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Mall east end loses another business
Sage Moon’s Morgan MacKenzie-Perkins remains a downtown booster, even as she shutters her gallery. FILE PHOTO BY BILLY HUNT December’s First Friday will be Sage Moon Gallery’s last First. The five-year-old art gallery plans to turn in its keys December 15, and its space joins the neighboring empty storefronts on the 400-block of the Downtown Mall’s east [...] The Hook
Anthony Brown's Beatles Canvas Exhibition at Hard Days Night Hotel
LIVERPOOL.- Artist Anthony Brown is to exhibit a collection of Beatles inspired canvas portraits at The Gallery, Hard Days Night Hotel through 28th August 2009. In a unique celebration of The Beatles, one of the greatest cultural icons of the modern age, the work will be exhibited yards from where their meteoric rise to fame began. Art Daily
It Happened in your Neighbourhood Contemporary Art in Quebec
QUEBEC CITY.- The Musee National des Beaux-Arts du Quebec opnes the exhibition It Happened in your Neighbourhood Contemporary Art in Quebec on view through April 12, 2009. The second in a series after Québec, A City and its Artists, the multidisciplinary exhibition It Happened in your Neighbourhood. Art Daily
Cranbrook Academy of Art's Artist-in-Residence Creates Original Work for ArtBasel/Miami
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI.- Customized Smart Cars with graphics created by Elliott Earls, Cranbrook Academy of Art ’s Artist-in-Residence will be zooming around the streets of Miami during the celebrated art fair ArtBasel/Miami from December 4-7, 2008. Earl’s will also perform a piece inspired by the Thoughts on Democracy exhibit at the Wolfsonian Museum on Friday, December 5. Art Daily
Largest, Most Complex Light Sculpture by Leo Villareal Debuts at National Gallery of Art
WASHINGTON, DC.- Multiverse, the largest and most complex light sculpture created by American artist Leo Villareal (b. 1967) may now be experienced by visitors as they pass through the Concourse walkway between the East and West Buildings of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. Commissioned by the Gallery and on view for one year, the work features approximately 41,000 ... Art Daily
Contemporary Jewish Museum Announces Dateline 09 Featuring Two Shows
Yael Bartana, Wild Seeds, 2005, 6.40 minutes. Two channel video and sound installation. Courtesy of Annet Gelink Gallery Amsterdam, Sommer Contemporary Art Tel-Aviv, and the artist. Photo: Matthew Septimus. Courtesy P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center. Art Daily
Irish Museum of Modern Art to Close Between January 12 and February 2, 2009
DUBLIN.- The Irish Museum of Modern Art wishes to inform potential visitors that the Museum will be closed for renovations from Monday 12 January to Monday 2 February 2009 inclusive. This is due to extensive upgrading work being carried out on the building’s electrical supply. Art Daily
Art Gallery of South Australia Presents Hans Heysen Exhibition
Hans Heysen, Australia, 1877 – 1968, Guardian of the Brachina Gorge, 1937, watercolour on paper, 48.2 x 62.4 cm. Felton Bequest 1937. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Art Daily
Art Photo Expo Miami Presents In Fashion Photo During Art Basel 2008
Jean Paul Goude, Naomi in Bazaar. MIAMI.- Art Photo Expo Miami, South Florida‟s progressive organization for contemporary photography, presents the second annual In Fashion Photo exhibition – a superlative presentation of signature collections from the world‟s leading fashion photographers. Art Daily
Prospect .1 New Orleans: A New International Contemporary Art Biennial
Malick Sidibé, Les Apprentis Mccanitiens 1963, 2008, Gelatin silver print, 18 x 19 inches. Courtesy of Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. NEW ORLEANS.- Prospect.1 New Orleans , the largest biennial of international contemporary art ever organized in the United States, launched in New Orleans on November 1, 2008. Produced by U.S. Biennial, Inc., Prospect.1 is directed by international curator Dan ... Art Daily
Bass Museum of Art Opens Pedro Reyes: 47 Undertakings
