Vancouver Brief History of Protests at the Vancouver Art Gallery | Canada ... Disruptions and protests at the VAG are nothing new. “They’ve been going on for over a century,” VAG director Kathleen Bartels told the Georgia Straight. “It’s a place where people gather and where democracy comes to life.”  Modern Accommodations (blog) November 3, 2011

 Canada The Complete Canadian Art Market Series – An independent market analyst looks at the Canadian Art Market.  Art Market Blog with Nic Forrest The World\'s Most Popular Independent Art Market Analysis.  artmarketblog.com  October 25, 2011

 Pittsburgh So Now How Do You Authenticate A Warhol? "There is a twist in this month's test of the Warhol market following the announcement that the Andy Warhol Foundation will dissolve its authentication board at the beginning of 2012." The Art Newspaper, November 11, 2011

 New York How Many Artists Does It Take To Depict A Light Bulb?  "It's been cast in bronze, stuffed in a jar and painted by the likes of Jasper Johns, Man Ray and Alexander Calder. Introducing one of the art world's lesser-known icons: the light bulb." New York's Pace Gallery has assembled 32 artists' take on the subject. The Wall Street Journal, November 5, 2011

 Bentonville, Arkansas The Wal-Mart Museum (Hey That's Not Its Name!) "Between the collection, the building and the trails, Crystal Bridges was a massive undertaking. The project has been bankrolled by, among others, the Walton Family Foundation, which gave $1.2 billion for an endowment, and the Wal-Mart Foundation, which gave $20 million so that admission to the museum could be free. But not everyone who works at Wal-Mart is excited about the project." NPR, November 7, 2011

 York, England Spotty conclusions Under new analysis, cave paintings appear to be more accurate than previously thought.  Vancouver Sun, November 8, 2011

 Rome The Devil Really Is In The Details Of This Giotto "Art restorers have discovered the figure of a devil hidden in the clouds of one of the most famous frescos by Giotto in the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi, church officials said on Saturday." Yahoo (Reuters) November 7, 2011

 China China Seeks a Cultural Influence to Match Its Economic Muscle The nation’s approach to building a world-class culture is not all that different from its economic plan: set a goal, adopt rigid specifications, spend freely and monitor the results closely.  New York Times, November 8, 2011

 International The workforce of the future starts now The latest statistics on the size and shape of today's museum workforce help us think about the museum of the future. Does the future workforce need to be different in its composition from the current workforce? What needs to change? And how do we make those changes come about? (We provide the facts; you help provide the answers.) Center for the Future of Museums  CFM blog, November 3, 2011

 Are blockbuster exhibitions damaging art?   While attendance at exhibitions indicates a steady popularity with the public and provide a crucial source of income for museums in the way of admissions, sponsorship, catalogues and sales from the shop, people are tiring of the scrum at such shows. Curators themselves have been complaining of museum fatigue and academics have been suggesting that blockbusters are damaging art.  Spear's, November 2011   

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