Richest Chinese Zhang Yin

#11 Zhang Yin
Net Worth: $3.4 billion
Age: 50
Company: Nine Dragons Paper
Offices: Hong Kong, California
The richest self-made woman in the world. Daughter of a Guangdong Province army officer got finance job at foreign paper company; later struck out on own, importing waste paper, opening paper recycler. Zhang founded Nine Dragons in the mid-eighties and today owns 72% of its shares together with her Taiwan-born husband Liu Mingzhong and her brother Zhang Chengfei.

Elettra Wiedemann at the Versace Menswear Party

CARBON SEQUESTRATION, original painting by Marinho on etsy. LINK

Elettra Wiedemann at the Donatella Versace Launches Versace Menswear Party.
Do you have any plans for the summer? “I leave the city. It’s too hot, and I hate using my air conditioner because I get guilty carbon-footprint complex.” — Elettra Wiedemann [from nymag]

Asian Contemporary Art Week

Himalayan Mask
Northwest Nepal
19th C. Wood, hair, pitch. Art Yeti.

Asian Contemporary Art Week
46 Galleries and Museums
New York, New York, USA
Mar 15, 2008 To Mar 24, 2008

Picasso Le Baser The Kiss on Auction in May

"Le Baser (The Kiss)" by Pablo Picasso, 1969
will be auctioned for as much as $15 million by Sotheby's New York in May to raise money for the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas.

Happy Birthday Neil Sedaka

You're great! I love your music.

Sedaka was born in Brooklyn, New York on March 13, 1939. His father, Mac Sedaka, a taxi driver, was the son of Turkish-Jewish immigrants; his mother, Eleanor (Appel) Sedaka, was of Polish-Russian descent.
Neil Sedaka is an American pop singer, pianist, and songwriter often associated with the Brill Building. He teamed up with Howard Greenfield to write many major hit songs for himself and others. Sedaka's voice is in the tenor and alto ranges.

Marsden Hartley Black Crayon on Paper Sold for 28,000

Marsden Hartley
Title: Portrait of the artist
Medium: black crayon on paper laid on board
Size: 12 x 8.9 in. / 30.5 x 22.5 cm.
Misc.: Signed
Sale Of Sotheby's New York: Thursday, March 6, 2008 [Lot 3]American Paintings
Estimate: 12,000 - 18,000 US$
Sold For: 28,000 US$ PREMIUM

JPMorgan Chase will be exhibiting artworks in Dubai

Lisa K Erf is vice-president and director of the JPMorgan Chase Art Program.

JPMorgan Chase will be exhibiting master artworks from the JPMorgan Chase Art Collection at an exhibition in partnership with the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) from March 10 through May 1.

There are many benefits of an art collection within a business context. The purchase of art for display in our company is a cultural investment in creating a humanising environment for our employees and visitors. It has a strong functional intent in that our collection serves as interior decoration, while sending the message that, as a firm, we value individuality, diversity, and innovation. said Lisa K Erf. [from business 24 7].

TEFAF Art and Antiques fair Maastricht Open today

The world's largest art and antiques fair TEFAF, beginning today in the Dutch city of Maastricht.
Last year the fair sold more than $500 million in fine art, and this year they hope to not only meet but exceed that number.
Tefaf Maastricht runs from March 7-16. For more information: http://www.tefaf.com [from bloomberg]

$2.5M Gift to Tampa Museum of Art

A big gift to the Tampa Museum of Art, $2.5 million for its new facility.

Trustee Cornelia Corbett and her husband, Richard Corbett, through their family foundation, the William Stamps Farish Fund, have pledged the largest individual contribution to the capital campaign, the museum said in a release. from Tampa Bay Business Journal

The new Tampa Museum of Art consists of approximately 66,000 square feet and is designed by San Francisco, CA, architect Stanley Saitowitz.