Moustache Man, NYC's Irrepressible Subway Artist, Humbled at the Hands of the Law

"Following in the illicit footsteps of Poster Boy, the city's most whimsical underground vandal has been brought low by his own online bragging." [Read Full Article]

Published By: ArtInfo
On: 06/27/11
Website: http://www.artinfo.com/

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Basquiat Led a Band of Younger Art Stars in Phillips de Pury's $17 Million Contemporary Sale in London

"Of-the-moment artists fared well in the week-opening sale, with some notable exceptions and disappointments." [Read Full Article]

Published By: ArtInfo
On: 06/27/10
Website: http://www.artinfo.com/

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Supreme Court Rejects Nazi-Looted-Art Case Against Norton Simon Museum

"The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday decided not to take up an appeal from Marei Von Saher, who is trying to wrest a prized, 480-year-old Adam and Eve diptych by Lucas Cranach the Elder from the Norton Simon Museum, where the paintings have hung since the 1970s." [Read Full Article]

Published By: Los Angeles Times
On: 06/27/11
Website: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/

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Star-Studded Hollywood Art Auction Raises Over $300000 for AIDS Project

"Celebrity guests and art collectors gathered tonight at Bonhams and Butterfields auction house for Art Project Los Angeles -- the second annual, star-studded, art auction and gala event benefiting AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA). ..." [Read Full Article]

Published By: Broadway World
On: 06/26/11
Website: http://losangeles.broadwayworld.com/


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"The Museum of Fine Arts has agreed to pay restitution to the heir of a Jewish art dealer killed at Auschwitz after determining that a 17th-century Dutch painting in its collection was once owned by him and was probably plundered by the Nazis."[Read Full Article]

Published By: Boston Globe
On: 06/27/11
Website: http://www.boston.com/

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Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum To Close For Security Upgrade

The renovation is necessary "to ensure the condition of the building and the safety of the visitors in the long run". [Read Full Article]

Published By: BBC
On: 06/27/11
Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/

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Morgan Library Creates Drawing Institute

The Drawing Institute at the Morgan Library & Museum "will present exhibitions, sponsor annual fellowships, host seminars and organize a full schedule of public and academic programs." A Morgan trustee "has given the institution $5 million to start it." [Read Full Article]

Published By: The New York Times
On: 06/24/11
Website: http://www.nytimes.com/

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Netizens Of The World, Working Together, Make One Heck Of A Photography Scholar

When news, along with excerpts, of an album of rare World War II photos was posted on blogs at The New York Times and Der Spiegel, it took the Web's collective hive mind all of three hours to identify the previously unknown German photographer.[Read Full Article]

Published By: The New York Times
On: 06/25/11
Website: http://www.nytimes.com/

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What Happens When You Let John Waters Curate A Museum Show

The Walker Art Center's "curatorial staff had originally envisioned that Mr. Waters would do a kind of 'intervention' to keep the collection galleries lively. But he ... almost completely overhauled the existing show. ... And he tweaked the entire museumgoing experience with additional manipulations of the parking lot, cafe, admissions badges and audio tour." [Read Full Article]

Published By: The New York Times
On: 06/26/11
Website: http://www.nytimes.com/

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Cooper-Hewitt's Exhibition Galleries To Close For Two-Year Renovation

"The exhibition galleries at the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum will close on July 4 for a two-year renovation and expansion." [Read Full Article]

Published By: The New York Times
On: 06/23/11
Website: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/

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Does Boston's Top Irish Mobster Know Something About The Gardner Art Theft?

"[With] the arrest in Santa Monica Wednesday of notorious Boston crime boss James 'Whitey' Bulger, many in the art world are now asking: Could it provide a break in the greatest art heist in American history?" [Read Full Article]

Published By: Los Angeles Times
On: 06/23/11
Website: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/

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So, How Exactly Are They Going To Move The Barnes Foundation's Art?

