Leading Artists Donate to the Second ‘Art for Africa™’ At Sotheby's New York, Thursday, November 17th, 2011.
 
This is the second Art for Africa™ Auction which follows the remarkable success of the inaugural Art for Africa™ Auction held at Sotheby's in London on September 21st, 2009. The proceeds from the New York sale will continue to benefit Africa Foundation's work in support of orphaned and vulnerable children living in some of the poorest rural communities in South and Eastern Africa.

The entire collection will be exhibited at Sotheby's New York from 12th - 17th November.

http://www.artforafrica.org.uk/  

LIVINGSTONE SPECTRAL IMAGING PROJECT In 2009, the United States National Endowment for the Humanities and the British Academy funded a project with the goal to decipher and make available to the public important letters and diaries belonging to famed doctor, missionary, and explorer, David Livingstone.
 
A letter from the personal collection of Peter and Nejma Beard, Letter from Bambare, written by David Livingstone in 1871 to his friend a later biographer, Horace Waller was the first document to be decoded in the project. Through innovative spectral data imaging, a previously indecipherable document is now legible and is a crucial insight into Livingstone's expedition.

The team led by Adrian Wisnicki plans to complete this project by November, 2011, in time for the 140th anniversary of the Livingstone-Stanley meeting, when Henry Morton Stanley, a New York newspaper reporter, famously proclaimed upon finding him by the shore of Lake Tanganyika, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"

Link to Livingstone Project website:

http://emelibrary.org/livingstoneletter/index.htm  

Links to press:

http://www.neh.gov/news/humanities/2010-09/Livingstone.html  

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tht9  

PETER BEARD is participating in Elephant Parade, a large scale outdoor art exhibition taking place in London, UK showcasing life size baby elephant sculptures, each uniquely created into works of art by 258 artists from around the world. The exhibition has been created by Mark Shand’s charity, Elephant Family.
 
It is an innovative fundraising and awareness campaign that shines a multi-colored spotlight on the urgent crisis faced by the critically endangered Asian elephant. As London’s biggest public outdoor art event, Elephant Parade is 100% green in theme with a goal of raising funds for key Elephant Conservation projects across Asia and securing a vital wildlife corridor that connects forest fragments and provides a migratory lifeline for Asian elephants and other species.
 
Location:

Prior to the Live Auction on June 30th, Peter’s elephant, Mammouth Metaphor, was located under ‘The Nelson Stair’ within one of London’s favourite cultural and artistic tourist destinations, Somerset House. For more information on how to get there, please visit http://www.somersethouse.org.uk/

Location Duration: May 4 - July 4, 2010
 
The Auction:

Peter Beard's Mammoth Metaphor has sold at auction on June 30th, 2010.
 
 
* For important detailed information about the event including news updates, please visit:
 
http://www.elephantparadelondon.org
 
http://www.elephantfamily.org/

Video:

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