Vancouver

Portraitist captures ‘little life moments’ for Vancouver anniversary exhibit

“Tim Van Horn is on a quest to put a face to the city of Vancouver.  His democratic sensibility calls to mind the late Foncie Pulice, the proprietor of Foncie’s Fotos who hustled on bustling downtown sidewalks from 1934 to 1979.” Globe & Mail, July 28, 2010

Montreal

A merger of art, philanthropy

Dick Evans, the former CEO of Alcan, has co-founded an online photography gallery, In Transit Images, that showcases fine photography, offers photographers increased exposure and supports emerging artists. Montreal Gazette, July 28, 2010

Charlottetown, PEI

Arts school needed to carry on P.E.I. tradition

Prince Edward Island needs a post-secondary arts school in order to renew an aging population of artists, says a new study. CBC News, July 28, 2010

Beverly Hills, California

Lost Ansel Adams negatives resurface at garage sale

Purchased 10 years ago for $45 at a garage sale, the prints are now worth at least $200-million.  Globe and Mail, July 28, 2010

Atlanta, Georgia

Patriotism Deficit: America's National Museum of Patriotism Closes

The institution, whose jaunty slogan is "Come for a memory, leave with a mission", is the latest victim of the economic downturn. The Art Newspaper, July 28, 2010

London

'What I Learned From Caravaggio'

Martin Scorsese, David LaChapelle, Peter Doig and three more artists "explain how Caravaggio's prophetically cinematic paintings inspired them." The Observer (UK), July 25, 2010

A Stand For Funding The Arts. It's Obvious This Time

"This is the first time artists have had access to sound, well-evidenced arguments for the economic value of the arts. It's no longer in question: the arts are affordable and the arts are profitable. If the government is interested in saving money, it would be idiotic to cut them." The Guardian (UK), July 27, 2010

The Politics Of Cutting UK Arts Funding

"Arts leaders warn that threatened cuts - 25% or more - mean one in four of the 200 Arts Council-funded bodies will close, theatres will go dark, museums will shut for part of the week, with few blockbuster exhibitions or new commissions." The Guardian (UK), July 28, 2010

Pisa, Italy

The Amazing Story Of How They Saved The Leaning Tower Of Pisa

And why did it lean in the first place? "By a quirk of local geography, Pisa's water-table rose higher on the tower's north side, often reaching within one foot in rainy season, and this gave the tower an annual ratchet southward." The Telegraph (UK), July 28, 2010

Beijing

For jailed artist’s family, Chinese justice is little more than revenge

Even in the often-dark world of Chinese police work, it is an unusual perversion of justice. An artist goes into a local police station to raise a complaint about a friend’s landlord, is detained and beaten for his trouble, and then is himself charged with obstructing justice. Calgary native Karen Patterson finds herself struggling to make sense of exactly such a Kafkaesque turn of events. Her husband, avant-garde artist Wu Yuren, is now awaiting trial and could spend up to three years in jail after accompanying his friend to the police station in Beijing’s Chaoyang district on May 31. Globe & Mail, July 26, 2010

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