"The museum's collection could be among the most valuable physical assets relocated in American history, rolling down Philadelphia's ulcer-inducing Schuylkill Expressway, or via shortcuts through sketchy Fairmount Park." [Read Full Article]

Published By: The Wall Street Journal
On: 06/24/11
Website: http://online.wsj.com/

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Heiress Leaves $25 Million Monet To Corcoran Gallery

"The Monet was the only work separated from the heiress's collection. Huguette Clark purchased the small 1907 canvas in 1930 from Monet's gallery in Paris. The work was last publicly displayed in 1925." [Read Full Article]

Published By: Washington Post
On: 06/23/11
Website: http://www.washingtonpost.com/

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Art show: Museum spotlights Native Americans and comics

"Because the Palm Springs Art Museum just opened a very cool exhibition that examines Native American artists and comic art. Comic Art Indigene is a traveling show that "features 49 works and examines how storytelling, an essential element of Native ..." [Read Full Article]

Published By: USA Today
On: 06/22/11
Website: http://content.usatoday.com/


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The Cheaper Show: Creating Value at the Bottom of the Art Market

"Not only has the quality of the art improved, local gallery owners have also finally recognized that the one-night only art show with all works priced at $200 apiece doesn't pose a threat to their client base. Word is also spreading about the show. ..." [Read Full Article]

Published By: Vancouver Sun (blog)
On: 06/22/11
Website: http://communities.canada.com/




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Researchers 'Discover' Van Gogh's Only Portrait Of Brother Theo

"The Van Gogh Museum said Tuesday its experts now believe one of Vincent van Gogh's paintings previously thought to be a self-portrait actually depicts his brother, Theo." [Read Full Article]

Published By: Washington Post (AP)
On: 06/21/11
Website: http://www.washingtonpost.com/

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The Art Of Forensic Sculpture

"For decades, Frank Bender has stared at human skulls, handled them, even boiled scraps of flesh off them. He has done this to shape clay busts in the hope of giving names to rotting corpses and skeletons found in woods or alleys or abandoned houses. ... His work has helped the authorities capture several notorious criminals who may have thought they were safe in their new lives." [Read Full Article]

Published By: The New York Times 
On: 06/21/11
Website: http://www.nytimes.com/

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Donated Picasso Raises Millions For Research

"The University of Sydney, which was given the 1935 painting Jeune Fille Endormie, by an anonymous donor, will use the money for specialist research chairs in its still under-construction multidisciplinary research centre." [Read Full Article]

Published By: The Australian
On: 06/23/11
Website: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/

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Portrait Of Picasso's Lover Goes For $29 Million At London Auction

"... anonymous bidder, and Buste de Françoise, a painting of Françoise Gilot, an author and artist who bore two of Picasso's children, went for $17.3 million. All told, the sale of Impressionist and Modern art brought in $227 million to the auction house." [Read Full Article]

Published By: Business Insider
On: 06/22/11
Website: http://www.businessinsider.com/


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Basel art fair suggests boom times are back

"Wealthy collectors at Art Basel, the world’s top fair for modern and contemporary art, had to dig deep into their pockets last week to get hold of high-quality works, amid signs the market was returning to pre-crisis peaks." [Read Full Article]

Published By: BusinessWorld Online
On: 06/21/2011
Website: http://www.bworldonline.com/


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Have We Raised A "Lost" Generation Of Artists?

"A feedback loop has formed; art is turned into a fixed shell game, moving the same pieces around a limited board. All this work is highly competent, extremely informed, and supremely cerebral. But it ends up part of some mannered International School of Silly Art." [Read Full Article]

Published By: New York Magazine
On: 06/23/11
Website: http://nymag.com/

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British Art Stars Designing 2012 London Olympics Posters

"Twelve artists including Tracey Emin, Martin Creed and Chris Ofili will design a set of posters for the Olympic and Paralympic Games next summer, as Britain seeks to use the events to showcase its cultural heritage." [Read Full Article]

Published By: Reuters
On: 06/20/11
Website: http://news.yahoo.com/

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Brooklyn Museum Cancels Street Art Show From LA MoCA

"The Brooklyn Museum has canceled plans to show Art in the Streets, the popular but controversial graffiti exhibition originated by the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art." Brooklyn Museum director Arnold Lehman said, "With no major funding in place, we cannot move ahead." [Read Full Article]

