Vancouver

The eyes have it at Vancouver Art Gallery exhibition opening   AM DADA'S GIRLS: Clad in lace skivvies, Underground Circus performers Marie-Eve Boudreau and Ninon Parent rolled metre-diameter eyeballs at those attending an opening banquet for the Vancouver Art Gallery's four-month surrealism exhibition.  Vancouver Sun, June 4, 2011

BODIES IN MOTION  British photographer Eadweard Muybridge gained worldwide fame for his stop-motion photography.  His images are included in the ‘Falling + Walking” exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery.  Globe and Mail, June 4, 2011 

In Vancouver, surrealism in a native mask   A first-of-its-kind exhibition at the VAG explores the intense fascination of André Breton, Max Ernst, Joan Miro and their fellow surrealists with some of Canada’s most important aboriginal artwork .  Globe and Mail, June 4, 2011 

Toronto

Toronto team designs architectural shot heard ’round the world  Sustainable.TO wins first prize in international competition to design an inexpensive single-family dwelling for residents of New Orleans ward hit hardest by Katrina.  Globe and Mail, June 3, 2011 

Shawinigan

Shawinigan museum to focus on Chrétien bric-a-brac  Display of gifts to former PM meant to highlight Canada’s role on the global stage.  Globe and Mail, June 4, 2011

Peterborough

Robert Houle’s Paris/Ojibwa explores history as a construct  At the Art Gallery of Peterborough, Robert Houle’s multimedia spectacle Paris/Ojibwa employs highly theatrical strategies to unveil (and deconstruct) a disastrous theatrical event from our not-so-distant history.  Globe and Mail, June 3, 2011 

San Francisco

'The Steins Collect' at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art  “The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso and the Parisian Avant-Garde” at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art reveals the visionary interest in art by Gertrude Stein and her siblings. New York Times, June 5, 2011 

New York

‘Boris Mikhailov: Case History’ at MoMA - Review  Boris Mikhailov’s photographs of homeless people in Ukraine are not for the squeamish.   New York Times, June 3, 2011

‘Lists,’ Exhibition at Morgan Library & Museum In the Morgan Library & Museum exhibition of lists, list makers and list making, the largest category and surely the most familiar is the to-do list.  New York Times, June 3, 2011

Hans-Peter Feldmann at the Guggenheim - Review Hans-Peter Feldmann’s work consists of prize money, all of it in $1 bills.  New York Times, June 3, 2011

Venice

B. C. artist represents Canada at Venice Biennale The Canadian exhibition at the Venice Biennale opens to the public today with the paintings, drawings, sculpture and text-based works of Vancouver’s Steven Shearer.  Vancouver Sun, June 4, 2011 

Middle Eastern Artists at the Venice Biennale  With Iraq, Egypt, Syria, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia all showing at the Venice Biennale, Middle Eastern art was Topic A at parties.  New York Times, June 5, 2011

At Venice Biennale, a Patina of History on Contemporary Art  The artwork of the 54th Venice Biennale is more subdued and less experimental than in years past.   New York Times, June 6, 2011

17th Century Art: The Landscape Comes of Age An exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris and soon to be at the Prado in Madrid showcases the emergence of landscape art as a genre in the 17th century.   New York Times, June 3, 2011 

‘Big Bambú’ Now Rising over the Grand Canal  A sensation last year at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Starn brothers’ “Big Bambu” takes its place at the Venice Biennale.  New York Times, June 3, 2011

Middle Eastern Artists at the Venice Biennale With Iraq, Egypt, Syria, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia all showing at the Venice Biennale, Middle Eastern art was Topic A at parties.  New York Times, June 5, 2011 

Pipe-Organ ATM Is Hit Of Venice Biennale "The brainchild of the artist duo Allora & Calzadilla, it is a pipe organ with an ATM embedded in its belly that is computer-programmed to play a tune when a person puts in their PIN number. ... Naturally it has become quite the hot spot, with lines forming outside the pavilion all day." The New York Times, June 3, 2011 

China

Defending Dissident Artist, Hong Kong Takes Role as Chinese Rebel  The Hong Kong International Art Fair voiced support for Ai Weiwei in defiance of his arrest in Beijing, with one of his works on sale at the event and satellite shows paying hommage to the artist.  New York Times, June 3, 2011 

China Shuts Down Art Show That Mentioned Ai Weiwei  A reference to the jailed artist Ai Weiwei was apparently too much for the authorities.  New York Times, June 3, 2011 

Chinese Artist Wang Jun Speaks Out After Release  Wang Jun had been detained over an arts festival’s cryptic reference to Ai Weiwei, the artist, architect and social critic.  New York Times, June 4, 2011   

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