Museums and Art Galleries

Kylie Minogue exhibition opens at Victoria and Albert museum

2007-02-08T02:30:00.000-08:00

The career of petite "PET-EAT" Australian sex symbol Kylie Minogue is well and truly back on the road. Having overcomer a recent brush with cancer, and now planing a new series of concerts, she has just received the ultimate in style endorsements, an exhibition dedicated to her at London's shrine to fashion and design, the Victoria and Albert museum. The exhibition tracks the pint sized singer's rise to fame through fashion. Among the earliest items unearthed in this "Kylie-ology" are the overalls she wore in the Australian TV soap series "Neighbours," the show that gave her first big break. Alongside the overalls, sits the white muslin cotton dress Kylie wore in the video for her early smash hit "I Should Be So Lucky," -- the single recorded with Stock, Aitken and Waterman that rocketed her to pop stardom.

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The gloves are off on ‘Roadshow’ FINE ART & ANTIQUES DR. LORI ...

2007-02-06T02:30:00.000-08:00

PBS STATIONS, INCLUDING WVIA, are carrying episodes of "Antiques Roadshow" with object appraisals from the Philadelphia area. Taped in August 2006 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, the shows display a variety of regional objects, such as autographed baseballs, Pennsylvania Impressionist paintings and a colonial spice cabinet. In the Philadelphia episodes, the PBS appraisers comment on the work of Philadelphia sculptor and master of the mobile Alexander Calder. Yet, while discussing the sculptor's process and other antiques topics, the "Roadshow" appraisers simultaneously ignore a standard museum practice that can help you to protect the valuable objects, both old and new, in your home: the wearing of protective gloves. I'm sure I'm not the first to note the missing gloves.

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Three-day photo exhibition on Kashmir Day

2007-02-02T02:29:00.000-08:00

RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi Arts Council will arrange a photographic exhibition depicting human rights violations in Indian-held Kashmir on Kashmir Solidarity Day. Culture District Officer Naheed Manzoor said that the basic purpose of the exhibition was to show solidarity with our Kashmiri brethren and make the public aware of their sufferings. Pakistani and Kashmiri children will deliver speeches, sing national songs and will distribute posters, badges and publicity material in the exhibition, she said. The exhibition will continue for three days from February 5 to 8 without any entry fee for the general public, she added. The Rawalpindi Arts Council is also organising an exhibition of Iranian handicrafts in line with Irans National Day celebrations on February 9.

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Charlton Art Gallery Photography Exhibit

2007-01-31T02:34:00.000-08:00

A free art exhibit is open now through Feb. 22 at the Gretchen Charlton Art Gallery located within Provena Heritage Village, 901 N. Entrance Ave., Kankakee. The Seventh Annual Juried Photography Exhibit officially opened Thursday evening and features 64 works of art from area artists. Many of the works are available for purchase. The exhibit is open weekdays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and weekends 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Scott Dombrowski, professor of art and digital media in the photography concentration at Olivet Nazarene University, was the juror for this year's exhibit. Prior to teaching at Olivet, Dombrowski worked in the largest photography studio in Savannah, Ga., as a photographer and digital media specialist. The gallery's purpose is to benefit the needs of residents of Provena Heritage Village and to encourage people of all ages everywhere to gain an appreciation of the arts.

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Lucilda Dassardo Cooper: On art and life

2007-01-29T02:31:00.000-08:00

Jamaican-born fine artist, Lucilda Dassardo Cooper, is dedicated to bringing her art and vision to the global community by creating images that uplift the heart and nurture the psyche. Cooper, 51, who recently visited the island from Boston, invited all woman to her cosy little studio in Portmore, St Catherine, where she spoke about her craft, her journey as an artist and the road ahead. ASK acclaimed Jamaican-born US artist Lucilda Dassardo Cooper what she has been working on lately, and she will tell you she is just trying to "pull images from her subconscious". She says this even before she tells you that her oil on canvas piece Cosmic Dancer was recently selected by the city of Boston for use as the backdrop for the logo of the city's New Year celebrations (dubbed First Lights), or that her work is still being featured in art houses and publications all over the globe.

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Pugster Da Vinci Picture Cinderella Art Drawing Ever After Italian Charm

2007-01-23T02:54:00.000-08:00

Show off your personality, hobbies, or significant affiliations with this Pugster Da Vinci Picture Italian charm. This photo charm features Leonardo Da Vinci?s famous sketch of the mythological figure Leda. Crafted of the finest stainless steel with soldered faces (as opposed to less durable glue), these charms are sure to be a hit as you build your Italian charm bracelet or anklet. You can build your bracelet all at once, or gradually over the years. Either way, these bracelets are a great way to express your enduring values and style. Also a great gift for the person interested in classical mythology and the art of Leonardo Da Vinci. Crafted and authenticated by Pugster (TM) Inc., these Da Vinci Picture Italian charms are available for both retail and wholesale purchase in our store.