Published By: The New York Times
On: 06/21/11
Website: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/

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Fight Over Canadian Artists Rights In Museums

"Under this law, the owner of any work created after 7 June 1988 cannot display it without the copyright holder's permission, which could mean paying a fee to the artist each time a work is exhibited. Most Canadian museums try to negotiate the long-term right to display works they acquire at little or no fee. An extra exhibition fee is generally paid if a post-1988 work is borrowed." [Read Full Article]

Published By: The Art Newspaper
On: 06/20/11
Website: http://www.theartnewspaper.com/

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Miniature Medieval Sculpture Found As Scrap Metal In Field

"A scrap of twisted silver found a few weeks ago by a metal detector in Lancashire will take its place among masterpieces of medieval art at the British Museum ... It shows one of the companions of St Ursula, one of the most popular mystical legends of medieval Europe." [Read Full Article]

Published By: The Guardian (UK)
On: 06/20/11
Website: http://www.guardian.co.uk/

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Unknown Caravaggio Unearthed In UK

"The oil on canvas depiction of Saint Augustine, an expressive, mature work dated to around 1600 ... has been discovered in a private collection in Britain." [Read Full Article]

Published By: The Guardian (UK)
On: 06/19/11
Website: http://www.guardian.co.uk/

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'Why We Love Magritte': Eight Artists Explain

Monty Python alumnus Terry Gilliam, artist John Baldessari, director Edward Hall, and five others "with an eye for the peculiar reveal why they love the witty Belgian surrealist." [Read Full Article]

Published By: The Guardian (UK)
On: 06/19/11
Website: http://www.guardian.co.uk/

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The "Art" Of Social Media

"With more and more people becoming familiar with social-networking sites, artists are tapping into these online communities and making works that harness new capabilities." [Read Full Article]

Published By: ARTnews
On: 06/16/11
Website: http://artnews.com/

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MoMA Artist Dies After UWS Mugging

"Gerald Abramovitz, 82, an industrial artist who was mugged on West 89th Street, died Thursday morning." [Read Full Article]

Published By: DNAinfo
On: 06/16/2011
Website: http://www.dnainfo.com/


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What does the law say about copyright on works of art?

"Lawyers acting on behalf of Sir Paul McCartney have stepped in to prevent a series of his drawings from being sold at auction. They were put up for sale by the daughter of the animator who had been given them while producing an animated film for the ..." [Read Full Article]

Published By: BBC News
On: 06/16/2011
Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/


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Scottsdale Ranked #5 in the "TOP 25 Arts Destinations"

"Thunderbird Artists stages four art events in Scottsdale. Talking Stick Fine Art & Wine Festival - Nov 25, 26 & 27, 2011. Held at the award-winning Salt River Fields at Talking Stick, this juried fine art and fine wine event is expected to quickly jump ..." [Read Full Article]

Published By: Benzinga
On: 06/16/2011
Website: http://www.benzinga.com/


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Artists Whose Vitality Flows From the Streets

"It includes work by 75 artists spread over seven shows in four boroughs, with the main event at El Museo itself. The latest on the arts, coverage of live events, critical reviews, multimedia extravaganzas and much more. Join the discussion. ..." [Read Full Article]

Published By: New York Times
On: 06/17/2011
Website: http://www.nytimes.com/


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But Babies Prefer Picasso

"Newly published research finds they prefer the imagery of Pablo Picasso to the impressionism of Claude Monet. For babies, "a painted canvas is simply a visual pattern," writes a University of Zurich research team led by psychologist Trix Cacchione, "and some patterns appeal to them more than others."" [Read Full Article]

Published By: Miller-McCune
On: 06/14/11
Website: http://www.miller-mccune.com/

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The New Whitney - A Building Out Of Place?

