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British artist Anish Kapoor’s giant sculpture ‘Leviathan’ has been unveiled in Paris’ Grand Palais ahead of an exhibition which opens next Wednesday.

British artist Paul Graham presents vivid portrayals of people and places. The Whitechapel gallery will show over 25 years of work demonstrating his innovative approach to documentary, reinventing traditional genres of photography to create a unique visual language.

Seventeen photographs from the series can be seen in the Whitechapel Gallery’s new retrospective of Graham’s work.

Jean-Antoine Watteau’s (1684 – 1721) first major retrospective exhibition of drawings to be held at the Royal Academy will show over 80 works on paper produced by the French artist.

http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibitions/watteau

Paul Gaugins clogs with images of Breton, geese and women, signed on one shoe are considered by many as works of art and made a record sale of £207,000.

It is said that Gauguin was inspired by the culture and landscape of Brittany, and wore these clogs, even in Paris. Carved with images of Breton women and geese, and signed on one shoe, the clogs are clearly considered works of art.

The British sculptorAnish Kapoor has asked for museums and galleries all over the world to close for one day in protest and condemned China for imprisoning the artist Ai Weiwei

As an outspoken critic of the Chinese government Weiewei has not been heard from since he was arrested at Beijing airport on April 3.

“Barbaric” was the way Kapoor described China’s actions and said that “the failure of the international community to do more than voice concern was ridiculous”.

Turner Prize-winner Kapoor called for the art world to “come together” and do more to campaign for Ai’s release.

On BBC Radio 4’s Today programme Kapoor said: “As artists we have a communal voice and it’s important that we stick together.

He is said by family and friends to being targeted for his repeated assaults on what he calls China’s “totalitarian” one–party State.

The Tate Modern has just finished showing his work Sunflower Seeds and although the artist is still detained two major exhibitions of Ai’s’ work will open in London this week, one at Somerset House and one at The Lisson Gallery.

Google has already embedded the software into its latest Android mobile operating system is expected to launch a music streaming service imminently.

It’s said that it will launch the product at its I/O developer conference in San Francisco.

Similar to Google Documents Google Music will work by tracks uploading tracks to Google’s servers and then can be streamed anywhere. It is said that Google has not struck any deals with labels or music publishers.

No deals will be made with labels, as the service will only allow consumers to stream data they already own, but there will also be limited to 20,000 tracks.

It’s official according to new research Apple has overtaken Google as the world’s most valuable brand.

In the annual study of the world’s top 100 brands Apple has knocked the internet search engine Google off the top spot. The crown was awarded after it increased its brand value by 84% to £93bn, said market watcher Millward Brown.

With the latest additions to its portfolio of consumer goods the iPad 2 and iPhone 4, Apple has boosted its global brand presence further

It is said that the iPhone has continued to do magnificently, along with the development of apps.

You only need to ask marketers and advertising experts why Mac users are so loyal, it’s all the same reason: The Apple brand

Sarah Shearman states that despite having 600m ‘friends’ across the globe, Facebook has, of late, been turning its attention to the befriending of brands.

Glimpses into its strategy of recruiting brands by developing a platform that allows for more advertiser creativity emerged earlier this year, when Facebook held its ‘Influencer Summit’. It flew in top creatives and executives from UK ad agencies to its offices in Palo Alto, California, to discuss exactly what brands want from the platform and how they can work together.

The facebook portal invites brands and agencies to upload their best Facebook campaigns, that allow them to throw down the gauntlet for members of the creative industry to discuss their effectiveness, choosing whether or not to ‘like’ the work.

Sarah Shearman states that popular campaigns featured on the portal include Coca-Cola’s ‘Like Machine’ and Reinert Sausages’ ‘Wurst Face-App’.

She furthers to say that while Facebook Studio could be viewed as a mouthpiece for marketers to blow their own trumpets, Facebook wants it to be a valuable resource for creating effective campaigns, even featuring tutorials through its ‘learning lab’ tab.

David Parfect, Facebook’s agency sales group head, says ‘we are always listening to feedback from brands and trying to make any changes on the site easier to understand,’ he explains. ‘Facebook is giving brands the opportunity to see what more the platform has to offer, beyond just buying an engagement ad.’

The latest figures from the Internet Advertising Bureau shows brands increasing their marketing spend on Facebook, with social media accounting for a 200% surge in display advertising growth. But it is the wider opportunities beyond paid-for media that are capturing brands’ attention and shaping Facebook’s strategy.

Sarah Shearman (Brand Repubic) states, the launch of Facebook Studio is a very positive step. It is a community within a community, bringing together the best talent in social media and allowing them to interact and gain inspiration from one another.

Ultimately, this will enable facebook to push the standards of our creative higher, resulting in a more engaging social media space.