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PROFILE: Jerry Cooper owns woodworking shop in Kentucky
Nurturing an interest in wood carving from Cub Scout days, Jerry Cooper honed the skills that would garner for him a reputation in the trade. Niagara Gazette
Nipomo craftsman’s furniture in SLO exhibit
“Functional Finesse: Fine Furniture 2008” is the title of an exhibit of handmade fine-art furniture by seven Central Coast artisans — including a Nipomo man — on display Dec. 4 through 19 at ARTS Space Obispo. The Times Press Recorder
Art drawing to benefit firefighters
Seaside Gallery will donate 25 percent of the proceeds from a drawing for artworks to the Pismo Beach Firefighters Association, said Tom Burgher, president of the Pismo Beach fine-art gallery. The Times Press Recorder
Feel to See Opens at Museo Nacional de Colombia
Prototypes of furniture and works for the Feel to See exhibition. Photos: Carlos Gustavo Suárez Cruz, 2008. BOGOTA.- The Colombian Ministry of Culture through the Museo Nacional de Colombia and the Louvre present Feel to See, on view through February 22, 2009. This is the first exhibition part of the Pilot Plan of Accessibility that looks to create the necessary conditions to make a cultural ... Art Daily
Delacroix and Photography Opens at Musee National Eugene-Delacroix
PARIS.- Musée National Eugène-Delacroix presents Delacroix and Photography, on view through March 2, 2009. Photographs of nude models who posed for Delacroix, and whose pictures were taken at the painter’s request by Eugène Durieu in 1854, form the core of the exhibition. Art Daily
LAB 8.3: Reconstitution - Nicholas and Sheila Pye Opens in Victoria
VICTORIA, BC.- The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria presents LAB 8.3: Reconstitution - Nicholas and Sheila Pye, on view through January 18, 2009. Reconstitution is an installation project incorporating a blend of experimental and narrative techniques to shape a cinematic perspective that experiments with visual language commonly used in painting. Art Daily
Utopia: Qiu Anxiong - What Do You Dream Of? The Best of All Possible Worlds!
Starring into Amnesia 3: Private collection / Courtesy of Boers-Li Gallery and ArtShortCut. COPENHAGEN.- A 25 metres long, 42 tons heavy Chinese train carriage stops in Arken Museum of Modern Art's unique exhibition space The Art Axis, ready to take the museum's visitors on a journey unlike any other. Art Daily
Full Circle: Ten Years of Radius Opens at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
Full Circle: Ten Years of Radius. Jaclyn Conley, Parched of Reason, 2008. Courtesy of the artist. RIDGEFIELD, CT.- The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum presents today Full Circle: Ten Years of Radius, on view through June 7, 2009. Radius, the successful professional artist development program presented by The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum and the Ridgefield Guild of Artists, has been ... Art Daily
Cut & Paste: European Photomontage 1920-1945 at The Estorick Collection
Gustav Klucis/Sergei Senkin, To the Memory of Dead Leaders, 1927, Book cover: lithograph, 38.1 x 58.4 cm. Merrill C. Berman Collection. LONDON.- Over the last decade, photomontage has enjoyed something of a revival as contemporary artists experiment with new technology. Art Daily
The Hermitage Amsterdam Presents Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840)
Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840), Giant Mountains, not dated, Oil on canvas, 73,5 x 102,5. AMSTERDAM.- The Hermitage Amsterdam is to end its stay on Nieuwe Herengracht with a remarkable finale. Art Daily
Santa Claus Finds a Permanent New Home in Rotterdam
Santa Claus by Paul McCarthy. ROTTERDAM.- After many years at the centre of thorny debate, Santa Claus, the renowned sculpture by Paul McCarthy, is being relocated to a definitive new home on the Eendrachtsplein, having spent three years in asylum in Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen's courtyard and a brief stop-over on the pavement alongside the museum entrance. Art Daily
National Gallery of Canada Exhibition Reveals the Brilliance of Bernini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Portrait of Cardinal Scipione Borghese, second version, 1632 Marble, Galleria Borghese, Rome. Photography Archives, Special Superintendence for the Historical, Artistic and Ethnoanthropologic Heritage and for the Polo Museale of the City of Rome. Art Daily
Ruth Greenberg dies at 93; artist ran Tidepool Gallery in Malibu
Ruth Greenberg, a sculptor and basket weaver who for more than two decades ran Malibu's Tidepool Gallery, a veritable museum devoted to shells and other ocean artifacts, has died. She was 93. Los Angeles Times
PRESS RELEASES: Toys for Tots; Control burn meeting; Weekend Art Festival; Fossil show
Press releases posted for Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008: Toys for Tots; Control burn meeting; Weekend Art Festival; Fossil show Naples Daily News
Miniature Masterpieces
THOSE looking to purchase a pint-sized masterpiece or people just wanting to view a wide range of original artworks, are invited to stop by the Cannery Arts Centre this Sunday, November 30, for the closing of the Cannery’s biennial 9x5 exhibition. Esperance Express
Solange Knowles - Solanges Cultural Trips With Son
R+B singer SOLANGE KNOWLES is trying to introduce some culture into her son's life - by taking him to museums across the globe. Beyonce's younger sister is mother ... ContactMusic
CHANDLER: Videos change image of art
In and Out of Time: Selections From CU Art Museum's Video Collection gets work from the museum's collection out for viewing and explores a medium -- video -- that's difficult to reconcile with traditional art. Rocky Mountain News
Dark art of assessing oil production cuts
When the Opec oil cartel meets in Cairo tomorrow, some of its most powerful members will argue that the key action the group must take is to keep strictly to the 1.5m barrel a day cuts that it has already announced. Financial Times
Lives of the Artists
A collection of 10 profiles written by veteran art critic Calvin Tomkins dissects contemporary art superstars including Jasper Johns, Damien Hirst and Richard Serra. Rocky Mountain News
Taft Museum Hosts Antique Christmas
Taft Museum is decking its halls with antique Christmas ornaments and decorations. WCPO Cincinnati
Taft Museum Hosts Antique Christmas
The Taft Museum of Art is decking its halls with antique Christmas ornaments and decorations. Some of the ornaments date back to the 1890s. The decorations are on loan this holiday season from private collectors here in the region. The Kentucky Post
From Mandela to Madge and Bjork to Bowie
Check out the photography of Jean-Baptiste Mondino. He's the uber celeb photographer of choice. The Vine