner (US$190,000) award during a ceremony Wednesday Oct. 1, 2008, at Copenhagen University in Copenhagen. His wife, Emilia Rossato, left, was seated next to him during the ceremony. The architect received the award for "commendable work that benefits European culture" and Piano's works include the New York Times building and the High Museum of Art in Atlanta.
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