Neuberger and Lehman Brothers Auction

If you buy emerging artists with good advise the profits may be staggering!  Check out the article in the New York Post on the Neuberger and Lehman Brothers auction and go see the preview at Sotheby's.  The auction is scheduled for  September 25th.  

Click here:
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/lehman_bros_shows_at_least_fine_VFVCO91FlRZ0a83aoiBmTI?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME=

Julian Schnabel's "Miral" at TIFF

Last evening was the screening of Julian Schnabel's new film "Miral" at Toronto International Film Festival. The film was moving and demanded that the audience look into Rula Jebreal's life as a young Palestinian girl, the challenges she faced and the adversities she overcame. 

In chatting with Rula afterwards, she mentioned how she met Julian in Rome at a gallery opening a few years ago. When he invited her to join him and friends for lunch, she gave him a copy of her book "Miral". He was totally enthralled and wished to do a movie of her story. She is truly a remarkable woman of great courage and power.  

She said "I am still concerned about the many "Mirals" living in Palestine today.

The timing of this film is ideal, as we are being offered an insight how to envision a new world, where understanding, respect and peace may prevail, as seen through the eyes of a Jewish filmmaker and an Arabic journalist.  

George Herms at Nyehaus

Assemblage artist George Herms' mini retrospective "Five Decades of Madness" at Nyehaus is a must see.  This exhibition includes extraordinary found object assemblage and manufactured objects that are no longer recognizable to the naked eye.   My conversation with the artist was thoroughly enjoyable. George is a delightfully charming man whose work parallels his "go with the flow" attitude!

The exhibition is open through October 29, 2010.  See link below:

http://www.nyehaus.com/herms/

Julian Schnabel: Art and Film at the AGO

Last week in Toronto I had the pleasure of lunching with David Moos, Curator of Contemporary Art at the AGO. He gave us a tour of the Julian Schnabel exhibition "Art and Film."  This new invigorating context offers viewers the opportunity to experience Schnabel as one of the worlds leading artists and filmmakers.  
Check out the link below:
http://www.ago.net/schnabel


Julian's new film Miral concerns a young Palestinian girl based on a novel written by Rula Jebreal previewed last week in Venice.   


Check out the trailer:
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/09/07/miral-trailer-julian-schnabels-new-film-starring-frieda-pinto/