Visual Arts News from the Vancouver Art Gallery Library, June 23, 2010
Submitted by cheryl siegel on June 23, 2010 - 9:20am
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Edmonton
Summer's artistic 'treasure hunt'
The Works Art & Design Festival has blossomed from humble beginnings as Edmonton's first visual arts celebration and a downtown revitalization project into an event of grand proportions. Edmonton Journal, June 23, 2010
Toronto
AGO appoints Elizabeth Smith as Executive Director of Curatorial Affairs
Formerly the Chief Curator and Deputy Director of Programs at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago, Smith will oversee the Gallery’s ambitious exhibition program and collection growth…Smith joins the AGO in this new capacity on September 14, 2010. Artdaily.org, June 23, 2010
Fredericton
After 50 years, iconic Salvador Dali painting leaves Beaverbrook gallery
“Next month the monumental canvas, which Dali completed in 1957, will be taken from its home and shipped to the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. Beginning Aug. 7, it will serve as one of the major draws for an ambitious, five-month-long exhibition called Salvador Dali: The Late Work.” Globe & Mail, June 23, 2010
Los Angeles
LACMA To End Fiscal Year With Surplus, Boost Spending
"[I]f the 'double-dip' recession that some economists fear should occur, LACMA is prepared to repeat the drill from the recent downturn by curtailing spending to avoid large deficits. The hiring freeze has been removed, [LACMA President Melody] Kanschat said, but the coming year's budget calls for adding just three positions to the current staff of 325." Los Angeles Times, June 23, 2010
Providence, Rhode Island
Joe Deal, a Landscape Photographer, Dies at 62
Mr. Deal rejected the romantic tradition of Ansel Adams and Edward Weston in favor of a dry-eyed inspection of the modern American landscape. New York Times, June 23, 2010
New York
Heroin Stamp Project’ to Open at White Box Gallery
The gallery show “Heroin Stamp Project” looks at the marketing of the drug on the streets. New York Times, June 23, 2010
What Laurie Anderson Really Thinks About 'Performance Art'
On the news that her work is studied in college curricula: "They're teaching that stuff? Uh-oh. Those kind of phrases like 'gender studies' or 'performance art' kind of give me the creeps. … You don't have to be writing a book and have people ask 'Why are you writing a book? You're a performance artist!' The thing is that I often start working on one medium, and it turns into a different one. I start working on an opera and it turns into a potato print." Salon, June 21, 2010
London
In Thrall To Blockbusters, Museums Neglect Collections
"Over the last decade our galleries have become almost entirely devoted to mounting exhibitions, their general collections forgotten, their reserve holdings left untouched and the energy of their directors and keepers devoted to arranging and cataloguing temporary shows." Meanwhile, success is judged by "the size of the crowds and the length of the queues." The Independent (UK), June 23, 2010
A Lackluster Art Auction in London
Art sales were lackluster at Sotheby’s, with the tone set early when a Manet self-portrait went at the low end of estimates. New York Times, June 23, 2010
Rome
Archaeologists and art restorers using new laser technology have discovered what they believe are the oldest paintings of the faces of Jesus Christ's apostles. National Post, June 23, 2010
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