"The latest design for the $210 million Whitney Museum of American Art looks like a top-heavy container ship run aground in Manhattan's Chelsea district." [Read Full Article]

Published By: Bloomberg
On: 06/14/11
Website: http://www.bloomberg.com/

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Art Dealer Authenticates Three Paintings As Van Dycks

"A leading old masters specialist has surprised the art world by identifying three previously overlooked paintings by the 17th-century artist Anthony van Dyck." [Read Full Article]

Published By: The Guardian (UK)
On: 06/11/11
Website: http://www.guardian.co.uk/

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Street Artists At Work In Kabul

"There's "a small band of graffiti artists in the Afghan capital who, encouraged by a group of western 'art activists', are set on bringing tagging, wall-painting and graphic stencils to public spaces across the city. ... 'The idea is to make people ask questions'," says one street artist." [Read Full Article]

Published By: The Guardian (UK)
On: 06/12/11
Website: http://www.guardian.co.uk/

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Rene Magritte, Art Forger

"One is an original. The other, evidently, a copy. But René Magritte was a Surrealist, and the truth behind The Flavour of Tears suggests he was enjoying a huge - and probably lucrative - joke" by forging and selling his own painting. (But then, he had "made a living during the Nazi occupation of Belgium by forging Picassos and Renoirs.") [Read Full Article]

Published By: The Independent (UK)
On: 06/12/11
Website: http://www.independent.co.uk/

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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago Is Remaking Itself

"Like a new owner in an old home, chief curator Michael Darling is overseeing a philosophical gut rehab whose ultimate goal is clarity. ... By [next month], every last corner of the building ... will have been re-imagined, perhaps for the first time in its 15-year history, with the museum's permanent collection in mind." [Read Full Article]

Published By: Chicago Tribune
On: 06/12/11
Website: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/

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MoMA Loans 100+ Works For Exhibition In World's Most Isolated Big City

"In an exclusive deal with New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the Art Gallery of Western Australia [in Perth] will display the works from some of the biggest superstars of surrealism, minimalism and abstract expressionism. The exhibition, entitled Picasso to Warhol: Twelve Modern Masters, will open next year and feature more than 100 modern art masterpieces from MoMA's collection." [Read Full Article]

Published By: The Australian (AAP)
On: 06/09/11
Website: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/

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2012 event 'faces legal action'

"An art event called the Great Exhibition 2012 has said it has had legal action threatened by Olympics organisers over its use of "2012". The exhibition is due to take place between the Olympic and the Paralympic Games, next August. ..." [Read Full Article]

Published By: BBC News
On: 06/14/11
Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/


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National Gallery Of Canada Foundation Welcomes a $1,000,000 Gift

"In welcoming the Mannix gift, National Gallery of Canada Director, Marc Mayer, said, "Ron and Nancy Mannix are building on a tradition of major donors from across Canada who have a great appreciation for the value of the visual arts to Canadian society ..." [Read Full Article]

Published By: DigitalJournal.com
On: 06/14/11
Website: www.digitaljournal.com



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The Vorticists (They're A School Of Painters, Not A Rock Band)

"They were a "group banded around Wyndham Lewis which exploded on the London scene with a full manifesto and magazine just before the First World War, only to become all-too-quickly subsumed by that terrible conflict and to be forgotten once it was over."" [Read Full Article]

Published By: The Independent (UK)
On: 06/13/11
Website: http://www.independent.co.uk/

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Medieval Reliquaries: Magnificent Containers For Yucky Pieces Of Corpse

"There is - at least for a modern sensibility - a stark disconnection between the splendid appearance of a reliquary and what it contains: a gnarled piece of bone such as the arm of St George ... For the culture that made them, however, those values were reversed: the gold, jewels and workmanship were a way of making visible the - infinitely greater - spiritual treasure within." [Read Full Article]

Published By: The Telegraph (UK)
On: 06/11/11
Website: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

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What Can A Four-Year-Old Artist's Work Really Mean?

