On October 19th at 6.30 pm, ‘Indian Suggestions’, an exhibition dedicated to works by Carlos Cartama, Dina Goldstein and Michael Rotondi opens at Sakshi Gallery in Mumbai.

	INDIAN SUGGESTIONS Sakshi Gallery opens the Arte Laguna Prize winners’ exhibition in India  On October 19th at 6.30 pm, ‘Indian Suggestions’, an exhibition dedicated to works by Carlos Cartama, Dina Goldstein and Michael Rotondi opens at Sakshi Gallery in Mumbai. The exhibition is the artistic output of residencies awarded during the 6th and 7th editions of the Arte Laguna Prize, completed by Michael Rotondi and Dina Goldstein in September 2012 and at present ongoing for Carlos Cartama. The stay in Mumbai is part of the Residency Program created in 2010 by Arte Laguna Prize, which offers artists a new experience in professional growth and production, in an environment that is completely different from the traditional artist studio. The destination of Mumbai has been selected thanks to the collaboration with Technymon, an Italian company working in the field of mechanics which has been able to make an entry into the international arena by starting operations in Brazil, the Unites States and India. The residency offers artists a chance to spend one month in Mumbai, engaging with Indian culture and conceiving new creations inspired by the city and its rich local culture. In addition to transportation expenses, accommodation and grants, artists get to exhibit their works at one of the most prominent galleries in the city, Sakshi Gallery, the third partner of the initiative. The artists on view: CARLOS CARTAMA (Madrid, Spain – 1976) lives and works between Madrid and Basel. Caratama’s multidisciplinary work moves between architecture, sculpture, drawing, stage design, and writing. Systematic and subconsciously interested in the suburbs, his work chronicles the transformation of suburban landscape transformation and the dismantling of industrial activity. He is above all impressed by ruins in a way similar to the previous generation’s affinity with the extraordinary beauty of the destruction. DINA GOLDSTEIN (Tel Aviv, Israel – 1969) lives and works in Vancouver, Canada. Goldstein is a conceptual photographer with a background in editorial photography. For her, photography is intended not to produce an aesthetic that echoes current beauty standards, but to evoke and wrest feelings of shame, anger, shock and empathy from the observer so as to inspire insight into the human condition. Her most recent conceptual series, In the Dollhouse, has, as Fallen Princesses did, sparked an international response. She has taken on one of the most powerful symbols of Western culture: Barbie, the idealized woman. MICHAEL ROTONDI (Bari, Italy – 1977) lives and works in Milan, Italy. Rotondi works on the distortion and manipulation of the descriptive and narrative character of drawing, investigating the relationship between contemporary music, personal memory and folk tradition. After the artist's return to Italy from India, his research has intensified, and sounds, smells, colours and psychedelia have found an entry into his psyche and turned into memory. Exhibition details Title: Indian Suggestions Curated by: Geetha Mehra Artists: Carlos Cartama, Dina Goldstein, Michael RotondiVenue: Sakshi Gallery 6/19 Grants Building, second floor, Arthur Bunder Road, Colaba, Mumbai 400005 Date: October 19 – November 7, 2013 Hours: Monday to Saturday | 11 am - 6 pm #fineartmagazine

CHELSEA STUDIO TOURS PRESENTS: October 18, 19, 20 noon to 6pm and counting.

CHELSEA STUDIO TOURS PRESENTS:   October 18, 19, 20    noon to 6pm and counting.

Dr Barnaby Ruhe at his inevitable Portrait Action.  here we have full scale full figure models AND YOU seeing yourself as RODIN'S BALZAC. in paint. 

Potluck. BYO materials to paint with!  ongoing across the weekend marathon style.

some abstraction on the figuration, sorry models!  we're painters not graphic artists.   

it is a studio disaster movie.  let's paint.

