Saskatoon Digital arts group pulls out of bid for building The group backing a digital arts centre for the Mendel Art Gallery building has pulled out of the running to occupy the space, leaving only the children’s museum bidding. The organizers behind the Frederick Mendel Digital Arts Centre of Excellence said Friday after a summer of consideration, the city’s concept for the building and the Kinsmen Park area doesn’t fit its plans. Star-Phoenix, September 10, 2011

Woodstock, Ontario Gallery celebration draws hundreds There were so many people, organizers weren’t quite sure if they would all fit. Fans of the Woodstock Art Gallery and Community Art Centre turned up in droves on Friday evening to show their support for the gallery and rejoice in the... The grand opening comes about two months after council formally acknowledged its controversial plan to sell the new gallery building to Fanshawe College was untenable.  Sentinel-Review (Woodstock) September 12, 2011
 

Cupertino California Norman Foster's Planned Apple Headquarters A Retrograde 'Cocoon,' Says Critic Christopher Hawthorne: "Though the planned building has a futuristic gleam ... in many ways it is a doggedly old-fashioned proposal, recalling the 1943 Pentagon building as well as much of the suburban corporate architecture of the 1960s and '70s." Los Angeles Times, September 11, 2011

Oakland Oakland Children's Museum Cancels Show Of Art By Palestinian Kids "An Oakland children's museum, citing pressure from the community, canceled a planned exhibit of artwork by Palestinian youth that depicted the Israeli assault during the 2008-09 Gaza conflict." San Francisco Chronicle, September 10, 2011

San Diego San Diego's Arts Institutions Shut Down By Blackout "Much of San Diego's cultural life went dark during the [Sept. 8] outage, with restaurants, concert venues and playhouses shutting their doors. Only places with their own backup generators, like area casinos, kept the entertainment wheels turning. San Diego Union-Tribune, September 8, 2011 

Ithaca, New York First Look: Rem Koolhaas’ Architecture for Architects at Cornell University (with video)  It's not entirely finished yet and it's been under the radar in terms of press coverage. But Rem Koolhaas' new Milstein Hall, tucked behind the Arts Quad at Cornell University, has opened for the new school year, providing much needed studio space and meeting areas for students in Cornell University's architecture program.  CultureGrrl, September 13, 2011 

International

Enough With The Modernist Additions To Historic Buildings And Districts! "Much of the debate involves modernist architecture's role in landmark settings of a traditional character. Preservation professionals often advocate modernist additions to these settings, while at the grass-roots level there is strong support for keeping the new work traditional." The Wall Street Journal, September 13, 2011 

Art market jitters over financial turmoil Nervous investors have rushed to safety in gold and the Swiss franc but art looks more volatile (Who's worried? Art Newspaper, September 2011

Authors sue universities over digital library
Authors in Canada, the U.S., the U.K. and Australia sued are suing five U.S. universities to stop the creation of online libraries made up of up to seven million copyright-protected books allegedly scanned without authorization.  CBC, September 113, 2011 

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