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Art photog works doggedly with best buddy 'Fay Ray'
Curator Lee A. Vedder says she's always been drawn to the photography of William Wegman -- especially his work with Weimaraner "Fay Ray," his beloved canine muse. The Express-Times
Carnegie International art exhibit borrows David Bowie song, title 'Life on Mars'
PITTSBURGH - It's a contemporary art exhibition uniquely rooted in the past, with a history that stretches back more than a century and a tradition fostered by a Gilded Age industrialist. The 2008 Carnegie International, which runs through Jan. 11, 2009 at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Museum of Art, is the 55th in the series and the first to have a title, Life on Mars . GMA News
Ed Tijerina: Big donors get sneak peek at McNay
Before the public opening, and before the member preview, the high-dollar donors of the McNay Art Museum got the first look at the Jane and Arthur Stieren Center for Exhibition. San Antonio Express-News & KENS 5
Carnegie Museum of Art director to retire at year's end
Richard Armstrong, director of the Carnegie Museum of Art, plans to retire from the museum at the end of the year. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Police say guard ruined $1.2 million painting
A security guard at the Carnegie Museum of Art wasn't a fan of a $1.2 million painting, so he allegedly took a key and carved a large vertical gash in the work. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Library Offers Free Passes to Five Museums
Through the generosity of the Friends of the Garden City Public Library, the Garden City Public Library is offering free passes for its library cardholders to five museums. The museum passes allow entry to the American Museum of Natural History, the Guggenheim Museum, The Metropolitan Museum, The New York Botanical Garden, and Old Westbury Gardens. Garden City News
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Sculptors from around the world who participated in the fifth international sculpture camp in Hue are displaying their works at the Abalone Resort & Spa near the Tam Giang Lagoon. Nhân Dân
Whitaker's 'Body' exhibit leaves little to imagination
Walking among the plastic-soaked cadavers of "Our Body: The Universe Within" is something of a voyeuristic experience. You move through shadow, while they stand frozen in small pools of light. The Patriot-News
South High School site auctioned for $117,700
The dilapidated former South High School sold Thursday at public auction to buyer Bahman Kasraei for $117,700. For Kasraei - a former South Knoxvillian who said he owns several single-family homes in the Knoxville area - the purchase was an impulse buy. He said he was driving by, saw the auction sign and made an almost immediate decision to jump into the bidding. Knoxville News Sentinel
South High School site auctioned for $117,700
The dilapidated former South High School sold Thursday at public auction to buyer Bahman Kasraei for $117,700. For Kasraei - a former South Knoxvillian who said he owns several single-family homes in the Knoxville area - the purchase was an impulse buy. He said he was driving by, saw the auction sign and made an almost immediate decision to jump into the bidding. Knoxville News Sentinel
Dutch sculptor Beaumont excavates a sense of universal humanity
The human form is perhaps the most common subject in the entire history of art. And yet, while the figure has seen a major resurgence in recent painting, it has become comparatively scarce in contemporary sculpture. The Plain Dealer
Culinary calendar
TODAY "First Friday" at the Museum of Fine Arts is a social mixer for wine, food and art enthusiasts featuring live music and tapas plates from... Boston Herald
Tree Huggers
Banyans have those incredible trunks, willows are weepy, and oaks are famously mighty. But few trees are so strikingly beautiful that they’ve earned an annual festival dedicated to their floral magnificence. Offer all praise to the head-turning blossoms at this year’s Royal Poinciana Festi ... Miami New Times
Arts and Jazz Festival returns to Downtown McKinney
Historic Downtown McKinney will be filled with jazz harmonies and the art and crafts of all mediums this weekend, as McKinney Main Street joins downtown merchants to host the annual “Celebrating the Arts and Jazz in Downtown McKinney” festival. McKinney Courier-Gazette
Lord and Taylor Presents the Paintings of Juan Genoves in its Fifth Avenue Windows
Mirada al Horizonte, Juan Genoves, 2008, one of twelve canvases by the renowned Spanish artist now on display in the windows of Lord & Taylor's flagship store, courtesy Marlborough Gallery, New York. Art Daily
No charges over Henson art
POLICE will not prosecute artist Bill Henson over his photographs of naked teenagers, which were seized from a Sydney gallery. Adelaide Now
Canton Museum of Art to Present Kimono as Art: The Landscapes of Itchiku Kubota
CANTON, OH.- In the fall of 2008 and winter of 2009, an exhibition of 40 giant landscape kimono of Japanese Master Itchiku Kubota is coming to the United States for only the second time. Art Daily
Museum of the Moving Image Launches Major New Website Devoted to the History of Film, Television, and Digital Media
NEW YORK, NY.- Rochelle Slovin, director of Museum of the Moving Image, today announced the launch of a major new website devoted to the history of film, television, and digital media: Moving Image Source. Art Daily
Smithsonian American Art Museum Announces 2008-2009 Fellowship Appointments
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian American Art Museum announces the appointment of 22 new fellows for the 2008–2009 academic year. The museum’s program grants awards for scholars and students to pursue research at the museum, including senior, predoctoral and postdoctoral fellowships. Art Daily
First Solo Exhibition for Dave Bondi at Taryn Teresa Gallery
Dave Bondi, Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor, 2008. Urethane Resin and Foam, Clear Polystyrene Sheet. 52 x 38 x 10 inches. SANTA MONICA, CA.- Tarryn Teresa Gallery presents the debut solo exhibition of Los Angeles-based artist Dave Bondi. Art Daily
City holds youth art contest
The city of Naperville and the Naperville Park District are calling on young artists in the community to think green and create a design centered on the environment and sustainability that will be used to decorate the exterior of the city’s new mobile restroom trailer. The Naperville Sun
Artnet Launches Modern & Contemporary Prints Sale Featuring Works by Marc Chagall, Joan Miró, Pablo Picasso, Banksy, Rob
Pablo Picasso, Wood Owl, 1969. Painted and partially glazed ceramic vase. Estimate: $8,000-10,000. NEW YORK.- From June 2-20, artnet Online Auctions will offer 100 modern and contemporary prints by 45 artists including Marc Chagall, Joan Miró, Pablo Picasso, Banksy, Robert Indiana and Andy Warhol. Art Daily