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Educational activities at the Malta Maritime Museum

2007-01-23T02:34:00.000-08:00

Heritage Malta will bring to life the Maltese sailor under the Order of St John and in the Royal Navy at the Malta Maritime Museum, in Vittoriosa, on Sunday 28 January between 2pm and 4.30pm. Visitors to the museum will learn more about life on naval vessels during the late 18th Century and early 19th Century. Historical interpreters will depict various roles including sailors, gunners and soldiers on the gallery battalions. They will give information about the weapons and the fighting techniques used. They will also talk about daily life on board, such as the typical daily menu and how sailors spent their free time. The historical interpreters will also perform a musketry drill and fire a naval cannon. Two guided tours, in Maltese, incorporating the above displays will take place at 2pm and 3.30pm.

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The Paper Mill Store .com Adds Schoellershammer Fine Art Papers

2007-01-21T02:34:00.000-08:00

(openPR) - The Paper Mill Store .com is pleased to offer its customers a leading brand in the Fine Arts Paper category ― Papierfabrik Schoellershammer. Whether you're a graphic designer who dashes out sketches of your next big idea, or an artist on the verge of creating the next Mona Lisa, you'll find the fine art paper you need at thepapermillstore.com. Not only is Papierfabrik Schoellershammer a leader in the production of fine art and tracing paper, it also has a history of strong environmental commitment. Two of the Schoellershammer fine art papers are tree free ― Watercolor Esparto Grass Paper and Watercolor Torchon Paper. In addition, The Paper Mill Store offers 4G Illustration Board, Acrylic Painting Paper, Airbrush Painting Paper, Bleed Proof Marker Paper, Duria Drawing Paper and Oil Painting Paper.

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Upcoming Exhibition: New Twist on Native American Art

2007-01-19T02:39:00.000-08:00

TULSA, Okla., Jan. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- "This is an important part of revitalizing the Native American Art program at Philbrook," says Christina Burke, curator of Native American and Non-Western art at Philbrook Museum of Art. She is speaking about Philbrook's upcoming exhibition Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation 2 -- Contemporary Native North American Art from the West, Northwest and Pacific. "This exhibit showcases some of the best work in contemporary Native American art today -- including 25 artists whose roots are in Oklahoma," says Burke. "Philbrook has a mission to help foster the development of Native American art in the 21st century, so we are taking an active role in what's happening in Native Arts now." This is the second installment in this exhibition series created by the Museum of Arts & Design, New York.

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Pope Family Opens Art Gallery and Boutique in Ridgway

2007-01-17T02:42:00.000-08:00

The artwork has been hung on the wall, the jewelry has been placed in the case and the clothing has been put on the rack. Now all Amber Pope needs is customers. Pope, along with her parents, Margo and Sid Pope, are co-owners of Amber, an art gallery and boutique shop located at 195 (unit D) S. Lena – one block south of Hwy. 62 and across the street from True Value Hardware – in Ridgway. They’ll officially open on Wednesday with an open house scheduled from noon to 5 p.m. "I am excited," Pope said. "It’s like it was almost never going to happen. We’ve seen it like this," she said, gesturing to the roomful of merchandise, but no customers, "for so long." The Popes have lived in San Miguel County since 1990 and currently reside in Placerville.

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Art for marketing's sake

2007-01-15T02:42:00.000-08:00

Making it that much harder to judge a book by its cover, publishing giant Penguin is releasing a new line of paperback classics in the U.K. that come with blank fronts, backs and spines, leaving readers to pick up pencils and paintbrushes and design what they feel is appropriate cover art. Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment, Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Brothers Grimm's Magic Tales, Marcus Aurelius's Meditations, Virginia Woolf's The Waves and Jane Austen's Emma are the first six books to be released in the buff. They come with art-quality cover paper and can handle just about any medium. Currently available on Amazon.com, the books will arrive in Canada in the coming months. .

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Italy asks museum to return works

2007-01-13T02:31:00.000-08:00

The Cleveland Museum of Art is next on the list of American museums from which Italy will seek the return of ancient treasures it says were looted from Italian soil. Maurizio Fiorilli, the Italian government lawyer leading negotiations with American museums, confirmed Friday that he has been trying to open discussions with the Cleveland museum as part of an international campaign to halt the trade in illegally excavated antiquities. He said three e-mails to the museum have gone unanswered, although he acknowledged that the e-mails may not have been addressed properly and may be missing. In the latest message, sent Dec. 20, Fiorilli said he proposed that the museum send representatives to Rome in February for a discussion about how the Cleveland museum could return ancient works in exchange for long-term loans from Italian museums.

