Nigerian Times

13 Jun 2011 01:00 Africa/Lagos Exclusive Interview With Thierry Ehrmann, the Founder and CEO of Artprice.com PARIS, June 13, 2011/PRNewswire/ -- This 9-page interview explains how Artprice imposed itself as the world leader in art market information, and how it then became the 1st worldwide market place in volume for art works with its standardised market place. These 37 questions, sometimes uncompromising, enable to understand Artprice's incredible history in the last 20 years. The interview also provides a global analysis of art markets in the world, with China that is now the leading market place, its leading position being confirmed for 2011. In the course of this long interview, Thierry Ehrmann also review Artprice's adventure on the Stock Market, with the best scoring in Europe on a regulated stock market in 2005 and 2011. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20110609/461260 ) These 9 pages are available in English, for accuracy issues. 1. Could you remind us of ho...

Art, People and Freedom: Artocracy in Tunisia The First Community Action from JR’s InsideOut Project is Unveiled Paris, France (April 14, 2011) /PRNewswire/ — In early March, the artist and TED Prize winner JR announced his wish to turn the world “Inside Out.” Through his InsideOut Project, JR invited people around the globe to share a photo portrait – along with a statement about what they stand for – and paste thepictures in their communities. A group of photographers and organizers in Tunisia were the first to participate in an InsideOut community project, which they named Artocracy. Through Artocracy, six Tunisian photographers – joined by JR and his team – traveled the country in late March to take pictures and display images of more than 100 Tunisians who represent the nation’s incredible diversity: men and women of every age, profession, cultural background, and geographic location. “For the first large street exhibition in a new Arab democracy, the pasting promised to be surpri...