Vancouver

‘ Beauty, delicacy’ of underwater life captured by glass- blower
Gibsons artist Wayne Harjula’s glass artwork is to dive for. Think: Fluidity and bioluminescence. With the latter present in 90 per cent of deepsea creatures, he realized he could include lights in most of his pieces.  This exhibition at the Circle Craft Gallery is on display until October 5.  Vancouver Sun, September 3, 2010

Link to: The Vancouver Art Gallery & Its - Alex Waterhouse-Hayward
Much has been made of the necessity of the Vancouver Art Gallery to move from its present location and into a new modern gallery by a 'Star Architect'.  Architect Thomas Zimmerman offers his solutions on Alex Waterhouse-Hayward’s blog, September 3, 2010

Victoria

B. C. artists, designers honoured
The provincial government on Thursday announced the three winners of the sixth annual Carter Wosk BC Creative Achievement Awards for Applied Art and Design. The winners are Cathi Jefferson of Duncan for pottery, Natalie Purschwitz of Vancouver for clothing and accessories and Toby Barratt, Pamela Goddard and Nik Rust of Propeller Design of Vancouver for furniture and lighting.  Vancouver Sun, September 3, 2010

Toronto

Accessing the Terracotta Warriors by touch — ROM creates Braille replica warriors
The Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto has brought in a number of features to make their Terracotta Warriors show more accessible. They have installed four replica artifacts, along with Braille markings, that people can touch.  Heritage Key, August 26, 2010

Futurists: Guides on the road we'll travel
The Toronto Star reports on the Ontario College of Art & Design's masters program "of design in strategic foresight and innovation." OCAD is the first school in Canada to offer a "futurist" program — a program that challenges students to research current trends in order to make forecasts for the future. Yong Street Blog, September 1, 2010

Seattle

Vancouver Island woodcarver shot dead by Seattle police
News that a talented aboriginal Vancouver Island woodcarver was shot dead by police in Seattle has shocked the man’s friends and family. John T. Williams was crossing a downtown Seattle street Monday afternoon carrying a knife and a piece of wood.  Vancouver Sun, September 3, 2010

Spokane

Interactive technology to enhance museum experience
The Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture in Spokane, Wash., announced recently an innovative pilot project, PassPort to Discovery™. It is an interactive exhibit system designed to customize the visitor experience at museums and exhibit venues. Onscreen talking avatars greet visitors by name and can paraphrase the exhibit content. A unique gaming element allows visitors to answer questions and earn points — and high scores are displayed. PRN Newswire, September 1, 2010

Mexico City

Mexico City's Eli Broad? Carlos Slim to Open Museum

"Carlos Slim, the world's richest man, will soon open a new museum in one of the poshest areas of his native Mexico to house his collection of artwork by French sculptor Auguste Rodin, considered the biggest outside France." Reuters, August 31, 2010  

New York

Lee Friedlander’s ‘America by Car’ at Whitney

Lee Friedlander’s “America by Car,” opening Saturday at the Whitney Museum, consists of black-and-white photographs taken from inside cars.  New York Times, September 3, 2010

Corot Theft Maybe Wasn't? (Charges Dropped)

"A New York woman who sued her sales agent over the disappearance of a $1.4 million Corot painting decided to drop her complaint after concluding a convicted art thief in a mug shot was the artwork's co-owner, her lawyer said." Bloomberg, September 2, 2010

Museum of Bad Art, a Celebration of the LowBrow

 “Bad art” — rescued from trash heaps and thrift shops — has become a genre in itself, with its own fans.  New York Times, September 3, 2010

Nashville

Maybe Fisk Univ. Really Has No Choice But to Sell Its Art
"The endowment of the tiny, historic school in Nashville, which opened its doors to newly freed slaves in 1865, is depleted. Every building on the campus … has been mortgaged. Fisk President Hazel R. O'Leary says that the only asset of real value left is the Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Modern American and European Art." The Root, September 1, 2010

Atlanta

‘Dalí: The Late Work’ at High Museum of Art in Atlanta

An exhibition counters the notion that late work by Dalí is bad, and that most Dalí is late work.  New York Times, September 3, 2010  

Great Britain

New British Culture Minister: Museums Will Share Funding Pain

"There will be cuts to the arts and museums. They will not be singled out as easy to cut, but neither will they be overly protected. They will take their share of the pain." The Art Newspaper, September 3, 2010

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