MADRID – The original Mona Lisa may have finally found her long lost twin. A recent investigation into the twin copy of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa has established that Madrid’s Prado Museums’s copy may have been painted in tandem with the original work. Before, the common belief was the the second painting was finished decades [...]
Seven Chilean stage art projects are to receive over €100,000 in financial aid as a result of a meeting between the Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes or National Council of Culture and Arts, and the arts fund, Iberescena in Montevideo, Uruguay. The fund was created in 2006 for “the creation of an integration space for [...]
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In collaboration with soloists from the Orquesta Filarmónica de Santiago, contemporary video artist Nicole Rademacher will host a chamber music performance on Oct. 22 in Santiago as a way to help generate funds for her project, ”Common Ground: Exploring domestic ritual in Kenya.” Her latest venture will send her to the Lake Victoria Special Arts Foundation [...]
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VALDIVIA — The Valdivia International Film festival is returning to Chile for the 18th year in a row. Films from all over the world, including six made in Chile, will be screened at this event. The other countries represented include Mexico, Argentina, Brazil and 10 from Europe. The event has been organized by the Fundación Imagen de Chile, Director [...]
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Located in Santiago’s Parque Forestal, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes is an architecture monument that welcomes people of all ages, including tourists, locals and school groups. The first thing that will attract your attention is the building of the museum, el Palacio de Bellas Artes. It was built in 1910 and it was designed in neoclassical style [...]
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The last day of Chile’s contemporary art fair, or Ch.ACO, was yesterday, Sept. 13. by Avery Cropp SANTIAGO –The international art fair included displays from over 50 contemporary artists from around the world and allowed the public to purchase works from the galleries representing the artists if they wished. Works were made with materials ranging [...]
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For the third year in a row a contemporary art fair, Ch.ACO, will be returning to Chile. by Avery Cropp Irene Abujatum, the director of the Chile Contemporary Art museum, and Gonzalo Pedraza, a curator in Santiago, have teamed up with the Fundación Imagen de Chile to get the Ch.ACO organized with activities and programs [...]
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by Katie Bolin Chilean plastics artist Gracia Barrios was chosen as the recipient of the Premio Nacional de Artes 2011 or the 2011 National Arts Award. The selection committee, who chose Barrios unanimously, was composed of Gaspar Galaz on behalf of the Academia de Bellas Artes, the director of the Universidad de Chile Victor Pérez, [...]
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by Tess Hermes Amidst the street fires, arrests and police officers, a large house in Ñuñoa opened its doors to artists and friends. Thursday, Aug. 4 one of the largest and most violent protests Chile has seen in years arose. The on-going desire for free education was again the subject for a loud and passionate activity [...]
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Decorated in the typical style of the 1960s, Casa Museo Eduardo Frei Montalva, the Eduardo Frei Montalva Home Museum, invites you to the free Design Route tour in Barrio Italia, Santiago, this Saturday, August 6, from 11:00 a.m., with heritage tours of Mapocho culture at Hindenburg Street 683. Within the framework of the project, Proyecto Barrio [...]
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