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Tropicalia: Auction donations hold special place in her heart
Berne Davis has a surprise in store for guests at the Edison Ford Winter Estates Foundation's eighth fundraising gala. The News-Press
ALSO WORTH WATCHING
SUNDAY →"Masterpiece Contemporary” (8 p.m. on OETA-13): The new installment "God on Trial” tells the story of concentration camp inmates who, while facing extermination in Auschwitz, charged the Lord with abandoning His chosen people. →"Summer Heights High” (9:30 p.m. on HBO): Series creator and writer Chris Lilley stars in this new comedy series from Australia that looks at high school life. ... The Oklahoman
'Art of the Chopper' rolls into Clinton library
By CHUCK BARTELS LITTLE ROCK — The presidential election is over, but for those who can’t get enough of our country’s political history, you might want to head to the Clinton Presidential Library, where visitors can have a look at a replica of the Oval Office and some surprising extras. The library will feature the new "Art of the Chopper" exhibit, displaying 30 gleaming, handcrafted ... Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Doghouse dreaming
A dozen doghouses that extend the notion of functional art and aesthetic whimsy will be auctioned Saturday at the Peoria Art Guild. Peoria Journal Star
Painting life's journey
Cynthia Packard's paintings are all about emotion. Her florid mix of reality and abstraction are immediately accessible and move with contrasting textures: thick, thin, loose, tight, careful, crazy. Stamford Advocate
Friends bring Robert Rauschenberg recollections
The recent Robert Rauschenberg memorials and exhibit in New York City brought into sharp relief the power and influence of his art and persona on... The News-Press
Diversions for November 9, 2008
METHODIST TEMPLE CREATIVE ART SERIES — featuring Paul Pitts, tenor, 2 p.m., Methodist Temple, Fellowship Hall, 2109 Lincoln Ave. (free). BROWN BAG PERFORMANCE SERIES — featuring Sabor Latino Group, noon to 1 p.m., Bower-Suhrheinrich Foundation Gallery, 318 Main St., in Innovation Pointe (free). Evansville Courier & Press
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego Receives $225,000 Getty Foundation Grant
NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD) announced that the Getty Foundation has awarded the Museum a $225,000 grant to support research and planning for the forthcoming exhibition Phenomenal: California Light and Space. Art Daily
The Official Museum Directory - Now Available
DUBLIN.- Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "The Official Museum Directory" directory to their offering. Official Museum Directory 39th Edition 2009 For nearly 40 years The Official Museum Directory (OMD) has covered institutions of every size and type in all 50 states. Art Daily
Dallas Museum of Art Opens Take your time: Olafur Eliasson
DALLAS, TX.- The Dallas Museum of Art presents this fall the internationally acclaimed exhibition Take your time: Olafur Eliasson. Art Daily
It's Beautiful Here, Isn't it...Photographs by Luigi Ghirri at Aperture Gallery
NEW YORK, NY.- Luigi Ghirri was born in 1943 and died in 1992, at the age of forty-nine. During his relatively short life, he revolutionized Italian photography in the 1970s. Art Daily
American Art Campaign Completed at Harvard Art Museum
CAMBRIDGE.- The Harvard Art Museum announced the successful completion of a campaign to endow the Department of American Art. Highlights of the campaign include establishment of the Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., Curatorship of American Art, the Diane and Michael Maher Assistant Curatorship of American Art, and the Benjamin Rowland Fund for American Art. Art Daily
New Museum Ads Michelle Obama Painting Made by Elizabeth Peyton to Exhibition
Elizabeth Peyton, Michelle and Sasha Obama Listening to Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention August 2008. Photo: courtesy Gavin Brown’s enterprise. Art Daily
Saint Laurent fashions showed vision
