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Margaret Olley gives Degas sketch to NGA
Australian galleries have been spending up big on the wrong sorts of art for many years, artist Margaret Olley says. The 85-year-old philanthropist made the comment as she donated a sketch of a ballerina by French impressionist Edgar Degas to the National Gallery of Australia on Thursday. The West Australian
Festival of Colour announces five world premieres
LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand (December 4, 2008) – The Southern Lakes Festival of Colour this week announced the 2009 programme will include five world premieres from some of New Zealand’s foremost artists and playwrights. Scoop.co.nz
Groups protest drilling-lease auction in Utah
Thu, Dec 4, 2008 (7:39 p.m.) Conservation groups filed formal protests Thursday against what they call a "fire sale" of oil-and-gas drilling leases in Utah being conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Las Vegas Sun
Moscow hosts 13th Art Fair Artmanezh- 2008
At the opening of Moscow's 13th Art Fair Artmanezh- 2008 at Manezh Central Exhibition Hall. Photographer Vladimir Klavikho-Telepnev. Eduard Limonov, leader of The Other Russia Party. Itar-Tass
An Art Basel Notebook
The future, with all its unknowables, can cause us to dream or to feel anxiety. These disparate reactions to the future are the central theme in the exhibition The Possibility of an Island, which opened Thursday at the Museum of Contemporary Art's Wynwood annex, MOCA at Goldman Warehouse. Miami Herald
Groups protest drilling-lease auction in Utah
(By PAUL FOY, Associated Press Writer) Conservation groups filed formal protests Thursday against what they call a "fire sale" of oil-and-gas drilling leases in Utah being conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. The Sierra Club, The Wilderness Society and the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance filed their objections to drilling in 100,000 acres of wild land in eastern Utah. The BLM has ... The Charlotte Observer
Groups protest drilling-lease auction in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Conservation groups filed formal protests Thursday against what they call a "fire sale" of oil-and-gas drilling leases in Utah being conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. The Post-Standard
Animal rescue offers art contest
Pawz & Clawz Animal Rescue is sponsoring an inaugural drawing contest for children ages 3 to 12. The theme is "Making a difference four paws at a time." The three age categories are 3 to 5, 6 to 8 and 9 to 12 with one winner for each category. Moorpark Acorn
Cheekwood Names New Vice President, Development and Marketing
Wil Elder. NASHVILLE, TN.- Wil Elder has been named Vice President of Development and Marketing at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art. Wil comes to Nashville after having served as the Major Gifts Officer at McCallie School in Chattanooga for over five years. Art Daily
Smithsonian American Art Museum Presents Nationally Touring Retrospective of Acclaimed Photographer Frank Gohlke
WASHINGTON, DC.- Frank Gohlke (b. 1942) is one of the most influential and respected landscape photographers of the last three decades. “Accommodating Nature: The Photographs of Frank Gohlke,” a major mid-career retrospective of the artist’s work, will be on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum Dec. 5 through March 3, 2009. This is the final venue for the national tour. Art Daily
The Museum of Modern Art Presents Focus: Jasper Johns
NEW YORK.- To celebrate the acquisition of a new series of works on paper by Jasper Johns (American, b. 1930), a selection of his paintings, drawings, and prints, all from the Museum’s collection, will be on view in the Prints and Illustrated Books Galleries of the Museum of Modern Art through February 16, 2009. The untitled series from 2001 is based on Johns’s “Catenary” theme, named for the ... Art Daily
Daniel Tremblay (1950-1985) Featured at The Fine Arts Museum in Angers
Rose lune, 1985, Technique mixte (plaques de caoutchouc de plusieurs couleurs, collées et incisées), 0,72 x 1,81 m. Ludwig museum im Deutschherrenhaus Koblenz, photo A. Morain. Art Daily
The Morgan Library & Museum to Exhibit Extraordinary Selection of Rare Bookbindings
Roger Bartlett Mosaic Binding, Oxford, 1678, On: The Holy Bible, London: J. Bill, C. Barker, R. T. Newcomb, & H. Hills, 1678. Purchased as the gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1969. The Morgan Library & Museum; PML 59412. Art Daily
The Van Gogh Museum Welcomes the Stedelijk Museum with a Presentation of Fauvists and Expressionists
Odalisque, 1921, Henri Matisse (1969-1954), Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam c/o Pictoright Amsterdam 2008. AMSTERDAM.- The Van Gogh Museum is hosting the Stedelijk Museum with the presentation Fauvists and Expressionists, on view through April 5, 2009. The Stedelijk's Fauvist and Expressionist collection dates from the directorship of Willem Sandberg (1948-1963). Art Daily
Masterwork By Georges Seurat Sells For 4.9 Million Euros Sotheby's Paris
Georges Seurat, 1859-1891, Au Divan japonais, Conté crayon and gouache on paper. Executed circa 1887-88, 750 000-1 000 000 €. Sold : 4 992 750 €. World record for a drawing by Seurat. Second highest price ever achieved for a work by Seurat at auction. Art Daily
Czars, Wonders of Imperial Russia. Collections of the State Hermitage Museum Opens in Mexico
View of the Czars exhibition. EFE/Mario Guzmán. MEXICO CITY.- The most complete collection of Russian imperial art arrives to Mexico, for the first time, through the international exhibition “Czars, Wonders of Imperial Russia. Art Daily
Groups protest drilling-lease auction in Utah
Conservation groups filed formal protests Thursday against what they call a "fire sale" of oil-and-gas drilling leases in Utah being conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. AP via Yahoo! Singapore News
Letter to Datebook
The museum should be built in Mission Bay Editor - The article by John King in Datebook ("Don't worry - Mission Bay a work in progress," Tuesday) makes me again wonder why the beautiful Contemporary Art Museum with its fabulous collection so generously... San Francisco Chronicle