Vancouver

Vancouver Art Gallery Relocation Public Opinion Poll «  What does the public think about the Vancouver Art Gallery's relocation proposal? Artsy-Dartsy.com has recently conducted an informal opinion poll.  AIBC eNews, May 14, 2011

Insight into creative obsession He’s the avuncular godfather of photo-conceptualism, and as conscious as he is about the artifice of his own creative exercise, Ian Wallace is nothing but sincere.  Vancouver Sun, May 13, 2011 

Attila Richard Lukacs gets down to the basics Originally from Alberta, Lukacs graduated from the Emily Carr University of Art and Design in 1985 and made a big splash on the local art scene when he was part of the Young Romantics exhibition of eight young painters at the Vancouver Art Gallery.  Vancouver Sun, May 14, 2011

The hidden history of paintings On March 24, 1952, E.J. Hughes put a coat of varnish on his painting Mouth of The Courtenay River.  He added another layer March 29, then three more on April 12, 18 and 25. When it was finally finished, he put it up for sale for $150 at the 21st Annual B.C. Artists' Exhibition at The Vancouver Art Gallery.  Vancouver Sun, May 14, 2011

Toronto

Peggy Baker at the AGO: An intimate encounter in a public place Live action meets paintings and sculptures as the AGO hosts a series of simultaneous dance performances.  Globe and Mail, May 14, 2011 

Transformation means questioning everything Matthew Teitelbaum, director of the Art Gallery of Ontario, pushes his people and his place to make the public more involved.  Globe and Mail, May 15, 2011 

De Kooning, Pollock and Rothko among artistic treasures on loan from New York She’s one of the world’s most famous and ferocious-looking women and she got pulled, ever so gently, from a wooden box Friday in Toronto. Doing the pulling were installation technicians from the Art Gallery of Ontario, where Woman, 1 by Willem de Kooning.  Globe and Mail, May 14, 2011

Libertines and naked vampires Review of Toronto exhibitions – R. Kelly Clipperton, Russell Leng, Judith Geher and Olena Sullivan.  Globe and Mail, May 13, 2011

Woodstock, Ontario

Woodstock art gallery fight launched  Supporters of the new Woodstock art gallery are taking their fight to Queen’s Park. A letter-writing campaign started by Bonnie Hartley, one of the more vocal supporters of the new gallery building, targets four Ontario cabinet ministers.  London FreePress, May 14, 2011 

Port Hope, Ontario

Gerald Tooke was a master of stained glass (Obituary)  Arts advocate served as national director of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts and helped found the Canadian Crafts Council.  Globe and Mail, May 13, 2011

Los Angeles

LA County Museum - The Michael Govan Years "Five years into his stewardship of LACMA, having just signed a contract for five more, Govan, 47, has transformed the museum and its reputation. He has overseen the completion of two sleek new exhibition halls by renowned Italian architect Renzo Piano, grown the collection by about 12,000 objects and helped boost annual attendance by some 40%. But LACMA also has transformed Govan." Los Angeles Times, May 14, 2011

How Will James Cuno's Views On Antiquities Repatriation Fit At The Getty? "Over that same decade, Cuno, 60, forged a reputation as an outspoken critic of efforts to curb the antiquities trade. In two books and many public appearances, he has called the efforts of foreign governments to regulate the trade in ancient art "nationalistic," and has lamented the limits put on museums' ability to collect art that has a murky ownership history." Los Angeles Times, May 13, 2011

New Haven, Connecticut 

Yale Announces Free Online Access To Museum, Library Image Collections "Yale University officials announced yesterday that the school intends to be the first in the Ivy League to offer free online access to digital images of millions of objects housed in its museums, archives, and libraries." AP via Boston Globe, May 11, 2011

 New York

‘Infinite Jest’ Caricatures at Met and Art at High Line  Caricatures and satirical art at the Metropolitan Museum; new visual and performing art at the High Line park; and a David Smith steel sculpture purchased by Colby College.   New York Times, May 13, 2011 

ERIC FISCHL: ‘Early Paintings’  Eric Fischl’s emotionally raw, semiphotorealist images of adolescent Oedipal confusion from the 1980s are on display at the Skarstedt Gallery.  New York Times, May 13, 2011 

Arts Groups Seek Celebrities as Trustees  New York’s arts organizations have long sought celebrities as gala guests. Some have now gone a step further, asking them to sit on their boards.   New York Times, May 15, 2011 

Venice

Allora & Calzadilla - ‘Gloria’ - Venice Biennale The performance artists Allora & Calzadilla have brought a military tank, a pipe-organ A.T.M. and a cast of gymnasts to the American pavilion at the Venice Biennale.  New York Times, May 15, 2011 

Greece

Greece Is Having A Crisis Of Culture, But Its Art Is Being Energized "Greece is currently deep in crisis, a crisis that is not just financial but also cultural and spiritual. With many of its most successful sons and daughters living abroad and stringent public-sector cuts, Greece is under siege. Curiously, however, for Greek contemporary art this seems to be a moment of remarkable energy." The Wall Street Journal, May 13, 2011

Beijing

 How Far Will Artworld Protests Over Ai Weiwei Detention Go? "Despite the art world's concern over the fate of Ai Weiwei, it remains to be seen if any galleries pull out of the Chinese fair which has just been bought by MCH Swiss Exhibition Ltd, the company which organizes the two most prestigious modern and contemporary art fairs in the world, Art Basel and Art Basel Miami Beach." The Art Newspaper, May 15, 2011

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