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Vancouver

The Modern Woman explores the male gaze

“Women or girls are the subject of the exhibition’s 96 drawings, created between 1841 and 1933. However, of the artists surveyed, including Pierre Bonnard, Paul Gauguin, Edouard Manet, Auguste Rodin, and Georges Seurat, only one, Berthe Morisot, is female, a clue that this show is not about “The Modern Woman” at all. It’s about the way French male artists, within an emerging modernist movement, viewed the women of their time.”  Georgia Straight, June 10, 2010

Art in all of the in-between places

“Examining the work of Vancouver artist Damian Moppett is a bit like falling into the deep end of the pool of art theory: it's best if you know how to swim.” Vancouver Sun, June 10, 2010

Centre A gallery's future in doubt

Uncertainty surrounds the future of Centre A, the contemporary Asian art gallery in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Georgia Straight, June 10, 2010

Visual artists face special concerns over resale in Copyright Act changes

“Although the proposed changes to Canada’s Copyright Act have their benefits, they have failed to consider the visual-artist community on two key points: fair dealing and Resale Right, say advocates.” Georgia Straight, June 8, 2010

Ottawa

National Gallery’s exhibit about art and commerce begins with Andy Warhol

“Late-career Andy Warhol didn’t cut it for the critics. Even as his celebrity rose, the pop-art superstar was heavily criticized in the 1970s and 1980s for churning out self-portraits and silk-screens of the rich and famous on demand. Many felt he was just printing money, not art.” For Jack Bankowsky, co-curator of Pop Life, Warhol was embracing both art and commerce in totality. Globe & Mail, June 10, 2010

Cancer victims' photos defaced

“Organizers of a photography exhibit profiling people with cancer say they are shocked that some of the pictures have been defaced with graffiti.”  CBC News, June 9, 2010

Toronto

The roots of Surrealism in Victorian collage

Ladies of leisure command overdue respect with witty photo cut-ups. Toronto Star, June 9, 2010

“In a press release issued after today's conclusion of its annual meeting, the Association of Art Museum Directors praised its own conclave as "noteworthy for the unprecedented membership-wide discussion of issues and opportunities facing the museum field." -  Lee Rosenbaum’s observations  Culturegrrl, June 9, 2010   

New York

Salander Auction, For Fraudster's Creditors, Falls Short

"More than a third of the art didn't sell, which dealers and art consultants attributed as much to Salander's habit of buying in bulk -- indiscriminately, some say -- as to European economic turbulence." Art dealer Lawrence B. Salander, 61, who pleaded guilty in March to a $120 million art fraud, is free on $1 million bail.  Bloomberg, June 10, 2010

Bath

'The Quality Of Splurge': Jan Morris On The Problems Of Building In Bath

"Bath has been a city of constructional splurges. The Romans splurged there, and the whole place must have been in a state of splurge when [it became a fashionable resort] in the 18th century … It must be hard to know how best to develop or modernise part of so elegantly homogeneous a city as Bath. You might employ one of your iconists, a Pei, a Foster or a Gehry, … [or] you could consult a Prince Charles." The Guardian (UK, June 6, 2010

London

V&A Museum Displays Entire Buildings - On Site

"Finding a fairytale Japanese teahouse sprouting from wooden stilts in a corridor of the Victoria and Albert Museum is an unexpected yet curiously apposite experience. Unexpected, because this bewitching structure is one of seven brand-new, imaginative and full-scale buildings installed through the museum's galleries this week …" The Guardian (UK), June 9, 2010

David Hockney On Empowerment Via iPad

"The 72-year-old Yorkshireman thinks that the iPad's ability to share images will also have profound effects, both artistically and politically. 'As it empowers more and more people to distribute their own images it weakens the older suppliers of images and perhaps governments as well.'" The Times (UK), June 10, 2010

At Sea

Cruise-Ship Auctions Spawn Legal Mess Over Authenticity

Several lawsuits brought by disenchanted buyers accuse "Park West [Gallery] and its founder, Albert Scaglione, of selling fake, forged and overpriced artwork and using phony appraisals and certificates of authenticity. Scaglione denied the allegations and said the negative publicity is killing his business." Detroit Free Press, June 10, 2010