Daily News: April 14, 2016.05.20
First, industry news
1. The "little beauty" of the Southern Song Dynasty was found in the ancient tomb
At the construction site of the Chengdu-Chongqing Express Railway in Xiyong Town, Chongqing, when workers worked on the mountain, the excavator cut a hard stone burial chamber cover. Next, the Shaqu Cultural Management Office came to the scene to excavate, and this time a total of three side-by-side tombs were found. At noon that day, archaeologists brought out a rectangular box similar to a gift box from the middle tomb: inside the box lay a woman thirty or forty centimeters long, who was wrapped in dirt and was difficult to distinguish with the naked eye.
"Glowing, like it's made of gold." "Painted with colored paints, women with thin waists, are big beauties"... Villagers who assisted in the excavation at the scene, Such as Zhou Changfa, told the story that the unearthed woman was a "sleeping beauty" - wiping the dirt off her face, Peugeot's facial features were visible, and the person was young. According to Lin Bizhong, deputy director of the Chongqing Municipal COMMITTEE of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference study and history committee and researcher of Wenbo, the carving of the tomb is very fine, which is a typical song tomb imitation wood structure architectural style. He speculated that the three tombs should have been built 800 years ago, and as for other information, Lin Bizhong said that further excavation and study are needed.
2. Japanese scholars went to Henan to cooperate in the study of early pottery at the Xuchang people's site and held lectures
Hiroshi Obata observes the pottery pieces of the Xuchang people site in Lingjing
Recently, Japanese scholars Hiroshi Obata (Professor of the Faculty of Letters, Kumamoto University, Japan, ancient plant archaeologist) and Shinji Kato (director and researcher of the Research Department of the Nara Institute of Cultural Properties, Japan, and a famous scholar of fine stone tool culture in Japan) came to Yu to cooperate in the study of early pottery at the Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology of Henan Province and held academic lectures at the Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology of Henan Province. The professional staff of the institute and the relevant business personnel and graduate students of Zhengzhou University, Jilin University, Chinese Academy of Sciences and other units listened to this lecture.
3. The Palace Museum introduced artificial lighting for the first time in the central axis palace
The light inside the palace is dim, and adding artificial lighting can create a better viewing effect.
On 18 May, the 40th International Museum Day, the Palace Museum hosted a series of cultural events. As one of the highlights, the launching ceremony of indoor lighting in the original exhibition hall of the central axis of "Lighting Up History" was held as scheduled. In the "First Three Halls" (Taihe Hall, Zhonghe Hall, Bohol Hall) and the "Back Three Palaces" (Qianqing Palace, Jiaotai Palace, Kunning Palace) and other six major palaces on the central axis of the Forbidden City, more than 120 newly installed lighting light sources were officially opened, and soft light sources close to natural light instantly lit up the hall.
4. Beijing invests 1 billion yuan in special funds for the protection of cultural relics every year
On May 19, it was learned from the press conference of "Promoting the Retreat of Cultural Relics with Relief" that Beijing invests 1 billion yuan in special funds for the protection of cultural relics every year, and will promote the retreat of cultural relics with industrial relief in the future and create a golden business card of a historical city. According to Yu Ping, deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Cultural Relics, since 2000, Beijing has invested a total of 5.5 billion yuan in special funds; in recent years, the annual special funds have reached 1 billion yuan, and the future investment will not be reduced.
5. The number of museums in Wuhan has reached 102 State-owned, private and industrial museums have developed in a balanced manner
Recently, it was learned from the Wuhan Municipal Bureau of Culture that since the end of 2011, Wuhan proposed to build a "City of Museums", the number of museums in Wuhan has grown from 52 to the current 102, and the goal of having a museum per 100,000 people has been achieved ahead of schedule. At present, the types of museums in Wuhan have expanded from a single state-owned museum to a balanced development of state-owned, private and industrial museums. Among them, there are 27 chinese museums, 41 industrial museums, and 34 private museums, and the ratio of the three is basically close to the golden ratio of 3:4:3 in advanced cities in China.
2. Exhibition information
1. The invitation exhibition of famous masterpieces of the National Academy of Painting of China is about to open
Zhan Gengxi, "National Color Tianxiang", 136x68cm
On May 22, the "'Rhyme of the Country' - Invitation Exhibition of Famous Masterpieces of the National Academy of Painting of China" will soon open. As the highest art creation group and research institution in China, the National Academy of Painting of China plays a leading and guiding role of the national team in the Chinese art circle, and is also the representative and symbol of the national image and the style of the times. This exhibition will further strengthen academic exchanges in the academic community, cheer up the art market, and then promote the deepening development of aesthetic education and the art market for the whole people. The exhibition invited Yang Xiaoyang, Li Baolin, Lu Yushun, Zhao Wei, Zhang Jiangzhou, Zhan Gengxi, Ji Lianbin, Yu Wenjiang, Qiao Yinan and other nine contemporary masters of the National Academy of Painting.
