Vancouver

Heather and Ivan Morison: Blueprint for Happy Endings

“These pieces are meant to provoke, tilt and mystify the viewer, but they’re not conjuror’s tricks that merely delight, confuse and even misdirect.” Canadian Art (online), October 7, 2010

Double community and arts funding, top lobbyist tells B.C.

The provincial government should almost double funding to non-profit community and arts groups to $240 million a year as a way to help restore the social contract it has broken with the citizens of B.C., says the head of an alliance of the province's biggest arts lobby groups. Vancouver Sun, October 9, 2010

Winnipeg

Leo Mol statue stolen from Winnipeg business

Winnipeg police said sometime between Oct. 11 and 12, a business in the 300 block of Nairn Avenue was broken into and a Leo Mol statue worth as much as $60,000 was taken. CBC News, October 12, 2010

White Plains, New York

Robert Goodnough, Painter Who Eluded Categories, Dies at 92

Mr. Goodnough moved among second-generation Abstract Expressionists but at the same time stood apart. New York Times, October 13, 2010

Nashville, Tennesee

Fisk University Has New Plans To Sell Stieglitz Collection

"Fisk University has drafted a new plan to sell a $30 million share in its art collection to an Arkansas museum, hoping that this time the court will sign off on the deal." The Tennessean, October 10, 2010

Fisk/Walton Saga: AAMD’s Admonitory Letter Sent to Wrong Recipient

“What AAMD willfully ignores in its well-reasoned, oft-repeated arguments is that, from O'Leary's standpoint, they're completely beside the point: The university wants to get its hands on some desperately needed cash.” CultureGrrl (Blog), October 12, 2010

Cairo

Egypt Jails 11 Officials Over Van Gogh Theft

"An Egyptian court convicted 11 officials from the Culture Ministry, including the deputy minister, of gross negligence and incompetence in the theft of a Vincent Van Gogh painting that embarrassed the government." AP, October 10, 2010