Vancouver

Vancouver gets 'modern'

There’s a little bit of Paris in Vancouver right now with the launch of the Art Gallery’s newest exhibit, which features drawings by seminal French modernists such as Degas, Renoir and Toulouse-Lautrec.  Metro Vancouver, June 4, 2010

The VAG belongs at the bus depot site
The Vancouver Art Gallery has decided it must expand, and do so at a new location: the old bus depot bounded by Dunsmuir, Beatty, Georgia and Cambie Streets. There are many benefits to the proposed relocation.  BY MICHAEL GOLDBERG Michael Goldberg is H. R. Fullerton professor of urban land policy at the University of British Columbia  .Opinion Page, Vancouver Sun, June 4, 2010

Art gallery's future shrouded in basic questions
After reading Allen Garr's "opinion" piece on the proposed relocation of the Vancouver Art Gallery, I was left wondering where's the opinion part?  Letter to the Editor by Michael Turner,  Vancouver Courier, June 4, 2010

Blending the historical with the contemporary

The Mid-Main Art Fair will be held at Heritage Hall, 3102 Main Street from 11 a. m. to 6 p. m., Sunday June 13.  Vancouver Sun, June 4, 2010

The enduring art of Moorcroft
What do actor Tom Cruise, rocker Rod Stewart and royal Prince Charles have in common? Besides fame and fortune, and several high-profile divorces, they all reportedly collect a particular brand of pottery. British Moorcroft art pottery, to be exact.  You can meet the makers of Moorcroft Pottery on June 10 at Atkinson’s, 1501 W. 6^th Avenue, Vancouver.  Vancouver Sun, June 4, 2010

Toronto

Claim to cubist art quashed by N.Y. court
A New York court has denied Toronto theatre impresario David Mirvish’s claim on a sculpture by the late Cubist artist Jacques Lipchitz, which could be worth more than $1million.  National Post, June 4, 2010

Montreal

Police crack Riopelle theft; still seek four prints
Most of the Quebec collectors who buy and sell the works of Jean Paul Riopelle know each other by name, so when a newbie popped up on Kijiji classified ads offering a trove of valuable lithographs, he drew instant curiosity.  Globe and Mail, June 4, 2010

Stolen Riopelle art found on Kijiji

Quebec provincial police say they have found stolen lithographs by the Québécois artist Jean-Paul Riopelle that were posted for sale on the internet. The lithographs are part of four albums called Le Cirque, which were stolen sometime between August 1999 and August 2004 from the offices of an art dealer. Each album contained 12 prints, photos and text.  CBC, June 4, 2010

New York

Glories of Nature, Tamed by Man

 “Romantic Gardens: Nature, Art and Landscape Design” at the Morgan Library traces the Romantic movement from English estates to American Transcendentalism.  New York Times, June 4, 2010  

Sculpture Is a Trip for Twins and Met

 “Big Bambú,” by Doug and Mike Starn, a rooftop sculpture that visitors can climb, is very much atypical of the Met. New York Times, June 4, 2010  

Lehman Plans Auction of Its Modern Artworks

Lehman Brothers and Neuberger Berman will auction more than 400 works, many bought in the early 1990s, on Sept. 25.  New York Times, June 4, 2010

MoMA Surveys Abstract Expressionism From Its Own Vaults

"On Wednesday the museum announced a major new exhibition, 'Abstract Expressionist New York,' which will include 300 works by 30 artists in the fields of painting, sculpture and photography. Most important, virtually all of the art, created from the 1940s to the '60s, will come from the museum's own collection." Wall Street Journal, June 3, 2010

Washington, D.C.

Painting Thin Air, Sometimes in Bright Blue

The Yves Klein retrospective at the Hirschorn Museum and Sculpture Garden captures the extravagance of this charismatic French artist.

London

Monet water lily painting could go for $45M Cdn

A moody Claude Monet painting of water lilies is expected to fetch the equivalent of $45 million to $60 million Cdn when it goes on auction in London, England, later this month.  CBC, June 4, 2010

Where Was Monet? Meteorologists Say They Know

Historians have differed on where precisely the artist was when he painted Charing Cross and Waterloo bridges in the smog. "Now scientists claim to have solved the puzzle of Monet's vantage point, using computerised records of the sun's movement, ordnance survey maps of London and historical weather records." The Guardian (UK), June 3, 2010

International

Arts World In Peril: Study Finds That Caffeine Doesn't Actually Work

"The stimulatory effects of caffeine may be nothing more than an illusion, according to new research that shows there is no real benefit to be gained from the habitual morning cup of coffee." Science Daily, June 3, 2010

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