2. A retrospective exhibition of Lao artists was held in Geneva
A retrospective by Lao artist Bruno Pélassy (1966-2002) was held at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Geneva. Despite his work involving rich forms and diverse aesthetics, the artist's career lasted only 10 years. In addition, although he has a high reputation in the art world, he is almost unknown to the general public, and the purpose of this retrospective exhibition is to show the beauty and uniqueness of his works. Bruno Pélassy died in 2002 from complications of AIDS. His diverse work conveys a paradoxical essence of existence: its vitality accompanied by its fragility.
3. Chinese artist Li Jie's first solo exhibition in the United States appeared at the Walker Art Center
Li Jie's work "Can't help but fall in love"
Chinese artist Jet Lee's first U.S. solo exhibition, "Hold Your Breath, Dance Slowly," was held at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, featuring new works including paintings, sculptures, and videos, presenting the artist's "open-ended creative style adapted to local conditions." In the walker art center's exhibition hall, this work, together with other paintings and mixed media works on the theme of household goods, creates a set of spaces full of domestic everyday feelings. It is reported that the exhibition will last until October 9.
4. "Dialogue in Time and Space" The Shanghai St. Petersburg Oil Painting Group Exhibition opened today
On the occasion of celebrating the 28th anniversary of the friendship city between Shanghai and St. Petersburg and the 15th anniversary of the signing of the Sino-Russian Treaty of Good-Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation, the long-planned "Dialogue in Time and Space - Shanghai • St. Petersburg Oil Painting Group Exhibition" was grandly launched today at the Meernikov Art Museum in Shanghai. The organizers of this exhibition are Shanghai Overseas Exchange Association, Shanghai Melnikov Art Museum, Shanghai Overseas Chinese Oil Painters Association, and the organizer is Shanghai Melnikov Art Museum. It is reported that the exhibition will last until June 12, 2016.
3. Auction information
1. Sotheby's set a record for jewelry auctions with a turnover of US$175.1 million
Auction site
The Rosewood & Noble Jewelry Auction in Geneva closed for US$175.1 million on May 17 local time, the highest total turnover of any jewellery auction in the world. The auction attracted collectors from 45 countries, with a quarter of the bidders coming from Asia. David Bennett, Global Chairman of Sotheby's Jewelry Division, said that in May 2015, Sotheby's managed to set a record for the highest total turnover of any jewelry auction in the world; a year later, Sotheby's Geneva reached another peak with this wonderful auction and the impressive performance of "matchless" pink diamonds (final price: $31.6 million).
2. The most expensive diamond in history sold for $58 million at auction in Geneva
At 14.62 carats, Oppenheimer's Blue is the largest brilliant blue diamond in the history of world auctions
According to foreign media reports on May 19, local time on Wednesday (18th), blue diamond "oppenheimer blue" was auctioned at Christie's in Geneva at a price of $58 million, setting a record for the highest price in the gem auction industry. At 14.62 carats, Oppenheimer's Blue is the largest brilliant blue diamond in the history of world auction and was previously valued at $46 million.
Fourth, investment market
1. Bank of Shanghai: Marriage with art helps cultural finance
Recently, the Cultural Industry Characteristic Branch of the Shibei Branch of the Bank of Shanghai successfully issued the Bank's first pledge loan for calligraphy and painting artworks. The successful issuance of this business is another exploration in the field of calligraphy and painting artworks by the Cultural Sub-branch after innovating to carry out the art pledge financing business last year. The borrower of the business is a Shanghai art company, which has been operating a well-known gallery in Shanghai for more than 20 years, and the pledge is the collection of the famous modern painter Mr. Fu Baoshi's landscape painting "Drinking in The Mountains".
The Shanghai Institute of Culture and Artworks, as a cooperation institution for the appraisal and appraisal of cultural sub-branches, provides warehousing pledge storage for artworks in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone, and the cultural sub-branches have cooperated in designing corresponding risk prevention measures. This business is a typical art pledge financing method, which is also more representative in the field of art financing, laying the foundation for the cultural sub-branch to carry out art finance business. As a key area of encouragement and support, financial innovation in the art market has been recognized by industry insiders as a blue ocean market to be developed.
5. Exploration and discovery
1. Hubei Songzi is the largest prehistoric human site of the same period about 8,000 years ago
Archaeological excavation site of SongziGuanzhou site
Yesterday, the Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology disclosed that in Jiangxinzhou, the Songzi section of the Yangtze River, a prehistoric site dating back about 8,000 years was found, which was the largest in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River in the same period, indicating that Songzi was one of the birthplaces of civilization in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. The site is located in the northeast of Guanzhou, group 4 of Quanxin Village, Chendian Town, Songzi City, named Guanzhou Ruins, with a total area of about 16,000 square meters. Liu Hui, a researcher at the Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and an archaeological leader, said that the discovery of the site is of great significance to understanding the human settlement form, type of life and cultural outlook during this period.
