Vancouver

Vancouver Art Gallery waives admission Wednesday as it turns 80  The Vancouver Art Gallery is celebrating its 80th birthday by waiving its regular ticket prices next week on the day it reaches the milestone. To mark the occasion, admission will be by donation on Wednesday, Oct. 5. and cake will be served.  Vancouver Sun, October 1, 2011

CRITICS’ PICKS The Vancouver Art Gallery marks its 80th anniversary on Wednesday with admission-by-donation and free birthday cake. But the real treat is its anniversary exhibition, An Autobiography of Our Collection, which features a wide range of the gallery’s holdings, including works by Emily Carr, Lawren Harris, Andy Warhol and Kent Monkman.  Globe and Mail, October 3, 2011

Gallery surveys its history of collecting  FOR its 80th anniversary, the Vancouver Art Gallery is sketching its story with a historical journey through its permanent collection. An Autobiography of Our Collection kicks off this week.  North Shore News, September 30, 2011

Running figure reinforces sense of longing   (Exhibition review) As the figure runs into the film frame and beyond, he doesn’t look back. The figure just keeps running deeper and deeper into the landscape. Gonzalo Lebrija’s The Distance Between You and Me evokes a sense of loss that doesn’t diminish.   Vancouver Sun, October 1, 2011    

Vancouver Art Gallery reveals $886000 budget shortfall at General Meeting  The Vancouver Art Gallery, about to mark its 80th anniversary and in the middle of a campaign for a new building, has posted a large operating deficit. The $886000 budget shortfall for the fiscal year ending June 30 was revealed at the VAG's Annual General Meeting.  Globe and Mail, September 30, 2011

'Global economic climate' cited as reason for nearly $1 million shortfall for ...The Vancouver Art Gallery (as seen from Robson Street) has reportedly fallen into a budget shortfall to the tune of more than $1 million. The Vancouver Art Gallery has just begun its 80th year in existence.  Vancouver Sun September 30, 2011

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BEUYS WILL BE BEUYS Who says art doesn’t pay? Vancouverite Rebecca Brewer, announced as the $25,000 winner of the RBC Canadian Painting Competition this past week, may need to ponder that question sooner rather than later.  National Post, October 3, 2011    

Kamloops

Kamloops Art Gallery There was a new face in the crowd Saturday as the Kamloops Art Gallery hosted its 23rd annual Original Art Auction. Charo Neville joined KAG staff last week as the gallery’s new curator.  Kamloops Daily News, October 3, 2011 

Victoria

In the search for Emily Carr's mystery man, clues start to emerge  Archivists are trying to pin down the identity of a man in a photo who may have been loved by the artist.  Globe and Mail, October 3, 2011

Owen Sound

Community curator program earns honour An innovative annual exhibit at the Tom Thomson Art Gallery has won the key gallery partnership award from the Ontario Association of Art Galleries.  Sun Times, October 1, 2011

Canada

A new film remembers Tom Thomson's life, not his death  The doc 'West Wind' features paintings by the artist that have never been seen and a lost audiotape of a man who knew him.  Globe and Mail, October 1, 2011

Beacon, New York

Franz Erhard Walther Exhibition at Dia Beacon - Review  “Franz Erhard Walther: Work as Action,” an exhibition at Dia:Beacon, revolves around fabric “instruments” created by the artist for viewers to interact with. New York Times, October 2, 2011

New York

Maurizio Cattelan Retrospective at Guggenheim A retrospective of the work of artist Maurizio Cattelan will be dangling, by rope, at the Guggenheim museum starting Nov. 4.   New York Times, October 2, 2011

How New Galleries Are Transforming New York's Art Scene Though one gallery owner may show an artist whose work now sells for $25,000 or more and another may show unknown artists whose work still goes largely unnoticed by big-name collectors or established critics, both are part of a new generation of New York gallerists who are slowly transforming the city's art scene. The New York Time,  October 2, 2011

Bentonville, Arkansas

Crystal Bridges Museum: Design May Overcome Stupid Name Moshe Safdie's newest building, nestled in the heart of the Ozark forest and funded by a WalMart scion, both nods to its location and aggressively reworks the forest itself. The Washington Post, September 30, 2011

London

Goodbye, postmodernism. You won't be missed (much)  A London exhibit reminds me why I was both fascinated and bored with this mishmash of a movement.  Globe and Mail, October 1, 2011

John Martin's Greatness and High Kitsch A show at Tate Britain explores the pivotal work of a contemporary of Turner. New York Times, October 1, 2011 

Paris

With Refurbished Orsay, Paris Makes Impressionists Feel At Home White walls and sunlight don't work for Impressionist paintings, and the Musée D'Orsay's newly refurbished Impressionist wing makes a good case for a deeply different approach. The Guardian (UK), October 1, 2011 

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