Toronto

Royal Ontario Museum names New Director

She's Janet Carding, currently director of the Australian Museum in Sydney. "The search was widely rumoured to have been difficult, with several prominent Canadian arts leaders quietly fingering the Crystal's tumultuous reputation as the stumbling block. The jagged architecture and oddly-shaped gallery spaces have spurred strong opinions ranging from admiration to derision." The Globe & Mail, June 18, 2010

Ottawa

Order of Canada presented to 44

Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean has invested 44 recipients into the Order of Canada, including medical experts, a singing star and one of the most successful business leaders in Canada.

Jean bestowed the honours on the select group of Canadians during a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Friday.

Visual arts honourees include Ian Thom, Cornelia Hahn Oberlander and Victor Cicansky.  CBC, June 18, 2010

New York

‘Andy Warhol, The Last Decade’ at Brooklyn Museum

An Andy Warhol exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, mind-boggling if somewhat flawed, is the first try by an American museum to come to terms with the full range of his best late work.  New York Times, June 18, 2010

‘Mind and Matter’ at the Museum of Modern Art

Drawn from the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, this fine-grained show is part of the museum’s recent focus on art by women. New York Times, June 18, 2010

An Italian Journey,’ 200 Years of Drawings at the Met

 “An Italian Journey: Drawings From the Tobey Collection, Correggio to Tiepolo” covers two centuries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York Times, June 18, 2010

Philadelphia

Artist in Retreat: ‘Late Renoir’ in Philadelphia

The late-career works of Renoir, in which he rejected Impressionism, are being shown at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. New York Times, June 18, 2010

Basel

Business Is Brisk at Basel Art Fair

Art Basel, the holy grail of contemporary art fairs, opened in Switzerland on Thursday and is as big and boisterous as ever, with galleries from 37 countries. New York Times, June 18, 2010

Miscellany

Photo Software That Uses Techniques From Canaletto

"Wide-angle lenses are great for taking dramatic photographs with a big scenic sweep, but they've got a big weakness too - they distort objects towards the edge of the frame. Now software can make wide-angled digital photos with perfect perspective, thanks to a secret of 18th-century painters." New Scientist, June 17, 2010

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