Vancouver  Artists' stories 'painted' on film  The movie is a short, but the journey of Bone Wind Fire was seven years in the making.  Veteran documentary director Jill Sharpe says she spent several of those years just gaining permission to access the estates of Frida Kahlo and Georgia O'Keeffe - not to mention finding a pristine rainforest to recreate the mood of an Emily Carr canvas.  She was spurred by the ideas contained in an exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery, as well as Sharyn Rohlfsen Udall's accompanying book about the three iconic artists, Places of Their Own.  Vancouver Sun, October 8, 2011

 Where the neon lights aren’t pretty A new exhibit at the Museum of Vancouver delves into the city’s gritty urban past, through the neon signs that sprung up in the 1950s to 1970s until a push for visual purity all but wiped them off the streets.  Globe and Mail, October 11, 2011

Winnipeg  Human rights museum hits fundraising milestone with $130-million in private funds  Museum’s plan to establish a large, permanent space highlighting the Holocaust and a separate one for other atrocities, has aroused controversy.  Globe and Mail, October 8,, 2011

 Toronto Grauerholz photo show throws the book at fixed ideas  No matter what you conclude about the massive survey of photo-based work by Angela Grauerholz, the show at the University of Toronto Art Centre just keeps on giving.  Globe and Mail, October 9, 2011

 Hamilton, Ontario The time is now for executive director Reid   As much as Stuart Reid has enjoyed his tenure at the MacKenzie Art Gallery, the opportunity to serve as the director/curator of Rodman Hall Arts Centre at Brock University was too good to pass up.  Leader-Post, October 8, 2011

 Ottawa Ottawa Art Gallery receives major donation from family of Juan Geuer The family of Canadian artist Juan Geuer has donated his artwork and personal archives and library to the Ottawa Art Gallery. Geuer, who died in 2009, made art inspired by science, astronomy and math.  Ottawa Citizen, October 8, 2011

 Los Angeles Los Angeles County Museum Moves a 340-Ton Rock A 340-ton boulder will take a very slow road to be part of an outdoor installation at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.  New York Times, October 8, 2011

 Denver  Was This Man The First Abstract Expressionist? Clyfford Still "abruptly severed his ties to the commercial art world in 1951 and rarely showed or sold his works after that. ... Nearly 95% of Still's output has been locked away for decades." A new museum in Denver devoted solely to Still's work aims to restore Still's art, and his reputation, in the art world's consciousness. The Wall Street Journal, October 11, 2011

 Chicago Chicago Art Institute's New Director Has A Plan "I think that we have to be careful that we don't compete against ourselves. ... We don't want to confuse people so that they'll not know what's on at the Art Institute. I want people to be more fully aware, at any given moment in time, what is on at the Art Institute." Chicago Tribune, October 9, 2011

 New York The Metropolitan Museum’s New Web Site The new Web site of the Metropolitan Museum of Art allows for an incredibly impressive view of the works there.  New York Times, October 7, 2011

 ‘Eva Hesse Spectres 1960’ at the Brooklyn Museum - Review   An exhibition of 19 paintings by Eva Hesse, done when she was just 24 and left without a clear mentor.   New York Times, October 7, 2011

 Carsten Höller Is Installing a Slide at New Museum Visitors to the New Museum will be able to zip down two floors on a Carsten Höller plastic slide (helmet and elbow pads included).  New York Times, October 7, 2011

Will Barnet at 100’ at the National Academy Museum  “Will Barnet at 100,”at the National Academy Museum, is his first retrospective in New York, where this artist has been a mainstay for eight decades.  New York Times, October 9, 2011

 London Canadian masterworks uncrated for British show In an elegant, 200-year-old gallery in England, one of Canada’s most famous paintings is getting a boot in its bottom. Well, at the least the crate containing it is. “I need a foot here,” calls one of the technicians at the Dulwich Picture Gallery.  Globe and Mail, October 8, 2011

 Leonardo Show At Risk Thanks To Security Cutbacks In the wake of attacks on Poussin paintings, a planned Leonardo da Vinci blockbuster at London's National Gallery might not be safe enough for its security guards -- and now they may take action to shut down the show, expected to be wildly popular. The Observer (UK) October 8, 2011

 These Ancient Paintings Can Survive Anything - Except Tourists In Spain, 14,000-year-old cave paintings face a new threat -- a drive for money. "Local officials want to reopen the cave to boost the local economy, but visitors could heat the caves and introduce microbes that destroy pigments." New Scientist, October 6, 2011

 Metz, France Pompidou Centre's Sparkling Outpost In Metz A Surprising Success "Its daring design [by architect Shigeru Ban] and smart, eye-catching exhibitions have won critical praise, and, just 18 months after opening, the centre has become the most popular exhibition space [in France] outside the capital." The Irish Times, October 11, 2011

 Venice Ouster At The Venice Biennale May Point To Larger Issues "The Venice Biennale art exhibition now runs like a normal international event, with adequate toilets, refreshment points, marketing, press facilities and ticketing, and also manages to cover nearly 80% of its costs" -- so why is its chairman losing his spot? Party politics, say some. The Art Newspaper, October 7, 2011

 Serbia Stolen Picassos Recovered in Serbia
A few years after they were stolen from Switzerland, two Picasso paintings worth millions of dollars have been found, and may be coming home soon. CBC, October 7, 2011

 Cairo Chaos Faces Egypt's Fourth Antiquities Head Since Revolution "Archaeologists are still protesting at the front entrances of archaeological sites, and archaeological work is at a stalemate despite the appointment of a new head to hold Egypt's antiquities portfolio." Last week, Mustafa Amin was named secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities; his predecessor had quit after only a few weeks. Al-Ahram Weekly (Cairo) October 6, 2011

 International Apple and art: Have artists become dependent on the machine man created?  Apple computers have rewritten the book on creative expression, but some see the company moving away from heavily tech-driven production and instead providing convenient tools for all creators.  Globe and Mail, October 7, 2011

 Cheryl Siegel, Librarian/Archivist

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