World of art - ロイターのアート特集より転載
An untitled contemporary Chinese painting by Zhang Xiaogang is displayed at Sotheby's auction house preview ahead of its Spring Sales in Hong Kong, April 2, 2009.
Burlesque dancer "Miss Kissy Wishes" poses for a portrait at a Baroque themed party in New York, March 28, 2009.
Japanese designer Kenzo Takada, known as Kenzo, poses for the media in his loft after a news conference in Paris, March 24, 2009.
A sculpture made from rocks is seen on the shore of the Dead Sea, November 27, 2008.
Saudi photographer Muneera Al Romaih (R) poses during the opening of a gallery by a group of Saudi women photographers in Amman, April 8, 2009.
Chinese artist Yue Minjun walks near one of his installations on display at the Today Art Museum in central Beijing, March 26, 2009.
Visitors participate in a "bed-in" as they tour an art exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts titled "Imagine: The Peace Ballad of John & Yoko" April 3, 2009.
Claudio Ramirez of Montreal lifts 6-month-old Saskia to look at the "wish tree" as they tour an art exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts titled "Imagine: The Peace Ballad of John & Yoko" April 3, 2009.
A painting by Yaser Yousef is displayed as part of the exhibition of Palestinian artists at al-Shaab gallery in Damascus, March 31,2009.
A scale model of the Brazilian favela (slum) Nossa Senhora de Fatima is being finished by Brazilian artist Sergio Cezar in Havana, March 24, 2009.
A Christie's employee walks past David Hockney's "Beverly Hills Housewife" during a photocall at their gallery in central London, March 23, 2009.
Members of "La Compagnie Malabar", a performance group from France, walk on stilts during the first day of the International Festival of Theatre and Stage Arts in central Seville, April 14, 2009.
An artwork (R) by Cuban artist Jorge Mayet titled "Flores rojas venas negras", meaning red flowers black veins, is displayed with Spanish artist Susy Gomez's "Untitled no.262" during the Art Dubai exhibition, March 19, 2009.
A man looks at photographs at a Sotheby's gallery in New York, March 24, 2009.
Firemen touch the marble statue of Madonna after removing it from the top of an earthquake-damaged church in Paganica, near Aquila, in central Italy, April 13, 2009.
A Sotheby's representative walks past a contemporary Chinese painting titled "Hats Series - Armed Foces" by Yue Minjun at the auction house preview ahead of its Spring Sales in Hong Kong, April 2, 2009.
Swedish sculptor Kent Viberg shows off his latest project, which he calls the world's smallest art gallery, squeezed into an old phone booth in Nymolla, April 13, 2009. Viberg got the idea from New York's 2.5 sq.ft "Wrong Gallery" and plans to set up the gallery in several towns in southern Sweden.
Visitors to photographer Lan Zhigui's exhibition look at his photographs on display at the China Art Museum in Beijing, March 22, 2009.
A visitor look at a painting by Raed al-Safadi on display as part of the exhibition of Palestinian artists at al-Shaab gallery in Damascus, March 31,2009.
Visitors look at paintings "Komposition VIII" (1923, L) and "Auf Weiss II" (1923) by Russian-born artist Wassily Kandinsky, the founder of abstract painting, at Centre Georges Pompidou museum in Paris, April 6, 2009. Picture taken on slow shutter speed