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Art Toronto - October 25-28

Art Toronto - October 25-28 Visit us from October 25-28 at Booth #802 Art Toronto, Metro Toronto Convention Centre www.arttoronto.com Artists that we will be exhibiting: Early collages and "Sheila's Legs", a 1964 painted construction by Greg Curnoe Susan Dobson photographs of seascapes seen through vintage ground glass New felted soft sculptures and beework figurines by Aganetha Dyck Rare 1960s ceramic sculptures and signature paintings by Gathie Falk Natalka Husar's "Why They Behave Like Russians" bookcover paintings An exquisite suite of 16 x 20 in. Wanda Koop paintings Historical Ron Martin paintings New portrait paintings by Erik Olson A selection of Diana Thorneycroft's newest "Canadian and American" photographs and a few secondary market surprises... Click HERE to be notified when all images for Art Toronto are available ART TORONTO PUBLIC HOURS: Friday -- October 25, 12 - 8pm Saturday -- October 26, 12 - 8pm Sunday -- October 27, 12 - 6pm Monday -- October 28, 12 - 6pm Upcoming November Exhibition The Vanishing Line, Acrylic on Canvas, 2012, 56 x 69 in. Michael Smith -- The Vanishing Line Opening Reception with the artist on Saturday, November 9 from 2-4pm Michael Smith believes that landscape painting is not a reflection of nature but rather a stage in which to enact the imagination.  In this new suite of paintings, Smith's imaginative stage becomes an immersive experience of ancient forest floors, private watering holes and reflective light.  Painted from a low perspective, we are invited to walk into each painting and are allowed to get lost inside the lush forest landscape that Michael Smith has created. #fineartmagazine

NanHai Art Celebrates New Gallery Opening in 2014 with Seminar Series

NanHai Art Celebrates New Gallery Opening in 2014 with Seminar Series Millbrae, CA  -- NanHai Art is pleased to announce a new seminar series for the month of November featuring prominent scholars on the topic of Chinese art. The seminar series celebrates the evolution of the cultural center into a newly renovated commercial gallery, planned to open in February 2014 as a center for patronage and promotion of contemporary Chinese artists. A branch of NanHai Co., Inc., NanHai Art will focus on introducing major works by contemporary Chinese artists that both reflect the unique aesthetics of traditional Chinese art, while also transcending boundaries between Eastern and Western art. The three part series will host noted academics on topics pertinent to the evolution of Chinese art, and the transformation of Eastern and Western culture through the exchange of artistic practice and aesthetics. Previous lectures held as community events have reiterated NanHai’s core Mission to “preserve and promote the Chinese heritage, share the unique value, ethics and aesthetic of Chinese arts and culture with the American public, and bridge east and west.” The academic focus of this series underscores NanHai Art’s aim to educate artists, collectors and curators about contemporary Chinese art and artists. About the Speakers Kuiyi Shen is a Professor of Art History and Director of the Program in Chinese Studies at the University of California, San Diego. His lecture “Ink as Cultural Identity” draws on his current research in the area of Modern and Contemporary Chinese art and examines the concept of guohua, a term imbued with cultural nationalism, and an important component to Chinese modernization. “Ink as Cultural Identity” examines how the medium has evolved in response to challenges posed by China’s opening to the world in the early 20th century, the subsequent closing and “re-opening” of the country in the 1980s, and its contemporary use as affirmation of cultural identity amongst artists working today. Zaixin Hong is a Professor of Chinese Art History at the University of Puget Sound, where he is an authority on Modern Chinese painting and the global market for Chinese art, and currently completing a book on the subject, “Shaking Hands with the Future: The Transformation of Chinese Painting Through Overseas Collecting.” His lecture, by the same title, focuses on the important, but little studied, half-century long dialogue between Master Painter Huang Binhong (1865-1955) and Western art historians, dealers and collectors. “The Transformation of Chinese Painting Through Overseas Collecting” addresses the role of the global art market in establishing a Modernist Chinese aesthetic, while also developing new markets of international Chinese art collectors.   Arthur Mu-sen Kao is an artist and Professor of Art retired from San Jose State University. His lecture “East Meets West in Brush and Ink” marries his own art practice, for which he is well known to blend traditional and modern styles, with his academic research, where he has taught internationally in the United States, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Concentrating on three areas: the impact of Western realism on Chinese painting, Chinese brushwork and rhythm in Western painting, and ink painting in the current globalized era; “East Meets West in Brush and Ink” examines the mutually shaping influences of Eastern and Western painting. About NanHai Art NanHai Art (est.1986) is a cultural organization and gallery opening in February 2014 that focuses on introducing new audiences to Contemporary masterpieces that reflect the unique aesthetic and cultural values of Chinese art, and which transcend traditional boundaries of East and West. As a division of NanHai Co., Inc., NanHai Art facilitates the tenet of the company’s Mission to share the unique ethics and aesthetics of Chinese art, as a center for the patronage and promotion of Contemporary Chinese artists. Seminar Schedule Ink as Cultural Identity  with Professor Kuiyi Shen November 2, 2013: 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM The Transformation of Chinese Painting Through Overseas Collecting  with Professor Zaixin Hong November 9, 2013: 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM East Meets West in Brush and Ink  with Professor Arthur Mu-sen Kao November 16, 2013: 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM Free registration required here. Location NanHai Art 510 Broadway Suite 301 Millbrae, CA 94030 NanHai Art is a 5 min. walk from the Millbrae BART and Caltrain stations, for drivers take the Millbrae Ave. exit on US-101. Contact Alice Zhang, NanHai Art art@nanhai.com p. 650-259-2100 Media Contact Kathryn McKinney, A&O PR kathryn@aopublic.com p. (415) 734.1323 #fineartmagazine