Reyes' work has been exhibited at institutions throughout the world. MIAMI BEACH, FL.- Trained as an architect, Mexican artist Pedro Reyes explores the ways in which a space can be created to combine utopian ideas as well as function. Art Daily
Museo Wurth La Rioja Opens After the Flood, Exhibition by Gao Xingjian
Gao Xingjian, Lightning, 2006. Ink on canvas, 200 x 300 cm. AGONCILLO-LA RIOJA.- Museo Wurth La Rioja presents the exhibition After the Flood, which brings together the work by the prestigious Chinese artist Gao Xingjian(Ganzhou, China, 1940), 2000 Nobel Prize in Literature. Art Daily
First Works of Art Bought in 5 Million Pound Charity Scheme
Peter Hujar (1934-1987), Boy in Plastic Pants (1978). LONDON.- The first major works of art bought through Art Fund International, the £5million collecting scheme from the UK’s leading independent art charity The Art Fund , have been bought by a Scottish art gallery, The Art Fund announced. Art Daily
Kunsthistorisches Museum Opens The Myth of Antiquity
The director of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Austria, Wilfried Seipel, looks at Benvenuto Cellini's Saliera. VIENNA.- The protagonists of classical myths – heroes, mortals, gods and demi-gods – are deeply embedded in our collective memory and have lost nothing of their power to fascinate. Art Daily
Art Students Decorate Christ Hospital
Art students give Christ hospital a festive holiday look. WCPO Cincinnati
Local artists open their studios to holiday shoppers
There are only three weeks left to shop for holiday gifts. But don’t worry. Local artists are working on items to impress any art collector — and others who enjoy a creative surprise — on your list. The Kansas City Star
Art Students Decorate Christ Hospital
It's an annual Christmas tradition. Art students from Glen Este High School visit Christ Hospital and paint winter holiday scenes on the windows around the building. The Kentucky Post
Thomas Kinkade to visit KC Saturday; a Q&A with the gallery owner who invited him
When Donald Robb left the furniture business in 2001, he figured he was done with his career. Boy, was he wrong. After retiring to Palm Desert, Calif., he and his wife, Karen, moved to Kansas City two years later to care for aging parents. Today they own the Thomas Kinkade Gallery on the Country Club Plaza. The Kansas City Star
Senior art student showcases own satirical works
On Tuesday, Dan Niemeier, senior graphic design major, displayed his grand finale art gallery show in the Center for Visual Arts His message? Buyers beware. "The art walks the line," Niemeier said. The displays of societal trends broken down and constructed into real products, courtesy of Niemerica Industries, depict an important concept that far too many people fall victim to. Daily Vidette
ArtsExpress: Dec. 4, 2008
Writing contest for students announced BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE — Students in grades nine through 12 in school districts wholly or partially within the Adirondack Park are invited to submit essays to the Harry G. Remington Adirondack History Writing Competition. Plattsburgh Press Republican
Extension Napoleon collection at Museum of Fine Arts
MONTREAL — Private collections go public at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Plattsburgh Press Republican
New Lake Placid gallery highlights Adirondacks
WHAT: "Road Works," paintings by James Patnode. WHEN: Through Dec. 17. Plattsburgh Press Republican
Full slate scheduled for Winterfest
Northern Lights Arena is gearing up for its second annual Winterfest, which is scheduled for Dec. 26-28. Last year the festival was revived after community members decided Alpena and the arena needed some added life in the holiday season. "We want to give people an opportunity to do family things together," arena Manager Bob Krafft said. The Alpena News
UN 'hopeful' about Obama presidency, says expert
CHARLESTON — A 2006 photo of President-elect Barack Obama in front of the popular Superman sculpture in the small Southern Illinois town of Metropolis generally received one of two reactions. Journal Gazette & Times-Courier