Art Galleries

Video: Toronto Zoo & AGO

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:52:38 GMT

Bill Coulter visits the always amusing Toronto Zoo and the newly-designed Art Gallery of Ontario and discovers some great summer programs.

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July 4th festivities in the Fox Valley

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:16:24 GMT

Area towns celebrate Independence Day today with parades, picnics and other activities.

Fourth of July Calendar

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:44:53 GMT

Great. Despite the recession, Mammoth will continue to see a lot of visitors and the economy will possibly start to recover.

Hecht show will leave you thinking

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:19:05 GMT

"Terrors & Ecstasies" is a most appropriate title for Michael Hecht's first one-person exhibit at Colo Colo Gallery on Centre Street in downtown New Bedford.

Jay Chou's first Australian concert wins fans' hearts

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:27:00 GMT

More than 15,000 local and overseas fans flocked to Sydney Olympic Park Acer Arena on Friday night to see the Asian pop star, Jay Chou's first live concert in Australia.

Tyeb Mehta, Painter of Emerging India, Dies at 84

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:28:13 GMT

Mr. Mehta emerged as the leading light of India's first post-colonial generation of Modernists painters.

The Land and Words of Mary Oliver, the Bard of Provincetown

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:33:39 GMT

BY half-past 5 on a morning in early May, the sun rising over Blackwater Pond had already brightened the pine woods.

Lori Marble: Neosho couple inspired by woods

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:40:08 GMT

NEOSHO, Mo. - Sprinkled throughout the rural Neosho home of Jack and Sallie Divine are several pieces of hand-made furniture.

Albright-Knox Art Gallery announces Both Cost-cutting and Revenue-generating Measures

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:34:39 GMT

The Albright-Knox Art Gallery today announced it is embarking on an aggressive three-year operating plan designed to actively sustain its artistic mission and current staffing levels while successfully addressing financial challenges resulting from the recent economic recession , which has had an impact on the museum.

Painting remains a constant in artist's life - Abbotsford News

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:39:00 GMT

Pieter Molenaar has owned a Tsawwassen deli, managed a local art gallery, and currently enjoys working in the social atmosphere of retail. He immigrated to Canada from Amsterdam, and has lived in Tsawwassen, Hawaii and Portland before returning to ...

Albright-Knox to Close an Additional Day - WGRZ TV

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:01:00 GMT

One of Buffalo's cultural jewels will soon be open only four days a week as it continues to try and manage its resources during the economic downturn. Starting July 15th, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery will be closed on Wednesdays and be open only ...

Weekend: Get Out! Your guide to fun in our area

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:22:01 GMT

Family Fun KUTZTOWN FOLK FESTIVAL July 3-5 The 60th annual Kutztown Folk Festival, the oldest continuously-operated folklife festival in America, will be held July 3-5 at Kutztown Fairgrounds.

ABSTRACT ART - Kilgore News Herald

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:12:00 GMT

Anup Bhandari shows off just a few of the pieces that will be featured at the exhibit in Longview starting on July 18. A young artist came from Nepal to the United States in pursuit of learning art, and now nine years later his talents are being ...

France's Estuaire 2009 Exhibition: A River Runs Through Its Art - Wall Street Journal

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:24:00 GMT

Nantes/Saint-Nazaire: Estuaire 2009 turns the vast estuary of the Loire River between the French cities of Nantes and Saint Nazaire into an outdoor art gallery. The exhibition spreads out over more than 100 kilometers of river bank on both sides of ...

Bird's eye view: Pigeons are trained as fussy art critics in bizarre ... - Daily Mail

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:21:00 GMT

It may explain why they flock to Trafalgar Square. They're there to visit the National Gallery. Pigeons, it seems, can discriminate between art techniques and can even judge their quality. According to scientists, given the incentive of food, racing ...

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:20:14 GMT

'Johnson's ability to combine media, working fluidly between sculpture and photography, is part of what has drawn so much attention to her work,' says Michelle Jacques, the AGO's associate curator of contemporary art.