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Pucker Up: The Fine Art of Whistling

2007-01-11T02:34:00.000-08:00

Maybe Show of the Week should have been the Beeb's reworking of Macbeth, which tips Shakespeare on his head and rattles brilliant change from his pockets. But along came Pucker Up, as delightful a prelude to an evening's viewing as you will find. Each year the International Whistlers Convention, which is high in prestige but hardly a big-ticket event, is held in Louisburg, North Carolina. One of the pleasures of this lovingly produced film by Kate Davis and David Heilbroner is it takes time to meet the champions before they arrive at the convention. There's Joe Sodano, from Morristown, New Jersey, who drives a poultry delivery truck and whistles while he works; eyebrows arching expressively - a characteristic of serious whistlers. Joe started whistling to birds in the trees and was fascinated to hear them whistle back.

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UT Dallas presents art exhibition entitled "Object"

2007-01-09T02:56:00.000-08:00

The exhibition, Object, curated by John Pomara and Charissa Terranova, will run in the main gallery of the Visual Arts Building at The University of Texas at Dallas from Jan. 12 to Feb. 16. The exhibition is free and open to the public. In this mixed media exhibition, artists create hybrid forms of art that investigate the object's plurality of form in current art practices. Featured artists include Frances Bagley, Candice Briceno, Nancy Brown, Richie Budd, Jeff Hand, Lily Hanson, Teresa O'Conner, Tim Stokes, Jason Villegas and Kathy Webster. Terranova remarks that, though seemingly mundane, “objects have a magical, if not chimerical power." “Objects" in the exhibition include video, textile-paintings, three-dimensional photographs, sculpture and pictures “spilling onto the floor in stuffed-animal splendor." Terranova explains, “The work of Object disregards the partitions between painting, sculpture, and architecture, claiming media contamination its own.

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'Souls' opens spring season on campuspring 2007 gallery lineup to ...

2007-01-07T02:38:00.000-08:00

A mixed-media work titled "Beneath My Souls" by Vicksburg artist Lesley Silver opens the spring 2007 gallery lineup at Jackson County campus of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. Titled "Beneath My Souls," the show will be up through Feb. 16 and hold its opening reception at 6 p.m. Thursday with a gallery talk by the artist at 6:30. Silver has owned the Attic Gallery in Vicksburg for 35 years. She attended her first workshop in 1984 at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina. Her artistic expression, primarily in photography, became more experimental, she said, with each decade until the 2003 death of her mother, Ocean Springs artist Klara Koock. Silver said that when she began to use her mother's paint brushes, it seemed to kindle an exploration of painting in her work.

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Bookends great example of art deco

2007-01-03T02:44:00.000-08:00

We were going to put this pair of bookends in a neighborhood garage sale, but one of our neighbors thought they were more valuable than the price we were going to charge. She suggested we ask what you thought of them. Thank you. - L.C., Sarasota I needed a little more information. By finding out that the bookends are 7 inches high and are incised with the name of the company, L.V. Aronson, and the date 1924, I was able to research the company. I could not tell from the picture if these art deco bookends were bronze or bronze-clad. Bronze, which is an alloy of copper, tin and zinc, would make the bookends rarer and more valuable. I determined these are bronze-plated. Instead of using bronze, companies often made bronze-plated bookends. Plaster of paris or a metal base was poured into a mold and later a layer of bronze was applied.

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Lincoln museum extends deadline to guess day of millionth visitor

2006-12-30T02:37:00.000-08:00

SPRINGFIELD - Officials at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum have extended the deadline for guessing when the one-millionth person will visit the museum honoring the 16th president.The millionth visitor was expected by the end of 2006. But the early December snowstorm slowed attendance, prompting officials to extend the contest entry deadline to Jan. 5, museum spokeswoman Jill Burwitz said.As of Christmas Eve, attendance at the museum, which opened in April 2005, was 987,470. Burwitz said the museum hopes to receive the millionth visitor by the end of January.The winner will receive two one-year passes to the museum and a $100 gift certificate to the museum gift store. During its first year, more than 600,000 people toured the museum.Information from: The State Journal-Register, http://www.sj-r.comA service of the Associated Press(AP) .

