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In Mexico, an Ownership Fight Sends an Art Collection Into Hiding
A legal battle is unfolding over a the rightful ownership of a collection of 20th-century Mexican art. New York Times
Celebrate Thanksgiving weekend at the Nelson-Atkins
Get out of the house and into the holiday spirit Friday and Saturday at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. The Kansas City Star
Robert Stackhouse's artworks give vision and revision to repeating iconic images
At the Belger Arts Center, an impressive show of more than 40 works by Robert Stackhouse surveys the veteran American artist’s longtime project of drawing formal associations among ships, snakes and eyes. The Kansas City Star
Visual Arts Calendar
NELSON-ATKINS MUSEUM OF ART: Drop-in guided tours. 11:15 a.m. and 2:15 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 2:15 p.m. Sundays, and 7 p.m. Thursdays-Fridays. Meet at visitor services desk in lobby of Bloch Building. The Kansas City Star
Visual Arts Address Book
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: 4525 Oak. www.nelson-atkins.org (816-751-1ART) Park Place Gallery of Fine Art: 11560 Ash, Leawood. www.theparkplacegallery .com (913-469-8001) The Kansas City Star
Display features photos of formerly jailed men
"Life on the Outs," a photo exhibit of the works of three previously incarcerated young men, is on display through Dec. 5 at the Cesar Chavez Cultural Center at the University of Northern Colorado. Greeley Tribune
Much to do in Montreal
MONTREAL — There's lots to do in Montreal over the Thanksgiving holiday break for families, museum-lovers and theater-goers. Happy Thanksgiving! FAMILY FUN The Montreal Planetarium offers "The Longest Night," a new multimedia show that presents the origins of some Christmas traditions and how they relate to the seasons in the Northern Hemisphere. Plattsburgh Press Republican
Anderson Blockhouse Interpretive Center exhibits almost ready for unveiling
NATURAL TUNNEL — The Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Association has its exhibits in place at the Anderson Blockhouse Interpretive Center with less than a month to go before they are officially unveiled. Kingsport Times-News
Turkey Carving Tips with Andy Fox
Some say "carving a turkey is the art of manliness." So this Thanksgiving we told FOX 43's Andy Fox to "man up and take turkey carving lessons. FOX 43 Hampton Roads
Art world eyes upcoming HK sale for clues on price trends
Visitors attend a Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong, on October 6. Sotheby's autumn sale in Hong Kong, which included modern and contemporary Asian art as well as classical works, brought in 1.1 billion Hong Kong dollars (142 million US dollars), about half of the pre-sale estimate. TODAYonline
Nominations Being Accepted for 2009 VMFA Muse Awards
RICHMOND, VA.- The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is now accepting nominations for its 5th Annual Muse Awards. The nomination deadline is March 12. Art Daily
The Royal Ontario Museum Sparkles with A Season of Gems
TORONTO.- Starting this December, the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) celebrates A Season of Gems with two exhibitions and a new permanent suite of galleries showcasing some of the world’s most dazzling diamonds, gemstones and minerals. Art Daily
Long Beach Museum of Art Presents Modernism and the Milton Wichener Collection
LONG BEACH, CA.- The Long Beach Museum of Art presents Modernism and the Milton Wichner Collection through August 16, 2009. This exhibition and its related programming highlights the Museum’s important collection of European and American works of modern art including the 1979 gift to LBMA from Milton Wichner, a Los Angeles-based lawyer. Art Daily
Color into Light: Selections from the MFAH Collection Opens in December
HOUSTON, TX.- The ways in which artists use color as a liberating force, from the high modernist era of the 1940s and 1950s to today´s digital revolutions, is the focus of Color into Light: Selections from the MFAH Collection, opening December 13 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston . The show also offers alternative ways to tell the story of Modernism by embracing artists who have worked across ... Art Daily
Oranges and Sardines: Conversations on Abstract Painting on View at the Hammer
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Oranges and Sardines examines art through the eyes and minds of artists and is a testament to the persistence of the visual art object, particularly abstract painting. Art Daily
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth Presents Focus: Ranjani Shettar
FORT WORTH.- Ranjani Shettar creates large-scale, abstract sculpture by combining manmade and natural materials such as wood, beeswax, cloth, thread, rubber, PVC pipe, wire, steel, and beads. Art Daily
Contemporary Indigenous Fibre Art ReCoil on View at National Museum of Australia
Kantjupayi Benson, Truck and Driver, 2007. Grass, raffia, string, wool, wire, mesh, wheels, 112 x 190 x 75 cm. Courtesy Tjanpi Desert Weavers. CANBERRA.- Art Daily
First Sizable Museum Exhibition for Daniel Roth at Kunstmuseum Bonn
BONN.- For his first solo-exhibition in Kunstmuseum Bonn , Roth presents an installation using photography and sculpture. Art Daily
DePaul University Art Museum Explores Colonial Andean Art in Exhibition Opening Early Next Year
Ship of Patience, Peru, Cuzco, 18th century. Oil on canvas. Collection of Marilynn and Carl Thoma. CHICAGO.- The emergence of a distinctive artistic tradition following the 16th-century Spanish invasion of South America will be explored in “Reverence Renewed: Colonial Andean Art from the Thoma Collection,” which opens January 15 at the DePaul University Art Museum . Art Daily
Annual Reinstallation of MoMA's Architecture and Design Galleries Features Bold Designs
James Victore (American, born 1962), Racism. 1993. Silkscreen, 26 x 40" (66 x 101.6 cm) Gift of the designer. NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art presents Rough Cut: Design Takes a Sharp Edge, an installation in The Philip Johnson Architecture and Design Galleries on the third floor that showcases 98 objects in the Museum’s collection whose impact is due not to their graceful formal ... Art Daily
Museo Nacional de Arte in Mexico City Opens The Practice of Everyday Life
Wolfgang Tillmans, (Remscheid, Germany, 1968), Strumpfe, 2002. MEXICO CITY.- On this occasion, Museo Nacional de Arte and Fundación/Colección Jumex join forces to present the exhibition The Practice of Everyday Life, curated by Frédéric Bonnet, an art critic and independent curator who, following a careful study of both collections put together a selection of works dating from between the ... Art Daily
Pal Sarkosy Presents Never Before Seen Painting of Carla Bruni in Valencia
VALENCIA.- Art Daily