Gallery showcases work of 8-year-old creator - Mydesert.com

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:55:00 GMT

Dara Shay's world is a fanciful and bright wonderland, where cool cats ride skateboards and angel kittens hang out with butterflies. ?Look at this? Who would think that a cat has a blue head?? says Gideon, the owner of I.M.A.G.E.S. by Gideon art ...

Art news in brief - Tehran Times

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:31:00 GMT

TEHRAN -- An award-winning photo series by the Iranian photographer Hamideh Zolfaqari will go on display at the Eric Dupont Gallery in Paris. The gallery will host a group exhibit from July 20 to 25 during which Zolfaqari?s ?The Doors Whisper ...

Hobart City Art Prize - Australian Broadcasting Corp.

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:21:00 GMT

Two Tasmanian artists have taken out the top awards in the City of Hobart Art Prize. Art school teacher Mary Scott won the $15,000 drawing prize for her four panels depicting the red, green, yellow and blue rooms in the White House. Artist Tricky ...

The Box Gallery Presents Roman Candles to Commemorate the Burning of ... - Newswiretoday.com

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:50:00 GMT

NewswireToday - /newswire/ - Costa Mesa, CA, United States, 07/03/2009 - To honor the historical date, The Box contemporary art gallery is proud to present new works by artists Craig ?Skibs? Barker, Jeff Felker, and Michael Pukac. The exhibition ...

Aperture Foundation Announces Winners of the Strand's First Ever Photography Contest

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:20:01 GMT

Aperture , Pratt, and the Strand Book Store are pleased to announce the winners of the Eye on the Strand photography contest, which kicked off last fall and concluded March 31, 2009.

Airborne art creates a magical world - Carroll County Online

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:25:00 GMT

Andrew Cronan's "Green Lizard" walks across the ceiling in the Tevis Gallery at the Carroll County Arts Center in Westminster, as part of "Balancing Act." Walking into the Carroll Arts Center?s Tevis Gallery right now is like walking through the ...

Boy, 6, chooses charity instead of birthday presents - Florida Times-Union

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:32:00 GMT

"Bus Ride," by Natalie Frazier of Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, will be hung in the National Gallery for a year. She won best in show in a Congressional Art Competition. Photo 2 of 3 For his sixth birthday, Wallace Grissett didn't ask for ...

Sotheby?s to auction rare bust of Washington - Boston Globe

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT

LONDON - Art lovers looking for a way to mark Independence Day may want to consider a rare bust of George Washington being auctioned by Sotheby?s in London. But this is not a July Fourth knickknack. Specialists believe it will fetch more than $490 ...

What Are You Like? Self-revealing Artworks by People in the Public Eye

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:19:22 GMT

What's your favourite animal, book, food or weather? These are just some of the questions that are answered by an eclectic group of well-known personalities from the worlds of fashion, illustration, journalism in a series of delightfully quirky, intriguing and often humorous pictures on display at Manchester Art Gallery this summer.

Michael Hoag: Layered Images - Herald & Review

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:50:00 GMT

Summer art exhibit to feature complex portraits CHAMPAIGN?Illinois artist Michael Hoag brings us complex portraits in a colorful summer exhibit, opening Monday, June 29 at the Parkland Art Gallery. A reception, featuring a gallery talk with Hoag ...

Gallery destroyed by fire reopens - Florida Keys News

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:57:00 GMT

Neil Young once sang that it's better to burn out than to fade away. But the folks at American Royal Arts Corp. gallery disagree. After suffering a devastating fire in March that gutted the gallery's former location, American Royal Arts is to reopen ...

Tyeb Mehta, Painter of Emerging India, Dies at 84 - New York Times

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:12:00 GMT

Tyeb Mehta, one of the most celebrated of India?s Modernist painters, whose work broke auction records even as he maintained a frugal and reclusive life, died Wednesday in Mumbai, his home city. He was 84. ?Confidant,? a 1962 oil by Mr. Mehta ...

British Artist Richard Woods Whimsically Transforms Various Structural Elements at City Hall.

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:18:39 GMT

British artist Richard Woods' wall and door and roof whimsically transforms various structural elements at City Hall.