Visual Arts News from Vancouver Art Gallery Library, April 29, 2010

Vancouver

Cost for Vancouver Art Gallery replacement pegged at $350 million

“Vancouver Art Gallery officials estimate it will cost $350 million to realize their plan for a new downtown location on a prime piece of city-owned property.” Georgia Straight, April 28, 2010 (online only)

 Vancouver Art Gallery wants city to donate full block

“The Vancouver Art Gallery hopes the city will donate the old bus depot for its masterpiece, a future $350-million gallery at Georgia and Cambie streets.  But the City of Vancouver is looking at several office towers for the same site, which could pin the new gallery between high-rises.”  The Province, April 29, 2010

 Art gallery asks public to picture it at a new location

“Consultations are aimed at securing community’s true-blue support for move to facility across from Queen Elizabeth Theatre.” Globe & Mail, April 28, 2010

 Vancouver Art Gallery has eye on free site

"The Vancouver Art Gallery is turning up the pressure on the City of Vancouver to donate a piece of prime downtown land for a new building.” CBC News, April 29, 2010

 Artists receive honorary degrees

“Photographer Fred Herzog and installation artist Jessica Stockholder will each receive an honorary doctorate at the annual convocation of Emily Carr University of Art and Design on Saturday at the Chan Centre.” Vancouver Sun, April 29, 2010

Malaspina Printmakers pushes into new realms of "print"

“The winds of change are blowing through the gallery at Malaspina Printmakers. Or, at least, the fresh breezes of spring. After years of being a showcase for the etchings, engravings, lithographs, woodcuts, and other traditional-method prints created in the Malaspina studio, the gallery recently expanded its mandate. The exhibition program now includes artists not usually associated with printmaking and examines the very nature of print.” Georgia Straight, April 28, 2010

 Samuel Roy-Bois: Candid

“Nonchalance is a word that Samuel Roy-Bois uses to describe his unexpected new paintings.”  Georgia Straight, April 28, 2010

Haida artist Robert Davidson will join VAG senior curator Ian Thom at Surrey Arts Centre

“Fans of famed Haida artist Robert Davidson will get a chance to hear him speak at the Surrey Art Gallery for free. He'll be joined by Ian Thom, curator of Eagle Transforming: The Prints of Robert Davidson, which is being shown at the Surrey Art Gallery until June 21.”  Georgia Straight, April 25, 2010

Calgary

Calgarian On Trail Of Da Vinci Mystery

“Calgary art historian David Bershad is the only expert from North America invited to join a panel of experts assessing a possible self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci -- a potential discovery that could shake up the art world.” Calgary Herald, April 28, 2010

Los Angeles

What Should Los Angeles Ask Of Eli Broad?

“Broad hasn't confirmed that a site near Disney Hall is where he wants to put his art museum, but let's assume it is. "They could sensibly begin by asking how the museum's construction might be leveraged to help produce truly meaningful improvements to the blocks surrounding it -- and to help draw foot traffic and avoid the hidden-in-plain-sight quality of Arata Isozaki's design for the MOCA building."  Los Angeles Times, April 29, 2010

New York

Making Audio Sculpture Of Artists' Conversations

"Beginning in 1973, with the help of a few collaborators, [a conceptual artist named William] Furlong created Audio Arts, a no-budget 'magazine' composed solely of cassette recordings of interviews with artists Mr. Furlong found interesting. He mailed them to friends and subscribers, at first hundreds and then thousands."  The New York Times, April 29, 2010

 Melbourne, Australia

A Banksy Rat Is Victim of a Cleanup Campaign‎

Where Banksy is involved, there usually are no accidents, but it truly does appear to have been an accident that a street-cleaning crew in Melbourne, Australia, painted over a 2003 mural.  New York Times, April 29, 2010