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Faculty and alumni come together for art exhibit
To help celebrate the 40th anniversary of the College of Fine Arts and Communications, the department of art will present an Alumni Invitational exhibit in the University Art Gallery. The exhibit features work from prior faculty and alumni from the late 1960s, '70s and '80s and ends Oct. The Western Courier
ARTS 1:40 p.m. — Spondylus shell, jewelry event Friday
1:40 p.m., Oct. 22 — The Guam Gallery of Art and the Chamorro Artists Association present their fourth Orange Night, Spondylus Night, from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday at The Guam Gallery of Art at the Chamorro Village in Hagåtña, during Arts and Humanities Month, in celebration of the Chamorro culture and in remembrance of their ancestors. Pacific Daily News
Sam Concepcion celebrates 16th birthday with solo concert
Very successful ang birthday concert cum first major solo concert titled I'll Find Your Heart: Sam Concepcion Birthday Concert ng STAGES at Star Magic talent na si Sam Concepcion. Ginanap ito last Saturday, October 18, sa Music Museum. PEP
Festival gets flying start
Cobar’s week-long 2008 Festival of the Miner’s Ghost commenced in spectacular fashion last weekend with a Girl Guide-sponsored kite flying day at Ward Oval. Cobar Age
SDSU grad wins Federal Duck Stamp contest
SDSU grad and Watertown artist Joshua Spies has another feather in his cap. A duck feather. On Saturday, a Spies painting of a long-tailed duck was chosen as the winner of the Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest, and his work will become the 2009-10 stamp. Brookings Daily Register
Blow.08 celebrates creative art success
Fashion, dance, music and art feature in a packed programme for the Blow.08 festival hosted by the University’s College of Creative Arts in Wellington and Auckland next month. Scoop.co.nz
Bush administration leaders getting expensive portraits of themselves painted
WASHINGTON Behind every great man or woman in Washington, there is a great painting. As the Bush administration draws to a close, portrait artists can expect a surge in business from Cabinet secretaries and other elite political appointees who want to preserve their legacies — and their images — for posterity. The Kansas City Star
Field guide to ghosts
woman named Sheri Hawk, with short, blond hair and glasses, is sitting in a chair next to me. She doesn’t look like a cop — much less a medium and “spirit artist”— but she works as both. Late the night before, I joined a band of brave souls in dark downtwon Allegan on a ghost-hunting expedition of sorts through the Old Allegan County Jail Museum -- on the thin promise of possibly ... The Holland Sentinel
Taxpayer-paid portraits preserve legacies, but some wonder where to draw the line
Behind every great man or woman in Washington there is a great painting. As the Bush presidency draws to a close, portrait artists can expect a surge in business from Cabinet secretaries and other elite political appointees who want to preserve their legacies - and their images - for posterity. The Palm Beach Post
Sculpture by Don F. Wiegand to Honor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi and the Statue of Liberty
NEW YORK, NY.- In a ceremony at the SLC’s New York convention in October 2007, the bas-relief, representing Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi, was presented by club vice president Brian Snyder to the club’s French representative, Laurent Ghesquière. Art Daily
Celebrate Courage and Diversity at BAM with Susan Valiquette's Portraits of Courage
BOISE.- Boise Art Museum (BAM) announces the first solo museum exhibition by Idaho photographer Susan Valiquette. Her work was last shown at BAM in the 2004 Idaho Triennial exhibition, which was juried by Arthur C. Danto, one of America's most inventive and influential art critics and philosophers. Art Daily
Zeng Fanzhi's Mao I: From the Masses to the Masses to Highlight Christie's Asian Contemporary Art Evening Sale
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s will offer Zeng Fanzhi’s Mao I: From the Masses, To The Masses at the Asian Contemporary Art Evening Sale on November 30th at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre. This pioneering work from the artist is expected to be among the most soughtafter offered this season. Art Daily
Fifty Rare Prints in Milwaukee Explore Audubon and his Predecessors
MILWAUKEE.- A new world of American splendor is seen through the eyes of intrepid artist-explorers as never before in Catesby, Audubon, and the Discovery of a New World, on view December 18, 2008–March 22, 2009 in the Koss gallery at the Milwaukee Art Museum . Art Daily
World Class Stone Sculpture Exhibition at Sileni
HASTINGS.- The vines at one of this country’s best known wineries will be sharing attention with one of the world’s most collected sculpture forms during summer. Art Daily
Christie's Latin American Sale Features Rare Masterpieces and Paintings New to the Market
Roberto Matta (Chilean 1911-2002), Stop The Age Of Hemmohrr, 1947-1948. Estimate: $1,000,000-1,500,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2008. NEW YORK, NY.- Art Daily
Blood, Sweat and Tears: Labour in Art on View at Art Gallery of Hamilton
Erik Ludwig Henningsen (Danish 1855-1930), The Strike 1906. Oil on canvas 66.8 x 71.5 cm. The Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Collection, 2002. Photo: Roy and Carole Timm of Wavelength. Art Daily
Musée de la Musique Opens Serge Gainsbourg Exhibition
Salvador Dali (1904 – 1989), La Chasse aux papillons, 1929 – 1930. Ink on paper. Charlotte Gainsbourg collection. Photo: Serge Anton. PARIS.- The Musée de la musique dedicates an exhibit to Serge Gainsbourg (1928-1991) at a time when his popularity is expanding internationally. Art Daily
A Painter Explores the Nature of Light and Color as a Metaphor for the Human Spirit
Joseph Marioni, Yellow Painting, 2006, Acrylic and Linen on Stretcher, 30 x 32 in., Collection of the Artist. SAN ANTONIO, TX.- Art Daily
Christie's Fall Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale to be Led by Picasso, Kandinsky and Giacometti
NEW YORK, NY.- On November 6, Christie's New York Fall Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale will follow the November 5 sale of The Modern Age, enticing the international collecting community with exceptional pictures and sculptures from seminal masters. Art Daily
Sotheby's to offer Yves Klein's Archisponge (RE 11) in Sale of Contemporary Art
Yves Klein, (1928-1962), Archisponge (RE 11) sponges, pebbles and blue pigment on panel 78¾ x 65 in. 200 x 165 cm. Executed in 1960. Est. in the region of $25 million. Photo: Sotheby's. Art Daily
MACBA Presents An Exhibition That Brings Together Nearly 2,000 Documents
View of the exhibition The Family of Man, MoMA, New York, January 24 – May 8 de 1955. Curated by Edward Steichen. Courtesy Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York. Acc. n.: SC2008.50. Digital image, The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York / Scala, Florence, 2008. Photo: Erza Stoller. Art Daily
8pm Friday October 24th Ukrainian League of Philadelphia 23rd & Brown Streets, Art Museum Area Philadelphia PA 19130
As part of its ongoing film series, Kinofilm Project is very pleased to present for the Ukrainian film going audience the film “Folk!” Recently completed by filmmaker Roxy Toporowych, this documentary feature film follows the unique, high-flying 'underground' world of traditional Ukrainian folk dancing in North America. BRAMA
Astonishment & Power by Bogomir Krajnc
ArtGorillas ArtGallery is pleased to present Astonishment & Power, the first solo exhibition in Bangkok featuring selected works by Bogomir Krajnc. The artist returns for his second show at the galler Thaipr.net
Finishing touches for controversial film
Queenstown and Action Productions provided inspiration to finish one of the more controversial films featuring in this week’s Queenstown International Film Festival. (Oct 23rd) Scoop.co.nz