ORIGINAL WALL SCULPTURES BY CRAIG FRENCH ON EXHIBIT NOW AT ALEXANDERSALAZARFINEART.COM

ORIGINAL WALL SCULPTURES BY CRAIG FRENCH ON EXHIBIT NOW AT ALEXANDERSALAZARFINEART.COM By Appointment Only AS@alexandersalazarfineart.com 619-531-8996 Alexander Salazar Fine Art is proud to exhibit the new collection of wall sculptures for the contemporary art collector.  These Mixed Media Original works are created by Craig French (American, b. 1959) using Metal, Wood, Glass, and Steel.  Ultimately, the combination of the three create a gestural sculpture that is filled with hard edge lines that disappear into the glass like waterfalls.  Your are invited to view these amazing pieces in person in San Diego at Alexander Salazar Fine Art - By Appointment Only.     Enjoy the images below! Price Range is $4,800 to $8,500. (Artist Biography at end of this email)    Enjoy!    Alexander Salazar 640 Broadway - Suite A, San Diego, CA 92101 619-531-8996 AS@alexandersalazarfineart.com    Blue Drift 42x46x8 $7,800             XO 56x29x6 $8,000             Inside Curve 68x42x9 $8,200             Propel 43x29x3 $6,900             Overpass 33x27x5 $5,700             Curacoa 42x30x6 $7,800             Grey Matter 31x18x7  $4,700                CRAIG FRENCH BIOGRAPHY Represented by Alexander Salazar Fine Art 619-531-8996    Craig French began his sculpture career at 14 years old at the Laguna Beach Boys Club metal shop. As a teen aged AFS scholarship student living in Australia, French was politically and artistically influenced by Sculptor Alan Ingham (Assistant of Henry Moore). From his first Pop-Art exhibition in Tokyo, Japan in 1990 to present, French's brilliant and lyrical sculptures have gained an international audience. Cast resins, acrylics, sheet metals, rare woods, and exotic glass are laboriously cut, shaped, lathed, and polished into rich and fluid forms-then joined and intertwined into arresting color-texture combinations. These multi-media works rest, dance, play, spin, and sing to create an abstract language inflected by many accents. Yet they all are unified by overarching themes of aesthetic optimism, joy, and a duty to fine craftsmanship. A California native, French believes his art issues from "the beauty and rhythm and the flow of poetry and music." The 'Flow' seems indispensable to any discussion of his work- The stationary materials metamorphose into sinuous loops, bends, whorls and swirls. French forces the bodily stuff of his art to such extremes that glass, wood and metal loses their inertness taking on the dynamic of motion. "I combine both the elements of painting and sculpture in my work; and by utilizing the various aspects of these two media, distinctions are blurred and new artistic directions are discovered", French explains. "The intrinsic beauty of the various materials and the process of constructing a sculpture are just as much the art as the finished work." #fineartmagazine

