THE ART OF LIVING

17 July 2009  |  Week in Review  |  Fine Art

July 11 – July 17

This week: Christie’s brings the art world to the iPhone; ArtHamptons celebrates its second year; James Ensor retrospective on view at MoMA; ‘Zero in New York’ assembles works from the Dusseldorf-born movement; and Shaker antiques are discovered and shared.

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• iPhone Impressionism, Courtesy of Christie’s In a bid to bring art to the digital age, Christie's is rolling out a new application to bring Impressionists to the iPhone. From Reuters.com

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• ArtHamptons Celebrates it’s Second Year The New York art world escaped from the city this weekend to stage a kind of last hurrah out of town — the ArtHamptons fair, which ran July 10–12 at the Bridgehampton Historical Society Grounds. From ARTINFO.com

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• James Ensor Unmasked The grandfather of Belgian avant-garde art and a precursor to the development of Expressionist Art in the early 20th century, James Ensor was an innovative artist who produced an influential body of work in a variety of media. A retrospective exhibition is on view at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. From TheDailyBeast.com

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• Zero & Friends Spearheaded by two artists based in postwar Düsseldorf, Zero was too dynamic and heterogeneous to be called a style. Its emphasis on light, movement and ephemeral phenomena attracted like-minded innovators throughout Europe. From ArtinAmericaMagazine.com

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• Living with Antiques: Shaker A family follows the Shaker spirit in assembling a collection of furniture. Tom Christopher reports on the trend. From TheMagazineAntiques.com