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The finest fine art of the season

2006-12-26T02:41:00.000-08:00

After Knopf devoted a luxurious book last year to 84-year-old Lucian Freud's prodigious output of paintings since 1996, little remained to do but show us what no other art book has: Freud at Work, photographs by Bruce Bernard and David Dawson (253 pages; $65). Freud reputedly calibrates his distance from people as ruthlessly as did his grandfather, the founder of psychoanalysis, doubtless for different reasons. In portraits and nudes, the painter ruminates obsessively on the degrees of intimacy or recoil that scrutiny can promise or preclude. As a portraitist, he aptly describes himself to interviewer Sebastian Smee in the book as "a biologist." "Freud at Work" offers intriguing -- though frequently uninviting -- glimpses of the painter and his models at work in his dingy studio, of unfinished canvases on the easel and of the painter himself colluding in creating a photographic record to rival those that help keep aflame the renown of Picasso (1881-1973), Francis Bacon (1909-1992) and Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966).

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Ferguson happy to have Beckham back for exhibition game

2006-12-17T02:39:00.000-08:00

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson is ready to welcome David Beckham back to Old Trafford when his former protege plays for the visitors in an exhibition match. Beckham has been picked for a UEFA Select XI to play United in March to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome -- which established the European Economic Community, forerunner to the EU -- and United's 50 years of European football. It will be the first time Beckham has played against his former club since leaving United to sign for Real Madrid in July 2003. Beckham's exit followed a deterioration in his relationship with Ferguson and came five months after the former England captain was cut on the head by a boot kicked in anger by Ferguson following a home defeat by Arsenal.

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Art Gallery to host Macomb College Student Exhibit

2006-12-15T02:37:00.000-08:00

The Macomb Community College Student Show will take place through Thursday, Jan. 11, 2007 at the Macomb Center for the Performing Arts.The exhibit will include select works from approximately 100 students chosen from Macomb College Art Classes including: Drawing, Painting, Life Drawing, Ceramics, Color & Design, and Jewelry & Metalwork. The Art Gallery is open Monday-Thursday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. as well as starting 90 minutes prior to Macomb Center events. Admission is free. The college will be closed for Winter Break Dec. 23 through Jan. 3. Call (586) 286-2089 or visit on the Web at www.MacombCenter.com for further information. The Macomb Center for the Performing Arts is a Community Enrichment Program of Macomb College and is located on the college's Center Campus at Garfield and Hall roads in Clinton Township.

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At Miami Fair, Art Market Showed Its Blood, Bones to Thousands

2006-12-13T02:41:00.000-08:00

Dec. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Close to 40,000 people from every habitable continent on the planet went to Miami Beach last week just to look at art. They saw a shipping container filling with 26 tons of sand. They stood eye-to-eye with a Picasso bust of his onetime mistress, Dora Maar. They stared, open-mouthed, as a crushed cigarette pack skittered around a dealer's booth at the Miami Beach Convention Center like a puppet on a string. They spent millions. Most important, caught for four days in a bubble of unbridled consumerism and adept social engineering, they watched each other do all of it. Art Basel Miami Beach, which ended Dec. 10, is not just the country's largest and most important marketplace for art. It is theater of a most entertaining sort.

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Milwaukee Public Museum paying a former official's legal bills

2006-12-09T02:41:00.000-08:00

MILWAUKEE - A former Milwaukee Public Museum official charged with criminal misconduct on accusations he helped run the facility into debt has been reimbursed $77,760 by the museum's insurance carrier for representation in the case, according to museum officials and its insurance broker.Dan Finley, the museum's president and chief executive officer, and Michael Bernatz, the museum's current financial officer, said Thursday that the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies, not the museum, decided to reimburse Terry Gaouette's defense costs, which can include fees for attorneys, experts and other costs. .

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Book Review: Fine Art Printing for Photographers by Uwe ...

2006-12-07T02:43:00.000-08:00

I have had the privilege to encounter many books on the art of photographic printing, but never have I found one so succinct and to the point about what is needed to create great prints. Fine Art Printing for Photographers is that book. Its subtitle, Exhibition Quality Prints with Inkjet Printers, is quite apt as it does a superb job of getting to the core of what is needed to understand and create high quality prints.What I find is that many books on printing focus on "The Printer". That is they focus on a specific brand of printer whether it be Canon, Epson or HP. This is a book that transcends a brand and focuses on what it takes to generate a high quality print. Many books will tell you about dots per inch and printer resolution. Fine Art Printing for Photographers concentrates on items that will allow you to make an informed decision on what will work best for your specific needs and equipment.

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Azerbaijani-Turkish Friendship Society Organizes an Exhibition ...

2006-12-03T02:37:00.000-08:00

The exhibition is organized in the centre of “Academy" of District “Beylukduzu". Sayyad Salahli, where the Consul General of Azerbaijan to Istanbul is expected to take part in the work of the conference. Participants of the event will stress the falsity and groundlessness of Armenian statements on the so-called “genocide", based on historical facts. Salikh Bayraktar, Head of TADER, said that Turkey had faced the propaganda and accusations of Armenian lobby internationally. However, the truth based upon concrete facts and archive materials will support Ankara. “Armenians have published thousands of books based upon false evidence, trying blackening Turkish international image. However, all their attempts are doomed to failure", said Mr. Bayraktar.