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PINTA NY Announces 2013 Highlights, Sponsors & Partners

PINTA NY Announces 2013 Highlights, Sponsors & Partners New York, NY  – PINTA NY announces the highlights, sponsors, and partners for the seventh edition of The Modern and Contemporary Latin American Art Show, taking place November 14-17, 2013 at 82MERCER in New York’s SoHo district. ARTSY PARTNERSHIP One week before PINTA NY 2013 opens to the public, visitors from around the globe can preview the fair on Artsy.net, the official online partner for this year's fair. The fair coverage on Artsy will launch on November 7th, serving as a dedicated online resource for visitors to browse exhibitors and works, explore editorial coverage, view fair highlights selected by art world insiders, and inquire about artworks remotely. CURATED PLATFORM New for PINTA NY 2013 is a curated format with four new platforms and a team of internationally recognized curators. The curated platforms include: EMERGE, curated by Jose Roca (Bogota/London); VIDEO, curated by Octavio Zaya (New York/Boston/Leon); CENTRO, curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud (New York/Miami); and NEXT, a joint project of PINTA’s full curatorial committee. MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY GALLERIES PLATFORM PINTA NY will present 60 international exhibitors, from 20 countries showcasing over 160 Modern and Contemporary artists from Central and South America, The Caribbean, and Europe. Cecilia Fajardo-Hill (Los Angeles) selected exhibitors for the Modern section of GALLERIES and Ian Cofre (New York) chose exhibitors for the Contemporary section. For a full list of exhibitors, click here. EPHEMERAL ARCHITECTURE The interior’s original, 19th century details, including brick archways, cast iron columns, and 14-foot ceilings, will receive an ephemeral interior layout design by two-time PINTA NY architect, Warren James. SPECIAL PROJECTS Artist Ray Smith and the restaurant Comodo will collaborate on a social space with sculptural tables, artwork, and installations by Ray Smith Studio for their dining room at the fair. Museo Gurvich will exhibit a solo project booth of rarely exhibited works by Jose Gurvich and curated by the Helen Gould Sheppard Professor of Art History and Chair of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at NYU, Edward J. Sullivan for the PINTA Modern section. Public spaces will be activated with the display of work from international private collections selected by PINTA NY’s Executive Director, Diego Costa Peuser. Curator Cecilia Fajardo-Hill will launch the interactive project Abstraction in Action, an online exhibition and collaborative platform illustrating the experimental and innovative nature of contemporary abstraction in Latin America. A presentation will take place on Friday, November 15th from 5 – 6 p.m. in the PINTA EDITIONS section. PINTA FORUM + PUBLIC EVENTS Friday, November 15 11:00 a.m. Matias Duville: Alaska book release at The Drawing Center 35 Wooster Street, New York, NY, 10013 4:00 p.m. Oiticica-subterrânea with Victor Manuel Rodríguez (Curator and art historian, Bogota) and Irene Small (Princeton University, Princeton) PINTA Forum Lecture Hall, Ground Floor 5:00 p.m. Abstraction in Action launch with Cecilia Fajardo-Hill PINTA Editions, Second Floor 6:00 p.m. Oscar Niemeyer’s Legacy with Carlos Brillembourg (Columbia University, New York) PINTA Forum Lecture Hall, Ground Floor Saturday, November 16 4:00 p.m. In Counter-time. New figures, new strategies with Mariangela Méndez (Independent curator and Professor at Universidad de los Andes, Bogota); Sharon Lerner (Curator of Contemporary Art at Museo de Arte - MALI, Lima); Paola Santoscoy (Director Museo El Eco, Mexico City); Moderated by Octavio Zaya (Independent curator, New York) PINTA Forum Lecture Hall, Ground Floor 6:00 p.m. Cracking the Code: Artists books and other fictional histories with María Berrios (Editor, Vaticanochico, Santiago