"An exhibition of work by the wonderkid painter Aelita Andre opened on June 4 at the Agora Gallery in Manhattan ... Collectors have reportedly spent upwards of $24,000 for what the gallery has called Aelita's 'contemplative and powerful' canvases. ... A lot of things might come from a young child, but reflection and reverence are not at the top of the list." [Read Full Article]

Published By: The New York Times
On: 06/12/11
Website: http://www.nytimes.com/

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Mexican Court Rules That Frida Kahlo Collection Isn't Fake

"The court rules that critics claiming the trove of material is fake had not proven their case." [Read Full Article]

Published By: Los Angeles Times
On: 06/10/11
Website: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/

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The New Collectors - Buying Local?

"Just as new rich economies are buying branded luxury goods, so they are, or will be, buying internationally recognised artists. But it would be wrong to conclude that all these regions behave in the same way. In fact there are striking differences between each one." [Read Full Article]

Published By: The Art Newspaper
On: 06/09/11
Website: http://www.theartnewspaper.com/

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Debating The Met Museum's New $25 Admission Fee

"Do sizable admission prices, even suggested ones, discourage lower-income visitorship? (Of course.) Should museums that receive taxpayer money charge for admission? (A lot of people say no, even though many museums receive relatively little in the way of public subsidies.) Do museums have a kind of moral obligation, like libraries, to be free?" [Read Full Article]

Published By: The New York Times
On: 06/10/11
Website: http://www.nytimes.com/

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In Detroit: The Lightness Of Being A New Museum

"The Kunsthalle Detroit launches this weekend in a former Comerica bank branch at the gritty intersection of Grand River and Warren. Opening on a shoestring, the exhibition space promises to focus on multimedia, video and light-based art. Tate Osten said it's the first museum in America dedicated solely to this mission." [Read Full Article]

Published By: Detroit Free Press
On: 06/10/11
Website: http://www.freep.com/

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Dodging China's Censors With Chinese Puns

"Kenneth "Tin-Kin" Hung's "garish and busy large paintings feature images of Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping and other Chinese leaders juxtaposed with icons of Western culture, such as Marilyn Monroe and the Mario Brothers (of Nintendo fame). ... [But] most Western viewers will fail to understand some of the games the artist is playing. His work depends heavily on Chinese puns about internet censorship."" [Read Full Article]

Published By: The Economist
On: 06/07/11
Website: http://www.economist.com/

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One hundred years of healing at Women's College Hospital

"Ms. Levitt, who teaches visual arts at York University, was commissioned to create a body of work about the history of the hospital. In searching through the hospital archives, she found that women of visible minorities appear to have been left out of ..." [Read Full Article]

Published By: Globe and Mail
On: 06/08/11
Website: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/



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Owner Of Stolen Pissarro Finds Trouble When She Tries to Sell

"As it turns out, 30 years ago the French police reported the work stolen from a museum in Aix-les-Bains. After Ms. Davis tried to sell the print, the United States government seized it as contraband." [Read Full Article]

Published By: The New York Times
On: 06/09/11
Website: http://www.nytimes.com/

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The Banksys Of Benghazi: How Libyans Caricature Gaddafi In Graffiti

"There are posters of Gaddafi pumping petrol into a winged camel, Gaddafi with the tail of a snake and a forked tongue, Gaddafi as Dracula, Gaddafi as a clown, Gaddafi being bitten by a dog, Gaddafi getting a boot in the head. The variations are countless." [Read Full Article]

Published By: The Observer (UK)
On: 06/05/11
Website: http://www.guardian.co.uk/

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LA Street Art Show Illustrates Conflicts In The Form

"An artist famed for his illegal work is invited to show at a museum but subsequently arrested for his artistic endeavours. The police clampdown "became almost like a carnival game, like shooting fish in a barrel", according to Monica LoCascio, author of the Stickers street art books and arts editor of Paper magazine online." [Read Full Article]

Published By: The Art Newspaper
On: 06/07/11
Website: http://www.theartnewspaper.com/

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Getty Acquires Major 20th-Century Art Archive

"Harald Szeemann, the famed Swiss art curator, left behind a trove of documents, books and correspondence when he died in 2005. His personal archive, which cut a scholarly swath through much of 20th century Western art, will have a new home at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles, starting in September." [Read Full Article]

Published By: Los Angeles Times
On: 06/07/11
Website: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/