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THE refurbished Kelvingrove Art Gallery has overtaken Edinburgh ...

2006-11-27T02:48:00.000-08:00

And if the number of people flocking to the Glasgow attraction continues, it is line to be the third most popular museum in Britain. When it closed three years ago for a massive £35million refurbishment, Kelvingrove was attracting around 1million visitors a year. But in the four months since it re-opened, a staggering 1.8m people have toured the world-famous West End attraction. Edinburgh Castle, until now the most popular attraction in Scotland, pulls in around 1.2m people a year. Delighted gallery bosses say if the volume of visitors to Kelvingrove continues for the next eight months, it could top the 3.9m people who tour the Tate Modern in London and come close to the 4.2m people who enjoy London's National Gallery. The British Museum in London is the most popular museum in the country with 4.54m visitors a year.

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Art heritage at risk from lack of funds

2006-11-25T02:42:00.000-08:00

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has 70 times the purchasing power of the British Museum and more than eight times that of the National Gallery in London, according to a report. Britain’s leading museums lag behind other world-class institutions in terms of the money available to spend on their collections, particularly when compared with those in America, France and the Netherlands. .

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Nassau Art Museum Pins Hopes On Picasso

2006-11-23T02:31:00.000-08:00

The Nassau County Museum of Art looks like Gatsby's mansion, nestled on 145 acres on the fabled North Shore of Long Island. One would think that enthusiastic crowds would flock to this picturesque setting to see great works on display. But because so many LI residents trek instead to New York City museums to quench their thirst for fine art, this museum is the Island's best-kept secret. Over the next three months, museum officials will be hoping that a new exhibit will change all this. They are banking on the iconic painter Pablo Picasso to transform the museum from languishing as an outsider to generating major buzz as a chief magnet in the inner circle of New York's art scene. Painter On A Tightrope The museum's chance to solidify its credibility rests with Picasso and the School of Paris, which opened on Nov.

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Leading international art curator in Wellington

2006-11-21T02:34:00.000-08:00

Internationally renowned contemporary art curator, writer and researcher Claire Doherty is the 2006 Litmus International Curatorial Fellow. Currently Senior Research Fellow in Fine Art at Bristol University of West England, Claire Doherty is recognized as a specialist in contextual and process based art practice. She lectures widely on curatorial issues and has published in a diverse range of art magazines and exhibition catalogues. Claire Doherty's visit, supported by the Massey Foundation, is from 13 November – 16 December. Litmus is the School of Fine Arts research centre. Project Director Aaron Kreisler says Litmus has invited Ms Doherty in recognition of the significant benefits her knowledge and expertise as both a curator and writer will bring to a New Zealand context.

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Golden Oaks to present art exhibition, sale Friday

2006-11-19T02:32:00.000-08:00

The residents and employees of Golden Oaks Village will present "A Season of Joy" art exhibition and sale in the atrium from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday. It will be under the direction of art director Charlotte Williams. Refreshments will be served.Participating artists will include Nathell Claflin, Wanda Dean, Babe Brown, Roselyn Close, LaVera Pekrus, Lois Barnes, Mansour and FiFi Boutros, Nellie and Gilman Davis, Ester Lerrin, Anna Mary Ridgeway, Verna Henthorn, Pete Peterson, Rowena Poore, Lola Dittmeyer, Bernice Pereboom, Bea Herrin, Jean Smith, Betty Ratzlaff, Jannie Tremain, Eudine Parker, Irene Barker, Harry Nesbit, Marcena Johnson, Sandra Mueller Storm, Director Charlotte Williams and Verna Morris, photographer.The event is free and open to the public. Story Comments .

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Anne Landa Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales

2006-11-17T02:38:00.000-08:00

The Anne Landa Exhibition and Award is the first award exhibition in Australia for moving image and new media work. Held annually since 2004, it is currently presenting this year’s seven finalists, with the winner announced today. He or she will walk away with $25,000 (and presumably one big smile). Among the work on show is Philip Brophy’s Body Malleable, in which he presents a projected image, sound and a sculptural ball into which the viewer is invited to insert their finger; the finger then becomes the controlling device. Also featured is Tony Schwensen, pictured, whose work is literally his own body. Here he situates himself in a gallery for a 24-hour period on a chair equipped with digital scales. Will he become The Biggest Loser? Or the big winner? Anne Landa Exhibition, 17 November 17 - February 11.