de Chile-London); Manuela Ribadaneira (Editor, Drawing Room Confessions, London); Moderated by Gabriela Rangel (Director of Visual Arts and curator at the Americas Society, New York) PINTA Forum Lecture Hall, Ground Floor Sunday, November 17 4:00 p.m. New Institutional Spaces in Latin America with Speakers: Taiyana Pimentel (Director, Sala de Arte Publico Siqueiros and La Tallera, Mexico City and Cuernavaca); José Roca (Director, Flora arts+natura, Bogota); Ana Rodríguez (Director, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo – CAC, Quito); Moderated by María del Carmen Carrión (ICI, New York) PINTA Forum Lecture Hall, Ground Floor CULTURAL PARTNERS The Drawing Center PINTA NY has partnered with The Drawing Center to present the first U.S. publication of Argentinian artist Matias Duville’s new book Alaska. Duville’s project began in 2008 when he started producing prolific drawings of the state, which he has never visited, thus offering an imaginative view of the fabled region. At 11 a.m. on Friday, November 15, 2013, an event celebrating the release of Alaska will take place at The Drawing Center (35 Wooster Street, New York, NY, 10013). Fundación PROA Since its inauguration, Fundación Proa is one of the principal art institutions in the City of Buenos Aires, with an annual program of temporary exhibitions and the organization of seminars, courses, conferences, special projects, and concerts. Its program, focused on the promotion of the most important artistic movements of the 20th Century, includes diverse contemporary artistic expressions such as photography, video, design, and electronic music. As the underwriter of PINTA EDITIONS, a featured section devoted to the promotion of the editorial sector, Fundación Proa understood from the start the need to create a platform for disseminating the editorial profile of Latin American foundations committed to the contemporary visual and audiovisual arts. All of the institutions that have been invited to participate are recognized for the rich culture of their countries of origin, which they will represent by exhibiting recent editions and publications about the visual arts produced in Latin America, Spain, and Portugal. Americas Society Partnering to produce the PINTA FORUM series, The Americas Society is the premier forum dedicated to education, debate, and dialogue about culture and public policy in the Americas. Its mission is to foster an understanding of the contemporary political, social, and economic issues confronting Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada, and to increase public awareness and appreciation of the diverse cultural heritage of the Americas and the importance of the inter-American relationship. FLORA ars+natura FLORA ars+natura is a space for contemporary art in Bogotá, Colombia, that specializes in the relationship between art and nature. FLORA’s foci are: production through commissions and residencies, the circulation of the results, and education. FLORA, together with Arcos Dorados, sponsor of PINTA EMERGE, will select an artist from the emerging art platform to attend a one-month residency in Colombia. VAEA (Venezuelan American Endowment for the Arts) The mission of The Venezuelan American Endowment for the Arts (VAEA) is to promote a deeper and richer understanding by Venezuelan citizens of U.S. culture, and by U.S. citizens of Venezuelan culture through the visual and performing arts. VAEA aims to do this by supporting and funding activities such as exhibitions, performance, publication, distribution and dissemination of works, and information regarding visual and performing arts in and of both countries. Additionally, VAEA provides funding and other support to individuals and organizations including domestic tax-exempt and foreign charitable organizations to support and conduct activities in furtherance of VAEA purposes. VAEA will have a booth at PINTA NY promoting Venezuelan culture through the presentation of select artists. TECHO