Visual Arts News from the Vancouver Art Gallery Library July 30, 2010
Submitted by cheryl siegel on July 30, 2010 - 9:42am
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Vancouver
In the art of the city (watch for this article on Saturday)
Vancouver Art Gallery’s proposed move to Dunsmuir Street is far from a done deal. As the gallery campaigns for public support, there’s much you need to know. Jeff Lee investigates. Vancouver Sun, July 30, 2010
Victoria
Curator offers tour of Emily Carr exhibition
“Emily Carr made a conscious choice to live here, in Victoria, on the edge of Canada so close to nature and the aboriginal cultures that were her inspiration,” explains Mary Jo Hughes, chief curator of the current show at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. Victoria Times-Colonist, July 29, 2010
Ottawa
Residential school commission calls for art
Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission on residential schools is inviting submissions of art work that relates to experiences at the schools, or to the legacy of those experiences. CBC, July 30, 2010
Toronto
Artist Shary Boyle gets 3-city show
Toronto's Shary Boyle, who challenges preconceptions of beauty in her sculptures, paintings and art installations, will have major exhibits of her work in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. The show is a recognition of her 2009 win of the Iskowitz Prize, which goes to an artist who has made a significant contribution to Canadian art. CBC, July 30, 2010
Rochester, New York
The Return of Colorama, Great Ghost of Kodak Past
Eighteen feet high and 60 feet wide, billed by Kodak as "the world's largest photographs," Colorama transparencies impressed passersby at Grand Central Station for 40 years. George Eastman House has assembled a touring exhibition of these goliaths in honor of their 60th anniversary, NPR, July 28, 2010 (includes slideshow)
"Kodachrome slide film wasn't just another commercial photographic product. There was something truly special about it. The dyes and emulsions produced an effect comparable to Technicolor motion picture film. It was hyper-real, but only slightly." Salon, July 28, 2010
New York
New Photography 2010’ Coming to MoMA
The Museum of Modern Art’s exhibition “New Photography 2010” will feature works from four artists: Roe Ethridge, Elad Lassry, Alex Prager and Amanda Ross-Ho. New York Times, July 30, 2010
MoMA’s ‘Original Copy,’ Photos Meet Sculpture
“The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today,” which opens at MoMA on Sunday, is brainy and bookish and gives us new ways of looking at art. New York Times, July 30, 2010
At New Museum, Brion Gysin’s First Retrospective
The first retrospective of Brion Gysin’s art in the United States brings together his widely scattered works, including his magnum opus, “Dreamachine.” New York Times, July 30, 2010
Egon Schiele's "Portrait of Wally" - Hostage To Money
"The distortion of artworks through their use as icons of money, power and politics has a long and notorious history." The Wall Street Journal, July 29, 2010
The sunlit paintings in this small show at Michael Rosenfeld — landscapes, still lifes and a few portraits — won’t disappoint. New York Times, July 30, 2010
Ragnar Kjartansson: ‘The End — Venice.’
Ragnar Kjartansson produced one painting per day for the six-month run of the 2009 Venice Biennale. The fruits of his labors now cover the walls at Luhring Augustine. New York Times, July 30, 2010
Philadelphia
A Restored ‘Gross Clinic’ at Philadelphia Museum
An exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art shows Thomas Eakins’s “Gross Clinic,” an 1875 masterpiece that has recently been restored. New York Times, July 30, 2010
Rome
Colosseum restoration seeks sponsors
The Italian government is looking for private sponsors to help it restore one of Rome's ancient landmarks — the Colosseum.Ads will start appearing in major newspapers next week in a six-week appeal to raise money for a restoration that will cost an estimated $34 million. CBC, July 30, 2010
Today’s art birthday: Henry Moore, 1898
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