2. Sichuan Archaeology First Battle Chuanjie Pottery fragments were found for the first time
On May 18, the Wawushan Yandao Copper Mountain Archaeological Team found a number of ancient pottery fragments in a ditch near the Weifangji copper slag accumulation area in Fuxing Village, Hongya County, and the person in charge of the site said that judging from the cloth pattern and polishing smoothness of these pottery pieces, it was from the Han Dynasty, or even from the pre-Qin or late Neolithic period. It shows that as early as 2,000 years ago, there was human production and life in Wawu Mountain, which was inextricably linked to the smelting of early bronze in China. The more than 100 physical samples collected by the staff for seven consecutive days are not as valuable as these pieces of ancient pottery.
6. Collect characters
1. Ni Yuanlu of "Three Trees of the Late Ming Dynasty"
Ni Yuanlu (1593-1644), courtesy name Ruyu (汝玉), courtesy name Yu (一作玉汝), was a native of Shangyu, Zhejiang (present-day Shangyu District, Shaoxing), an official and calligrapher of the late Ming Dynasty. In the second year of the Ming Dynasty (1622), he entered the priesthood, and successively went to the household and the two shangshu of the ceremony, and the books and paintings were all worked. His calligraphy is exquisite, the grass is particularly superb, and he is most assisted by Wang Youjun, Yan Lugong and Su Dongpo, who are three people, Han Mo, who uses the edges of the pen to see canghun in the four dews, and sometimes there are thirsty pens and thick ink that contrast with each other, and the knotted characters are strange and changeable, and the style of writing is strange, and posterity has the reputation of "three odds" of "pen qi, character qi, and ge qi" and "three feet" of "potential foot, meaning foot, and rhyme foot".
Part of Ni Yuanlu's "Dancing Crane Fu"
He broke through the feminine calligraphy style of the late Ming Dynasty, created calligraphy with a strong personality, stood on the feet of the Zodiac Zhou and Wang Duo, and called "the three trees of the late Ming Dynasty", and also called "the five masters of the late Ming Dynasty" by Wang Duo, Fu Shan, Zodiac Zhou, and Zhang Ruitu, becoming the representative of the calligraphy style of the late Ming Dynasty. He is the author of "Ni Wenzhen Collection", "Maihe Fu Scroll", "Xingshu Poetry Axis", "Jinshan Poetry Axis" and so on.
7. Collection of hundreds of forms
1. The man hid 8 gold bars in his rectum for smuggling worth nearly $40,000
Bangladeshi authorities have reportedly said that in recent days there have been at least three incidents of inbound passengers hiding gold bars in the rectum at DhakaSha Ajalal International Airport for attempting to smuggle gold bars. According to comprehensive foreign media reports, the most recent arrest occurred on May 13, when customs officials at Dhakasha Ajalal International Airport seized a man who had eight gold bars hidden inside his body. The man, who was on a flight from Dubai, admitted that he had hidden gold bars shortly after being questioned by border control officers. The man then discharged eight gold bars worth nearly $40,000 in the restroom at the airport.
2. The opening of the Museum of Broken Love in Los Angeles is imminent
People tend to do all kinds of things after a breakup, or get drunk or sleep soundly. But not everyone can handle such a situation calmly. As a result, the upcoming Museum of Lost Love in Los Angeles gives ordinary people the opportunity to commemorate their lost love by donating personal belongings and supplementing them with text descriptions. The Museum of Broken Relationships, born in Croatia in 2006 and already in 21 countries, is reportedly scheduled to open on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles on June 4.
wedding dress
Some media outlets have called the museum's collection "embarrassing," but that seems like a positive description. A reporter for a London outlet praised him, calling him "vitriolous, charming, witty, sad and sometimes very funny".
3. Digital illustrators create realistic paper-cut style works
These seemingly paper-cut works come from Estonian graphic designer and illustrator Eiko Ojala. "Seemingly paper-cut" is not a paper-cut, these are eiko ojala's digital illustrations, and they are not rendered using 3D software. The work uses the logic of paper art, the technique of flat composition, and the simple but allegorical theme to give people a relaxed and interesting impression. Eiko Ojala received awards such as the 2013 Young Illustrator and the ADC Young Gun.
Other works to appreciate:
Evening peace of mind
What is the true face of life? Each of us is an ordinary person after removing the aura. When you take away all the things outside your body such as fame and wealth, the one who "can't take it away" is the real you.
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