TECHO, a youth-led, non-profit organization present in Latin America and the Caribbean, will host a booth in PINTA NEXT. Through the joint work of families living in extreme poverty with youth volunteers, TECHO works to overcome poverty in slums. SPONSORS LANTAM The premier Latin American airline is the title sponsor for PINTA NY 2013. LANTAM is offering a generous 20% discount on flights to and from New York during PINTA NY. Arcos Dorados Sponsor of PINTA EMERGE, curated by Jose Roca and in collaboration with FLORA ars+natura, Arcos Dorados will select one of the eight artists of the platform to attend a month-long residency in Colombia, resulting in a solo show at FLORA in the second half of 2014. Arcos Dorados promotes the exploration of museum-quality Latin American Modern and Contemporary works that represent the imagination of this diverse region. Ciudad de Buenos Aires Turismo Cultural Curator Elio Kapszuk of Ciudad de Buenos Aires will present resident artist Emiliano Miliyo and Karina El Azem at the fair. Marca Pais Argentina Representing the country of Argentina, Marca Pais promotes cultural exchange and tourism globally and will be present at this year’s fair. Mercantil Arte y Cultura A.C. The private collection of Banco Mercantil, Venezuela, will be exhibiting artists in the PINTA MODERN section including Mary Brandt, Marisol Escobar, Gego, Elsa Gramcko, Mercedes Pardo, Margot Römer and Elisa Elvira Zuloaga. Big Sur Partners Sponsor of Museo Gurvich’s exhibition in PINTA MODERN of Jose Gurvich, from Montevideo, Uruguay, BigSur supports the growing visibility of Latin American Art in the global marketplace, promoting creative thinking and expression. Stelac Foundation A foundation with the goal to support education and art as vehicles of social change and community development, and sponsor of PINTA FORUM, the fair’s lecture series. Comodo Providing a unique restaurant setting on the ground floor where food will be the catalyst to an inspiring collective experience. Similar to a dinner party, Comodo at PINTA NY will be the social spot where anything could happen and spontaneity is not only welcomed, but also embraced. Serving Latin American inspired fare – Dishes rooted in local ingredients that are accented, inspired and touched by Latin America. Sponsor of the Ray Smith Studio Special Project. Novecento The SoHo restaurant is catering the fair’s second floor lounge area with drinks and tapas. Novecento is known for its exciting atmosphere, award-winning cuisine, as well as its wide selection of premium Argentinean wines. Soho Grand Hotel The official hotel of PINTA NY is offering discounted rates for PINTA NY guests. 310 West Broadway, New York NY 10013 Gourmet wines provided by Chandon and Terrazas de los Andes. Full list of PINTA NY Partners and Sponsors here. Media Partners Arte al Día International, Buenos Aires/Miami/Mexico City; Art in America, New York; Arte Al Límite, Santiago de Chile; Arte!Brasileiros, São Paulo; Artfacts.net, worldwide; Artmotiv, Lima; ArtNexus, Miami/Bogota; Artports.com, worldwide; ArtPulse, Miami; Arte y Parte, Santander; Irreversible, Miami; Fisher Island Magazine, Miami; Yishu - Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, Vancouver. PINTA NY is a curated presentation of Modern and Contemporary art from Central and South America, Spain, Portugal, and The Caribbean, and a leading voice in the championing of Latin American art. It will take place 14-17 November 2013. PINTA NY Exhibition Dates and Times: Thursday, November 14        6pm – 9pm: By invitation only Friday, November 15             12pm – 8pm Saturday, November 16         12pm – 8pm Sunday, November 17           12pm – 7pm Location: 82MERCER 82 Mercer Street New York, NY 10012 Social Media: Facebook: PINTA New York Twitter: @PINTANewYork PINTA NY Contact: PINTA ART LLC | 1110 Brickell Avenue • Suite 800 | Miami, Florida 33131 • USA Ph +1 (305) 373-8110 • Fx +1 (305) 405-8748 info@pinta-ny.com | www.pinta-ny.com #fineartmagazine