Visual Arts News from the Vancouver Art Gallery Library, June 16, 2010
Submitted by cheryl siegel on June 16, 2010 - 9:37am
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Vancouver
Orsay exhibit showcases classic works
“The Vancouver Art Gallery's Modern Woman exhibit, on display until Sept 6, tells the extraordinary tale of French art's social evolution during the late 19th century.” North Shore News, June 11, 2010
Huntsville
A master of the art calls on Canadians to protest
Mendelson Joe, the “65.8”-year-old musician and artist who has long been one of Canada’s most active activists is in full form this sunny afternoon at his cabin 20 kilometres north of Huntsville.”Globe & Mail, June 16, 2010
Halifax
Sobey Art Award finalists unveiled
Six young contemporary artists have earned a spot on the short list for the prestigious $50,000 Sobey Art Award. They include: Brendan Lee Satish Tang, Daniel Barrow, Brendan Fernandes, Patrick Bernatchez, Emily Vey Duke (of Halifax) and Cooper Battersby (of Penticton, B.C.). CBC News, June 15, 2010
Halifax native in running for Sobey award
A Halifax-born artist Emily Vey Duke, and her collaborative partner, Cooper Battersby, are on the shortlist representing the Atlantic region for the 2010 Sobey Art Award of $50,000. On the 2010 Sobey Art Award jury are: Grant Arnold, curator, Vancouver Art Gallery; Jen Budney, associate curator, Mendel Art Gallery; Philip Monk, director, Art Gallery of York University; Lesley Johnstone, curator, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal; and David Diviney, curator, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. The Chronicle Herald, June 16, 2010
New York
Four Seasons Seeks Red's Fake Rothko Art, Strikes Out
"Marc Glimcher, president of the Pace Gallery, which represents the [Rothko] estate ... said he saw the Four Seasons' idea as bad art karma. 'I think you're getting way too close to the edge of something weird, where an almost-completed-but-fake painting is hung in the place where the artist decided he was not going to let the real painting hang.'" Wall Street Journal, June 6, 2010
Indiana
American Gothic To Become French Toast?
This weekend, artists from an Indiana gallery "plan to re-create Grant Wood's American Gothic painting using day-old bread. … [They will] create a mosaic by attaching nearly 4,000 pieces of crusty bread to a plywood grid. They are calling the event a 'toast' to their customers." Indianapolis Star, June 16, 2010
Ohio
Lightning strikes six-storey Jesus statue in Ohio, burns it to ground
Police say no one injured in thunderstorm, fire that destroyed famous 'King of Kings' landmark. Globe and Mail, June 16, 2010
London
Tate Modern Names New Director "The appointment of Chris Dercon, from Munich's Haus der Kunst, was confirmed today, and the 52-year-old promises to bring his enthusiasm for 'mixing it up' to the banks of the Thames when he takes over in spring 2011." The Guardian (UK), June 15, 2010
Paris
French Artist Looks for Beauty in Ruins
In an age of celebrity architects, where sparkling new museums and art centers often threaten to overshadow the works showing inside, the French artist Cyprien Gaillard provides an intriguing counterpoint. New York Times, June 16, 2010
Basel
US$25-million Alberto Giacometti sculpture and one of the last works by Louise Bourgeois are being eyed by collectors as the world's largest modern and contemporary art fair opens in Switzerland. National Post, June 16, 2010
Venice
A Bosnian Artist's Elegiac Images
The painter Safet Zec, who survived wars and defied convention, is given a retrospective in Venice. New York Times, June 16, 2010
Europe
The Creative Landscape of Independent Curators
You may not have heard of the "precarious age," but for freelance curators in Europe, the term sums up today's job market. New York Times, June 16, 2010
Cheryl Siegel | Librarian | Vancouver Art Gallery | 750 Hornby St. | Vancouver, BC | V6Z 2H7 | 604-662-4709 | fax 604-682-1086 | www.vanartgallery.bc.ca
