Vancouver

B.C. academic to get French honours

Emily Carr University president, Ron Burnett, to be named to Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Globe & Mail, June 2, 2010

Calgary

There's an app for that

Calgary “has turned to technology to bring art to a wider audience. Those interested in a guided tour of 16 pieces in downtown Calgary can download an application for their iPhone, iPad or iTouch that will offer a map of the artworks' locations, details about each and information about the artist.” Calgary Herald, June 1, 2010

Toronto

Casson painting sets record

“A painting by A. J. Casson went for a record half-million dollars Tuesday night during the Joyner spring auction of Canadian art.” CBC News, June 2, 2010

New York

Creative Debate Among Sculptors, Not Too Loud

“In his second solo show in New York, Johannes VanDerBeek embraces traditional sculptural subjects in nontraditional ways and in cheap materials, displaying a facility and historical awareness that have never been quite as overt, whimsical or physically inventive.” New York Times, June 1, 2010

London

Tracey Emin On The Importance Of Louise Bourgeois

 "The thing I really loved about Louise Bourgeois was that she wasn't afraid of her emotions; she wasn't afraid of being totally female and releasing those kind of emotions into the world through her art as a lot of men have done through history.... [Women] are actually much better at this kind of thing than men, and Bourgeois wasn't the Queen of this, she was the King." BBC, June 1, 2010

Founders Leave Christie's Gallery

“Haunch of Venison, the contemporary art gallery owned by Christie's International, surprised the art world Tuesday by announcing that founders Harry Blain and Graham Southern are moving on… Their departures—in a market where dealers can have as much cachet as artists—raise questions about the direction of the gallery amid a possible expansion.” Wall Street Journal, June 1, 2010

Paris

Paris's Hot New 21st-Century Gallery District Cools Off

"The Rue Louise Weiss, an unprepossessing street in southeastern Paris that was the poster child for the city's 21st-century contemporary art scene, is drawing its last breath." International Herald Tribune, June 1, 2010

Sydney

'Lighting The Sails' - Laurie Anderson Illuminates Sydney Opera House

“For the opening of the city's Vivid LIVE festival, which she is co-curating with husband Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson designed a special light show to be played out on the brilliant white roofs of Australia's most famous icon. Sydney Morning Herald, June 1, 2010