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Art and the Myth of Fingerprints

2006-11-15T02:37:00.000-08:00

"Who the #$&% Is Jackson Pollock?" is a new documentary about art authentication with dubious claims on its own legitimacy. Ostensibly, it tells the story of Teri Horton, a 73-year-old former long-haul truck driver with an "eighthgrade education" who happened to buy a large abstract painting at a thrift shop for $5. Never mind why she bought it (originally as a gift, even though she thought it ugly), what matters is that a local art teacher checked it out and thought the picture might be an original Jackson Pollock. Ms. Horton's response: "Who the #$&% is Jackson Pollock?" A more accurate title for the film might have been "Who the $#%& Does the Art World Think It Is?"Unfortunately for its creators director Harry Moses and producer Steven Hewitt (the executive producer is Don Hewitt, creator of "60 Minutes") all its arrows fly wide of their mark.

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Rancho Mirage Art Affaire features fine art, music today and ...

2006-11-09T03:13:00.000-08:00

The 2006 Rancho Mirage Art Affaire, an outdoor event that brings high-quality art and music to Whitewater Park in Rancho Mirage, runs today and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event is free. The park is at 71-560 San Jacinto Drive in Rancho Mirage. The two-day event is a juried fine art show and sale and jazz festival. It features 100 visual artists. Smooth jazz music will begin on state at 11:30 today with internationally renowned Latin guitarist Luis Villegas. Vocalist Steve Oliver will also perform. On Sunday, Nils (Pacific Coast Highway) will play at 11:30 a.m., with headliner Eric Darius taking the stage at 2:30 p.m. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Arts in Healthcare program at Eisenhower Medical Center and the Children's Discovery Museum of the Desert.

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Doctor donates $500,000 collection to CBU art gallery

2006-11-05T02:30:00.000-08:00

A Vancouver doctor who grew up in Donkin has donated a 2,500-piece art collection with an Asian focus to the Cape Breton University Art Gallery. Dr. Joseph Nearing officially gave the 16 collections worth $500,000 to the gallery at its sold-out annual gala fundraiser on Friday. The James Nearing and Florence Giovannetti-Nearing Dragon Lair’s Collection, named in memory of Nearing’s parents of Donkin, is the largest one-time gift ever donated to the art gallery. A retired doctor who received an honorary degree from Cape Breton University last weekend, Dr. Nearing spent his early years in Donkin. Known as a leader in workplace health and safety he had a distinguished career in occupational health. Much of his work involved mines and mining. Dr.

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Art Openings, Events and Museums

2006-11-03T03:06:00.000-08:00

"Photographer's Fanfare": Lectures, discussions, workshops, book signings and portfolio reviews. Presented by Portland Photographers Forum. 1-7 p.m. Fri, $15; 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Sat, $15; 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Sun, free. University of Portland, 5000 N. Willamette Blvd. Details: 614-0161, www.portlandphotoforum.org. Portland Art Museum lecture: Zahi Hawass, general secretary of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, marks the opening of the PAM exhibit "The Quest for Immortality: Treasures of Ancient Egypt," with a lecture about recent discoveries. 2 p.m. Fri. Kridel Grand Ballroom, 1219 S.W. Park Ave. $15 PAM members, $20 nonmembers. Details, tickets: 226-0973. openings Art on the Boulevard: 210 W. Evergreen Blvd. #300, Vancouver (360-750-4499).

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Klimts and a Picasso may break fine art sale record

2006-10-30T02:47:00.000-08:00

A SALE of Impressionist and modern masterpieces in New York next month is poised to become the highest-earning art auction on record. About 86 lots, including a Blue Period Picasso owned by composer Lord Lloyd-Webber, and four works by Gustav Klimt are expected to fetch up to $490 million (£260 million) when they go under the hammer at Christie’s in New York on November 8 and 9. .

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Demonstration at Chocolate Exhibition in Paris about journalist ...

2006-10-28T05:54:00.000-07:00

Around 30 activists from Reporters Without Borders and the "Truth for Guy-Andr Kieffer" committee staged a protest at Cte d'Ivoire's stand at the Chocolate Exhibition in Paris today to draw attention to the fact that French-Canadian journalist Guy-Andr Kieffer had been investigating the country's cacao industry at the time of his disappearance in April 2004 in Abidjan. They affixed adhesive ribbons and stickers to Cte d'Ivoire's stand, and distributed leaflets with Kieffer's photo headlined: "Cacao can kill in Cte d'Ivoire - what did Guy-Andr Kieffer know ?" Kieffer's wife and other members of his family were among those taking part in the demonstration, which took place on the first day of the three-day exhibition. "This cowardly kidnapping was organised by members of the president's entourage," Reporters Without Borders said.