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National Pavilions At The Venice Biennale: Some Artists Resist The Very Idea

"Allora & Calzadilla's work in [the US pavilion at] the Biennial is part of a growing trend: artists representing their countries at the Venice Biennale in unorthodox ways or resisting the idea of national representation altogether." [Read Full Article]

Published By: Los Angeles Times
On: 06/06/11
Website: http://www.latimes.com/

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Michael Snow wins $40K Iskowitz Prize

"Internationally renowned Canadian artist Michael Snow, whose vast oeuvre has spanned experimental film and music, painting, sculpture, installation and photography, has won the Gershon Iskowitz Prize." [Read Full Article]

Published By: CBC
On: 06/06/11
Website: http://www.cbc.ca/

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Autry Museum Faces A Definitional (And Now Legal) Question

"Is the Autry legally obligated to run the Southwest Museum as well as its main site in Griffith Park?" [Read Full Article]

Published By: Los Angeles Times
On: 06/05/11
Website: http://www.latimes.com/

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New Jersey visual artists sought for Somerset County outdoor art project

"The traffic-control boxes are in areas of high pedestrian or vehicular traffic to give people opportunities to enjoy visual arts beyond a gallery or museum. The commission intends to fund five additional works this year, according to Patricia McGarry, ..." [Read Full Article]

Published By: NJ.com
On: 06/05/11
Website: http://www.nj.com/



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11th Annual Garden Art Silent Auction at Sherway Gardens

"Visit Sherway Gardens' 11th Annual Garden Art Silent Auction for a chance to bid on an original piece of art! Local Canadian artists have transformed 30 folding White Pine Muskoka chairs and four children's chairs into works of art in support of the ..." [Read Full Article]

Published By: blogTO (blog)
On: 06/05/11
Website: http://www.blogto.com/


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Old Patina Encircles Fresh Art in Venice

"'Illuminations,' the title of the main exhibition at the 54th Venice Biennale here, is meant to evoke the notion of artists as a source of enlightenment. But that does not necessarily mean new, cutting-edge artists. Much of this Biennale is more subdued and less experimental than in years past, more of a nostalgic meditation on life and art than a revelatory peek into the future." [Read Full Article]

Published By: New York Times
On: 06/05/11
Website: http://www.nytimes.com/

Napa Valley Artist Call

"Artists are invited to submit works for the upcoming Napa County Fair & Fireworks July 1-4 in Calistoga. This year, art works entered in the show may be marked for sale by the artist. The call to artists includes Napa, Solano, Sonoma, Lake, ..." [Read Full Article]

Published By: Napa Valley Register
On: 06/02/11
Website: http://napavalleyregister.com/


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Hong Kong's Biggest Auction: The Take Away

"By Jason Chow After six days of Christie's auctions in Hong Kong, the final tally is in: Buyers spent 3.65 billion Hong Kong dollars (US$469.2 million) on fine wines, antiques, jewelry, watches and art, making it the biggest sale in Hong Kong auction ..." [Read Full Article]

Published By: Wall Street Journal (blog)
On: 06/02/11
Website: http://blogs.wsj.com/


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Spendable Art That's Not for Sale

"It's been a Warholian spring in New York: Warhol films at the Museum of Modern Art, Warhol paintings driving the May auctions, and a silver statue of Warhol in temporary residence at Union Square (Rob Pruitt's “Andy Monument”). ..." [Read Full Article]

Published By: New York Times
On: 06/02/11
Website: http://www.nytimes.com/


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Seduced by Venice

"And when they descend upon Venice for the opening of the biggest art fair of them all – La Biennale, which has been going strong since 1895 – then they are the only show in town. After spending time at the 54th Biennale this week, I can report that my ..." [Read Full Article]

Published By:Telegraph.co.uk
On: 06/02/11
Website: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/


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An Art Show in Washington That's "Out of This World"

"Some visitors to the National Air and Space Museum do not expect to find an art show there. Like Lori Hopkin of Vancouver, Canada. “I was surprised that there was, like, paintings. I thought there'd be more photography. I was surprised. ..." [Read Full Article]

