Visual Arts News from the Vancouver Art Gallery Library
Submitted by VAG Library on April 12, 2010 - 11:11am
Visual Arts News from the Vancouver Art Gallery Library,
April 10-12, 2010
Vancouver
Local artist's work an Olympic hit
“It came as a surprise to Maple Bay artist Arnim Rodeck but a piece of his work will survive the Olympic take-down to become a legacy at the Vancouver Art Gallery.” Canada.com, April 9, 2010
Post-Olympic building boom to transform skyline
“Consider the Vancouver Art Gallery. With a debate raging over whether it should be relocated or renovated, there is now an opportunity to raise funds for its development by trading building heights and density with developers. It cries out for a public debate about where the VAG goes, given the city's skyline is about to drastically change.” Vancouver Sun, April 9, 2010
Victoria
The University of Victoria adds to its fine art collection with new spaces
“The “UVic collection not only covers a vast array of objects and centuries, but adds enormous vitality and visual atmosphere" to the campus. The collection was founded in 1953, and boasts thousands of pieces stretching from pre-Columbian times to recent bequests of 1,100 historic, contemporary and aboriginal works from art collector and old town developer Michael Williams. Renowned local artist Myfanwy Pavelic has also donated hundreds of paintings.” Times Colonist, April 11, 2010
Winnipeg
“Entrepreneurial local painters aim for commercial acceptance, buck stereotype of starving artist.” Winnipeg Free Press, April 10, 2010
Visual artists plan co-op to replace Site Gallery
“Two veterans of the Winnipeg visual art scene want to establish an artists' co-operative to replace the long-defunct Site Gallery.” Winnipeg Free Press, April 10, 2010
Edmonton
West End Gallery celebrates 35 years
“Celebrating 35 years in business is reason enough to break out the bubbly.
But West End Gallery, a purveyor of fine art, has managed to succeed in a luxury industry, surviving the economic downturns through savvy decision-making, a distinguished and eclectic collection of artists and the loyalty of an expanding clientele base.” Edmonton Journal, April 10, 2010
Toronto
Toronto artist David Bolduc dies
“David Bolduc, a Canadian artist known for his colourful abstracts and illustrations, has died. He was 65. Bolduc died Thursday evening in Toronto, according to his friend and fellow artist Jeff Spalding.” CBC News, April 9, 2010
Gallery's enchanted evening lost in haze of PR hangover
“Revelation of big bonuses during time of restraint has injured CEO and squandered goodwill.” Toronto Star, April 12, 2010
“The city's newest art festival, Art of the Danforth, debuts April 23 between Greenwood and Woodbine avenues. Storefronts, alleyways, walls and parks will host a variety of installations, including poet/artist Annie Wong's Public Display of Affection, a series of anonymous cards left throughout the neighbourhood containing romantic confessions.” National Post, April 9, 2010
A show thick with visual allusions
“While it cannot be easy to paint inattention, indifference and self-absorption, that is, nevertheless, what Adam Matak has painted in his brilliantly amusing, caustic and sometimes enraging exhibition, The Lookers, now at Toronto’s Beverly Owens Project.” Globe & Mail, April 10, 2010
Montreal
Montreal art fairs, for everyone
“Two art fairs, a big one at the Black Watch armoury downtown and a smaller one in the Plateau Mont Royal, should get Montreal art lovers out and about.” The Gazette, April 10, 2010
Seattle
“A well-funded campaign wants to build a private Dale Chihuly glass museum on public land, but the public opposes it. Here's why it must be stopped.” The Stranger, April 6, 2010
Los Angeles
“Amid a city budget crisis, LACMA offers its help in preserving the Watts Towers. It's a good first step.” Los Angeles Times, April 12, 2010
New York
Rift in Family as Whitney Plans a Second Home
“An expansion plan that involves building a second museum downtown has opened a rift on the museum’s 45-member board, which includes some of the wealthiest art patrons in New York.” New York Times, April 12, 2010
London
The Conman: How One Man Fooled the Modern Art Establishment by Laney Salisbury and Aly Sujo
"Forgers are a peculiar breed and money is only one motive. Anonymous by necessity, they yearn for recognition. Technically adept, often with formal training and a keen sense of colour and form, they have produced work, down to the singular brushstroke or cut of the clay, that rivals the originals." The Guardian (UK), April 10, 2010
Caracas
Artists Embellish Walls With Political Visions
"Government-financed brigades of graffiti artists and muralists are blanketing this city's walls with politicized images, ranging from crude, graffiti-tagged slogans to bold, colorful works of graphic art. The more overtly political images tend to glamorize President Hugo Chavez's Bolivarian revolution, and his demonization of Washington is a favorite subject." New York Times, April 11, 2010
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