SAN FRANCISCO — What makes a frock rock? Taffeta and tulle will take you only so far, say organizers of an exhibit celebrating the work of visionary designer Yves Saint Laurent. "If you want the dress to be not only a dress … you need an artist,” said Pierre Berge, Laurent’s longtime partner and one of the people behind the retrospective which opened at San Francisco’s de Young museum this ... The Oklahoman
Kunstmuseum Basel Opens Hannah Villiger Exhibition
Hannah Villiger (1951–1997), Hof, 1987. C-Print von Polaroid, auf Aluminium, Unikat. HxB: 125 x 123 cm. Kunstmuseum Basel. Geschenk der Hans und Renée Müller-Meylan Stiftung, Bottmingen 2001. Photo: Kunstmuseum Basel, Martin P. Bühler. Art Daily
First Solo Museum Exhibition on West Coast of Puerto Rican Artist Arnaldo Roche
Arnaldo Roche, I Found Him First (I’m a Ghost in the Theater of the Subconscious), 2002. Yo lo encontré primero (En el teatro del subconsciente soy un fantasma), 2002. Oil on canvas. 6' x 9.5'Courtesy of Walter Otero Gallery, Puerto Rico. Art Daily
TMA's Elegant House Puts Williford Collection Back in Spotlight
Pinckney Marcius-Simons. "The Writer," c. 1890. Oil on canvas, 20 1/2 x 27 3/4 in. TYLER, TX.- Art Daily
Earthy colors splash canvas in new exhibit at JRB Art at the Elms
Phantom, not quite abstract, horses, the artist’s signature subject, seem to be moving and often racing through space, colliding with nearly kaleidoscopic planes of color, in a new show by Jean Richardson. The selection of large acrylic canvases by Richardson is one of three new exhibits on view through Nov. 29 at JRB Art at the Elms, 2810 N Walker. Green, reddish-brown and yellow ocher ... The Oklahoman
Porcelain artwork carries irreverent views
CHICKASHA — An irreverent view of historical figures and celebrities translates into intriguing porcelain creations in the work of Stuart Asprey, on view in a two-man show at the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma. One large, oval porcelain vessel by Asprey has a picture of Buffalo Bill wearing a big hat on one side and depicts some of the 4,280 bison he reputedly killed in 18 months as ... The Oklahoman
FINE ARTS BRIEFS: Oklahoma connections
ART Oklahoma connectionsOpening Friday at Untitled ArtSpace, 1 NE 3, is "Roots & Ties II,” an annual exhibit that spotlights artists with Oklahoma ties. The exhibit will feature works by Joe Andoe, Bill Goldston, David Salle, Petah Coyne and the late Carolyn Brady. An opening reception will begin at 5 p.m. Friday. The exhibit will remain on view through Jan. 24. For more information, call ... The Oklahoman
Exhibits: Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008
ExhibitsDale Chihuly: "The Exhibition,” Oct. 21-Dec. 31, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, 236-3100. Reporting Terrorism, Oct. 24-Nov. 24, Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum, 620 N Harvey Ave., 235-3313. Field, Forest & Stream: The History of Oklahomans and the Outdoors, July 9-Jan. 4, and "Simply Red: A Fashion Statement,” Sept. 2-March 1, Oklahoma History Center, 2401 N Laird ... The Oklahoman
Creator and destroyer Mami Wata flows at the Chazen
The title of the Chazen Museum of Art's new exhibition, Mami Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and Its Diasporas, is telling. Note that it's not arts about water spirits; it's arts for water spirits, in the sense that the makers of these artworks are invested in Mami Wata's powers and possibilities, both good and bad. We're talking connection, not mere depiction. Isthmus
Winners of the Chinese Contemporary Art Awards 2008 Exhibit at Ullens Center in Beijing
A visitor looks at the painting "Purple Air O" made by Chinese artist Lui Wei, in the inaugural exhibition of the winners of the 2008 Chinese Contemporary Art Awards Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing. Photo: EFE / Oliver Weiken. Art Daily
University of Central Oklahoma students’ artwork on display
EDMOND — A three-drawing triptych that captures the "Beauty of (an) Embrace” in chaste, deeply touching terms, has won $500 best of show honors in a juried student art show at the University of Central Oklahoma. Sarah Day won for three charcoal-conte studies of a man and a woman embracing tenderly, anonymous since we see their heads and hair blending, not their faces. The show jurored by retired ... The Oklahoman