Delta, B.C.

Museum, Archive Society get $ 25,000 donation
The Delta Museum and Archive Society is getting a $ 25,000 shot in the arm from the Museums Assistance Program of the Department of Canadian Heritage. The money will help the society add to the documentation of the collections and build a shared database for museum and archive collections.  Vancouver Sun, July 23, 2010

Southampton, Ontario

Sewer project halted by aboriginal history find

Evidence suggests Ontario site was of ‘great cultural and ceremonial significance’.  Globe and Mail, July 23, 2010

Montague, P.E.I.

Canada Tree sculpture returns to storage

The Canada Tree, a 10-metre-high sculpture made with wooden objects donated by hundreds of Canadians, has been removed again from display in eastern P.E.I.  CBC, July 23, 2010

New York

Art Review: Riffs on Photography (I Am Not Always a Camera)

Several overworked trends in photography have been gathered together in “Perspectives 2010” at the International Center of Photography. The first in what will be an annual show, this five-person exhibition includes pictures of old medical specimens, diaristic images by a professional skateboarder, riffs on truth and fiction in generic commercial photography, a video installation about Vietnam and a sculptural assemblage by an artist who is not a photographer at all.  New York Times, July 23, 2010

Inside Art - Jury Selected for YouTube Play Videos, Richter on Paper, Met hires Curators

• The jury selecting work for the video biennial YouTube Play is a group of international, multidisciplinary artists including Laurie Anderson and Takashi Murakami.
• Richter on Paper
• A little over a year ago the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced it had completed a major round of layoffs.  New York Times, July 23, 2010  

Washington, D.C.

US Says It Will Speed Up Visas For Foreign Artists (Hallelujah!)

"Addressing years of complaints about slow and inconsistent processing of visa applications for foreign performing artists, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services told arts groups this week that it was making an effort to speed up and improve its visa operations." New York Times, July 23, 2010

Salisbury Plain, England

Woodhenge find redefines Stonehenge
A wooden version of Stonehenge has been unearthed a few hundred metres from the famous monument, a stunning discovery that sheds new light on an ancient place of worship.  Vancouver sun, July 23, 2010

Another StoneHenge Discovered

"Archaeologists said Thursday they have discovered a monument similar to Stonehenge near the ancient stone circle, dubbing it the most exciting find at the site for 50 years." Discovery, July 22, 2010

Paris

'Routes of Arabia' Exhibition at Louvre Is Startling

Hundreds of artifacts never before seen outside Saudi territory are included in a show tracing a range of archaeological sites sprinkled across the peninsula's deserts.  International Herald Tribune, July 23, 2010

Berlin

Henry Moore's Biggest Sculpture Restored

Henry Moore's heaviest bronze sculpture, Large Divided Oval: Butterfly, has been restored in Berlin. Weighing nearly nine tons, it was his final major work, completed just before he died in 1986. The Art Newspaper, July 21, 2010

Venice

Hylozoic Ground  Take a look at Canada's mesmerizing entry to the Venice Biennale

Toronto architect Philip Beesley’s visionary exhibit Hylozoic Ground is a startling blend of art, fancy and high-tech engineering.

The project heads to Venice this summer as Canada’s entry at the 12th International Architecture Biennale, an annual forum for new ideas in architecture and design that runs Aug. 29 to Nov. 21, and is expected to attract more than 130,000 visitors. Beesley plans to fill the 2,000-square-foot Canada Pavilion in Venice with otherworldly columns, spirals and organisms that interact with the people who pass through.  CBC, July 15, 2010

Shantou, China

China’s Cultural Revolution museum a well-kept secret

It is barred from publicizing itself, curator explains. Globe and Mail, July 23, 2010

Art and Technology

'I Looked Into the Heart of an Artichoke': Making Art From MRI Scans of Fruit

"Presumably, Andy Ellison's artichoke didn't feel the terror I did when he laid it down to a nice magnetic resonance bath, but the images he got of it - and 14 other fruits and vegetables so far in his project Inside Insides - are stunning." Salon, July 21, 2010

Today’s Art birthday:  Philipp Otto Runge, 1777

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