Published By: Voice of America
On: 06/02/11
Website: http://www.voanews.com/


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Luminato lights up Toronto

"We include all the traditional performing arts of theatre, music, dance, operas, and also film, literature, outdoor events, visual arts. It's just a wide ranging cornucopia." This year's festival, which runs from June 10 to 19, will offer more than ..." [Read Full Article]

Published By: Vancouver Sun
On: 06/01/11
Website: http://www.vancouversun.com/


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Artist Defends Using Coin Flip To Judge Art Prize

"Most artists know what these prizes are about. They've got very little to do with art and much more to do with the institution."[Read Full Article]

Published By: The Art Newspaper
On: 06/02/11
Website: http://www.theartnewspaper.com/

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Should Britain's Government Art Collections Merge?

"A review is nearing completion on whether the UK needs three separate government collections. Altogether the Government Art Collection (GAC), the British Council collection and the Arts Council collection own nearly 30,000 paintings, works on paper and sculptures." [Read Full Article]

Published By: The Art Newspaper
On: 06/02/11
Website: http://www.theartnewspaper.com/

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Anish Kapoor's Venice Biennale Installation Goes Up In (Tiny Puffs Of) Smoke

"The plan for the latest version of his project titled Ascension "was to rig the historic Basilica di San Giorgio to create a column of smoke, or shaft of light, that appears to rise from a central well of his own design and ascend all the way to the vaulted ceiling. But by the time the piece opened last night for the crowds, it looked more like a wisp of steam escaping from a pot of pasta."' [Read Full Article]

Published By: Los Angeles Times
On: 06/01/11
Website: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/

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Met Museum To Sell $50 Admission Tickets

"The Metropolitan Museum of Art said Tuesday that its Alexander McQueen show, which it recently extended by a week to accommodate the overflow crowds, will be opened during special viewing hours on Mondays, when the Met is usually closed, for patrons willing to buy $50 tickets." [Read Full Article]

Published By: The New York Times
On: 06/01/11
Website: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/

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Art Review: Ron Andrews

"A trained physicist, Ron Andrews is a self-taught artist, living and working in Palo Alto, California. Since retiring and taking up art ‘seriously’ in 2000, he has quickly established himself as a stunning water media artist, his work frequently exhibited, and featured in the 2010 publication, International Contemporary Artists vol.1" [Read Full Article]

Published By: Artistically Connected
On: 06/02/11
Website: www.artisticallyconnected.com

The Death Of Photographic Film?

"If I extrapolate the trend for film sales and retirements of film cameras, it looks like film will be mostly gone in the U.S. by the end of the decade." [Read Full Article]

Published By: The Globe & Mail (Canada)
On: 05/31/11
Website: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/

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The New Whitney Museum - A Tale Of Missed Opportunities

"Piano's Whitney needed to live up not just to his own immense portfolio but also to the array of 21st-century architecture clustered around the High Line, and to the museum's current home by Marcel Breuer, one of New York's most distinctive architectural achievements. Instead, he has capped the High Line with a pale, metal-clad tower, interlocked with a stack of horizontal blocks that step back in the manner of a clunky cruise ship." [Read Full Article]

Published By: New York Magazine
On: 05/31/11
Website: http://nymag.com/

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Art Market Prices Are Up Dramatically (But Not For All Artists)

"Prices for the work of a variety of artists, including some top names like Larry Rivers, Eric Fischl and Francesco Clemente, have declined or stayed flat at auction in recent years." [Read Full Article]

Published By: The New York Times
On: 05/30/11
Website: http://www.nytimes.com/

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Boston's New Museum Of Fine Arts Wing - A Big Success Six Months Out

"Earlier this month, the wing was named the year's "outstanding permanent collection new installation (or reinstallation)'' by the Association of Art Museum Curators. Since the launch, MFA attendance has shot up by 50 percent. Admission and membership revenue have increased by 25 percent. And more than 7,000 tours of the new wing have been conducted by MFA curators and gallery instructors." [Read Full Article]

Published By: Boston Globe
On: 05/30/11
Website: http://www.boston.com/

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