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Buzz Art Gallery Listings: Oct. 26, 2006

2006-10-26T03:30:00.000-07:00

Chico's Art, Etc. gallery, 122 W. Third St., is exhibiting new digital photography by local artist Mike Simpson. The show, which includes "Egret," shown here, runs through Nov. 11. Simpson's work was selected for a 2007 Astrology Calendar for Sky Music. It will be available for sale at Art, Etc. and other Chico locations beginning November 6. Large archival art prints from the calendar, as well as the calendar itself, will be available at www.skymusicstore.com.(Image courtesy of Art, Etc.) <p class='dotPhoto'>All Chico E-R photos are available <a href='http://chicoer.mycapture.com/'>here</a>.</p> .

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Faculty art show

2006-10-24T03:22:00.000-07:00

What: The visual arts teachers from the nine high schools in the Glendale Union High School district are exhibiting their artwork at the Glendale Adult Center, 5970 W. Brown St. in Glendale, through Nov. 14. Background: Ninety-five works of art were created by the art, photography, and 3-D design teachers. The teachers will be at a reception open to the public from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday. Hours: 8 a.m.-8 p.m. daily .

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The First Art Newspaper on the Net

2006-10-22T04:39:00.001-07:00

SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) presents the exhibition Charged Space: Jane & Louise Wilson/Fikret Atay from October 20, 2006, through January 21, 2007. Marking the curatorial debut of SFMOMA’s newly appointed media arts curator, Rudolf Frieling, this presentation pairs two video installations that allude to the loaded histories of specific sites—places laden with connotations of terror, political oppression, or cultural imperialism. Stasi City, 1997, by Jane and Louise Wilson features multichannel wall-size projections that journey through the abandoned headquarters of the East German secret police—the Staatsicherheit—a few years after the reunification of Germany. Fikret Atay’s Tinica, 2004, a single-channel projection, is set on a hillside against the backdrop of Atay’s hometown, Batman, a Kurdish city rife with political turmoil that is located near the border between Turkey and Iraq.

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Art contest: Drawings sought

2006-10-22T04:39:00.000-07:00

Central Indiana student-artists of all ages still have time to submit their best holiday drawing as the deadline for entries to the 2006 Bright House Networks Holiday Card contest has been extended to Oct. 30. A winner will be named for each of three categories Nov. 1. Categories include elementary (kindergarten through grade 5), middle school (grades 6 to 8) and high school (grades 9 to 12). .

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Techniques offered are state-of-the-art, doctors say

2006-10-22T04:37:00.002-07:00

The Clearview Cancer Institute's highly trained doctors are dedicated to providing the most advanced radiation oncology services with the least side effects and best cure rates. "We use radiation like a medical oncologist might chemotherapy," says Dr. Noel Estopinal, radiation oncologist. "Then we evaluate the therapy and its response. It is one of the fundamental treatments of cancer, which shares similar biologic behaviors, with cells that grow and spread abnormally in areas of the body where they don't belong." Dr. Estopinal and Dr. Hoyt Childs III, Dr. Joseph Schneider and Dr. Elizabeth Falkenberg provide radiation oncology services at Clearview Cancer Institute. Collectively, the team offers 45 years of experience in this specialty. "These radiation technologies represent state-of-the-art in our specialty," Dr.

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350+ Lots of Antiques and Fine Art from Local Estates at our ...

2006-10-22T04:37:00.001-07:00

Victorian Furniture: R.J. Horner Faux Bamboo Cheval Mirror; Mahogany Giant Paw Foot Pedestal Table w/ 5 Leaves (60"); Set of Six Carved Walnut High Style Dining Chairs; Set of Six Walnut Acan-thus Carved Chairs; Carved Mahogany Slant Top Desk (attrib. R.J. Horner); Several Walnut Hall Trees; Several Marbletop Center Tables; Davenport Desk, Marquetry inlaid Center Table, Carved Ma-hogany Hairy Paw Work Stand; Walnut Outside Stretcher Base Table; Small Parlor Safe; Ball & Claw Partners Desk; Walnut Cylinder Roll Desk; and much more. French Furniture: Mahogany Inlaid Bonheur Du Jour; 19th Mirror w/ carved Cherubs; Pr. Needle-point Upholstered Chairs; Carved Gilt Pedestal w/ Cherubs; Several Fancy Gilt Mirrors; Pr. Chippy White Marbletop Side Tables; Custom Marbletop Bombe Commode; Marble Top Stand; Marble Top Console Table; Chippy White Floral Swag Dresser; Iron Tassel Bench; and much more.

