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Your support makes all the difference.Next week's highlights comprise an art show displaying newcomers in Zurich, the first major Basquiat retrospective in Switzerland, the Met Ball fashion event in New York along with an American Style display in Brooklyn, while game developers will gather in Vancouver and Europeans will be able to know more about opera across the continent, among other events.
Met Ball
May 3
New York, USA
To celebrate the opening of the Metropolitan Museum's spring exhibition American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity, hosts Anna Wintour and Oprah Winfrey will stage the yearly Costume Institute Gala Benefit, or Met Ball, one of the most important society events on the annual fashion agenda and the museum's biggest fundraiser.
http://www.metmuseum.org
Art Show Zurich
May 5-8
Puls 5
Zurich, Switzerland
Art Show Zurich is an international art fair for emerging artists. Artwork by artists from Belgium, Bulgaria, Cuba, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Macau, Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Switzerland, Slovakia, South Korea, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the USA will be on show at the iconic Puls 5 building in Zurich's formal industrial quarter. Many of the artists will be present at the fair, enabling visitors to meet with them in person and discuss their artworks in detail. A special exhibition of contemporary Japanese art will be a highlight at this year's fair, with works of calligraphy, ceramics and creative contemporary forms referencing traditional Japanese art forms with a contemporary twist.
http://www.art-show-zurich.com/en/index.html
Game Developers Conference Canada
May 6-7
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
No sooner than one GDC ends than the countdown to the next one begins. Eager ears will be listening out for talks on the rise of 'social' or mainstream gaming and any tidbits regarding the new motion controllers for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 as Sony and Microsoft play catchup to Nintendo's Wii. Talks from bigwigs at Insomniac, Obsidian, IUGO and Zynga are already pencilled in.
http://www.gdc-canada.com
Bklyn Designs
May 7-9
New York, USA
Featuring a diverse array of satellite exhibits, demonstrations, panel discussions, keynote speakers, and numerous other design events, Bklyn Designs is one of New York's hottest exhibitions of contemporary furnishings, lighting, and accessories made and/or designed in Brooklyn, all handpicked by a jury of editors from leading design and shelter magazines.
http://www.bklyndesigns.com
American High Style: Fashioning a National Collection
May 7 - August 1
New York, USA
To mark the new relationship between the Brooklyn Museum and the Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum presents an exhibition of some of the most renowned objects from its costume collection, including designs by American and international designers such as Charles James, Norman Norell, Gilbert Adrian, Elsa Schiaparelli, Jeanne Lanvin, Madeleine Vionnet, and Christian Dior.
http://www.brooklynmuseum.org
Hamburg Port Birthday Celebrations
May 7- 9
Hamburg, Germany
Celebrations to mark the 821st birthday of Hamburg's massive port are set to include a parade of ships and port calls from some of the world's largest cruise liners. Onshore activities for the whole family will also take place over the weekend.
http://www.hamburg-tourism.de
European Opera Days
May 8-9
Europe
The fourth edition of the European Opera Days will take place in more than 100 opera houses throughout 22 European countries on the weekend of May 8 and 9, during which visitors will be able to discover this art, and also have a "behind the scenes" experience. In 2010, activities will focus on the theme "Crossing Bridges": bridges between opera and theater, between opera and other creative art forms and cultures.
http://www.operadays.eu/en
Jean-Michel Basquiat retrospective
May 9-September 5
Fondation Beyeler
Basel, Switzerland
The first major Swiss retrospective of American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988), epitome of New York underground culture of the 80's and Andy Warhol's friend and collaborator, is presented at the Beyeler Foundation in Basel in May, then in Paris in October with more than 100 works displayed in both locations. The retrospective will travel to the Paris Musée d'Art Moderne from October 15, 2010 to January 30, 2011.
http://www.beyeler.com
Mother's Day
May 9
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