Vancouver   Vancouver Art Gallery makes Dreams a reality  Thomas Padon, the Vancouver Art Gallery's director of International Relationships, spent several years working with surrealist scholar Dawn Ades on The Colour of My Dreams, the largest surrealist exhibit ever presented in Canada.  North Shore News, June 17, 2011  

 Win copy of Surrealism catalogue  Accompanying The Colour of My Dreams exhibit the Vancouver Art Gallery has published a 336-page, illustrated catalogue featuring a major essay by acclaimed Surrealist art scholar and guest curator Dawn Ades.  North Shore News, June 17, 2011 

 Cult figure  “I’m seduced by how beautiful porcelain is ... I knew that I could take these female figures that are so deep in our psyche and alter them to make comments on the oppression and restrictions such precious beauty has placed on women through history.  Shary Boyle: Flesh and Blood, an exhibition curated by Louise Déry for the L’Université du Québec à Montréal, opened this week at the Contemporary Art Gallery in Vancouver.  Globe and Mail, June 18, 2011

 Calgary   Managers of the arts honoured this week  The “arts” and making a profit are not mutually exclusive. Nor should they be. In fact, arts managers who embrace the “p” word should be saluted. And this is exactly what the Rozsa Arts Management Awards do.  Taking top honours was Marilyn Smith, director of the Southern Alberta Art Gallery (SAAG) in Lethbridge.  Calgary Herald, June 19, 2011 

Cupertino, California   Norman Foster Proposes A Giant UFO For Apple's New HQ The four-story building, shaped like a giant ring surrounding landscaped parkland, "would house 12,000 of the company's employees under one roof, as well as take advantage of technologies the company's picked up by building its retail stores over the years." ZDNet, June 10, 2011 (slideshow)

Los Angeles In Los Angeles, Seeing Distinctly California Houses  Several of the most innovative properties in Los Angeles, including homes the architects built for themselves, are open to the public.  New York Times, June 17, 2011 

New York   Otherworldly’ at Museum of Arts and Design - Review  “Otherworldly: Optical Delusions and Small Realities,” at the Museum of Arts and Design, peeks into miniature environments created with zealous attention to detail.  New York Times, June 17, 2011

 El Museo’s Bienal: The (S) Files 2011 - Review  “El Museo’s Bienal: The (S) Files 2011,” a survey of new Latino, Caribbean and Latin American art, includes 75 artists and their street art. New York Times, June 17, 2011

 Sept. 11 Memorial Museum May Charge $20 Admission "The foundation is searching for other ways to finance the upkeep of the memorial, but ... if none can be found visitors would be asked to pay entrance fees comparable to ticket prices at other major museums in New York City." The Wall Street Journal, June 16, 2011 

Bentonville, Arkansas  Alice Walton on Her Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art As the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art prepares for its November opening in Bentonville, Ark., its creator, the Wal-Mart heiress Alice L. Walton, discusses her motivations and goals.  New York Times, June 17, 2011

 London 'Why We Love Magritte': Eight Artists Explain Monty Python alumnus Terry Gilliam, artist John Baldessari, director Edward Hall, and five others "with an eye for the peculiar reveal why they love the witty Belgian surrealist." The Guardian (UK) June 19, 2011 

 Unknown Caravaggio Unearthed In UK  "The oil on canvas depiction of Saint Augustine, an expressive, mature work dated to around 1600 ... has been discovered in a private collection in Britain." The Guardian (UK) June 19, 2011

 Basel Art Basel Fair Shares Much With Venice Biennale The Art Basel fair in Switzerland features hundreds of works by contemporary artists representing 35 countries. The influence of the Venice Biennale is strongly felt.  New York Times, June 17, 2011

International The "Art" Of Social Media "With more and more people becoming familiar with social-networking sites, artists are tapping into these online communities and making works that harness new capabilities." ARTnews, June 16, 2011 

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