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'Town and Country' art by the Hornes

2006-10-22T04:37:00.000-07:00

"Town and Country," an exhibition of rural landscapes by Phyllis F. Horne and urban scenes by her daughter, Karen Horne, is on display through Nov. 11 at Horne Fine Art, 142 E. 800 South, Salt Lake City. The show, which recently closed at the Springville Museum of Art, includes more than 45 newly created paintings by the two artists and highlights their complementary subject matter and stylistic approaches. For more information, call 801-533-4200 or visit http://www.hornefine art.com. War and peace: Military-themed imagery from the U.S. Navy Art Collection and photographs of a Utah peace garden form an intriguing juxtaposition at the Salt Lake Art Center, 20 S. West Temple, Salt Lake City. "Unseen Shores" features paintings of uniformed officers, enlisted men, fighter jets and submarines; it will continue until Jan.

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Art calendar

2006-10-22T04:36:00.002-07:00

Monterey Museum of Art. The museum plans "A Farewell to Summer" celebration and wine tasting for its Third Thursday event, 5 to 7 p.m. tonight (Thursday) with appetizers prepared by Moveable Feast, wines by Blackstone Winery and the opening of "Through the Lens: Portraiture and Photography," with a special focus on Yousuf Karsh's portraits of celebrated individuals. "In Focus: Yousuf Karsh in Focus," includes Karsh's portraits of Ernest Hemingway, Winston Churchill, Albert Schweitzer, Joan Miro, Marc Chagall, Robert Mapplethorpe, Edward Weston, William Heick, Johan Hagemeyer, Ansel Adams and Alma Lavenson. Also opening is "Through the Lens: Photography and Portraiture," which includes images from the museum's permanent collection. Free. 5598 Pacific St., Monterey. Information: 372-5477, www.montereyart.org.

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Real Talk - Art and business

2006-10-22T04:36:00.001-07:00

The historic, or should I say prehistoric, notion that the arts and business are not related to one another has been disproved across the nation and right here in our own Napa Valley.Much as the character of an individual is composed of the divided parts that include a productive body and the creative soul, the character of the community is also defined by the combined elements of economic vitality and the nature of its creative soul.As former Napa mayor Ed Henderson put it, "The Napa Valley is not just streets and highways. It has to have a heart and soul." As we might once have needed to visit Ashland, Carmel or San Francisco in order to partake in the visual or performing arts, we now have enough opportunities within our own Napa County to meet our cultural needs.Locally we are blessed with art studios, galleries and performing groups such as the Napa Valley Symphony that not only bring opportunities of rich pleasure to local residents, but also provide a key element of cultural enrichment to visiting tourists.

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Jewelry store sponsors art contest

2006-10-22T04:36:00.000-07:00

Robert Miller Fine Jewelry in Howell has a beautiful new look, thanks to some art students in Livingston County. The jewelry store, located at 4863 E. Grand River Ave., recently moved into a new location. Owner Robert Miller noticed that the open ceiling presented a noise problem, though, so he came up with a creative solution. .

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Group art effort a thing of beauty

2006-10-22T04:35:00.001-07:00

No, we're not talking about the Michigan's Adventure amusement park, in Muskegon. We're talking about an amazing piece of art. Through a special grant from the Grand Rapids Foundation, seventh- and eighth-grade students designed, developed and created a sculpture and mural installation featuring the four seasons of Michigan. Each side of the free-standing sculpture features fun things to do and see in Michigan. The school art project began with research. "The students wrote letters to the Michigan Tourism Association to request brochures about the state," Burton Middle School art teacher Joanne Perko said. "We used the pictures in the brochures to help us brainstorm what we might want to include on the sculpture." Once the students determined what they wanted to highlight, they handpainted dozens of 6-inch tiles and fired them.

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The politics of art

2006-10-22T04:35:00.000-07:00

Artists Nick Hollibaugh, left, and Ben Watkins are vacating their Valley Street studio in December to make way for the American Locomotive Works, a luxury townhouse and condominum development. Critics of Providence's arts policy say the city favors economic development over the needs of artists and small businesses. The Providence Journal / Andrew Dickerman .

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Society: Taking wing: modern add to Art Institute

2006-10-22T04:34:00.000-07:00

The Art Institute of Chicago was founded in 1879 and opened on its current site in 1893, built on rubble from the Great Chicago Fire. Its collection now contains more than 300,000 items spanning 5,000 years from cultures around the world. The museum is constructing its largest building ever, the 264,000-square-foot Modern Wing designed by acclaimed Italian architect Renzo Piano, winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. On Friday, the Women's Board will sponsor the cleverly titled Edifice Complex dinner, saluting the architect with performances by members of Redmoon Theater. John H. Bryan, retired chairman and CEO of Sara Lee Corp. and noted fund-raiser, is chairman of the board of trustees. When did plans take off for this new wing? We began back in the last millennium, when Jim Wood was president.

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