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07/28/2010
Polish museum debuts 3-D movie about World War II.
From L.A. Times: "City of Ruins," a new short documentary film, features 3-D aerial sequences that re-create the bombed-out views of Warsaw during World War II.
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07/28/2010
Hungary Sued in Holocaust Art Claim.
From New York Times: In what could be the single largest Nazi restitution claim in history, descendants of Hungarian banker Baron Mor Lipot Herzog have filed suit against Hungary in U.S. court, alleging that the nation is holding more than 40 works of art that were stolen from Herzog during World War II.
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07/27/2010
San Francisco Art Institute presents 2010 Art Criticism Conference.
Event One: Keynote Address—Johanna Drucker. Saturday, 14 August 2010, 7:30pm
Event Two: Staged Reading of Oscar Wilde’s The Critic as Artist. Tuesday, 10 August 2010, 7:30pm. For more details about the keynote address, including Johanna Drucker's bio, please go to:
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07/27/2010
Round IV of the Alternative Exposure Grant Program information sessions.
Southern Exposure will host three FREE information sessions to provide more detailed information about Round IV of the Alternative Exposure Grant ProgramMonday, August 2, 2010, 6:30 - 8:00 pm: Southern Exposure, 3030 20th St, San Francisco
Monday, August 9, 2010, 6:30 - 8:00 pm: Pueblo Nuevo Gallery, 1828 San Pablo Ave, Ste 1, Berkeley
Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 6:30 - 8:00 pm: Southern Exposure, 3030 20th Street, San Francisco
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07/26/2010
Rare Crusader-era fresco unveiled at Israel Museum.
From Associated Press: A rare Crusader-era fresco from Jerusalem's Garden of Gethsemane has been unveiled to the public for the first time. It was discovered by chance in 1999 as officials worked to preserve sites affected by winter flooding.
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07/24/2010
U.S. Eases Visa Headaches for Artists.
From Artinfo: Artists and arts organizations have, faced near insurmountable red tape and bureaucratic hedging when applying for O and P "non-immigrant" visas to enter the United States to perform. But if members of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services follow through on promises to expedited the process of artists applying for visas.
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07/24/2010
IPAD ART: Oil On Canvas? No, Finger On iPad.
From Huffington Post: Realist painter David Kassan is one such pioneer exploring new methods of artistic expression through digital media. Recently, he gained worldwide attention with his striking portrait created on his iPad through a $5 iPad application called Brushes.
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07/23/2010
Guggenheim announces jury for Youtube Play.
Takashi Murakami, Shirin Neshat, Animal Collective, Laurie Anderson and Aronofsky are among the just-announced jury members for the Guggenheim's YouTube competition.
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07/23/2010
Vatican prepares to open room devoted to Matisse.
From Art Newspaper: The Vatican Museums in Rome are set to open a room devoted to the works of Matisse later this year. The move is designed to further boost the profile of its modern and contemporary religious art department. Large-scale preparatory sketches by the French artist, relating to items adorning the Chapel of the Rosary in Vence on the Cote d’Azur, will go on public display for the first time.
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07/22/2010
Norwegian architecture firm Snohetta chosen to design SF MoMA Expansion.
From Artinfo: The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has selected the Norwegian architecture firm Snohetta to design an expansion that will increase its gallery and public space by about one hundred thousand square feet. The San Francisco expansion is scheduled for completion in 2016.
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07/22/2010
International Participation Doubles for 3rd Edition of India Art Summit.
From Artdaily: The 3rd Edition of India Art Summit –India’s Modern and Contemporary Art Fair– is set to take place from 21-23 January 2011 in Pragati Maidan (ITPO), New Delhi. With 84 exhibiting galleries at this edition, and the inclusion of 34 leading international galleries (double the number that participated in 2009), India’s importance as an emerging global centre for art is further confirmed.
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07/21/2010
Fourth plinth shortlist announced for London Olympics.
From The Guardian: Contenders given a month to produce models as they vie to replace Yinka Shonibare's giant ship in a bottle on Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth and have their work showcased during the 2012 London Olympics.
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07/21/2010
David Cameron presents Barack Obama with graffiti art.
From BBC: A painting by a graffiti artist was among the official gifts to Barack Obama from David Cameron on his first trip to Washington as prime minister. The work, Twenty First Century City, and Mr Obama continued the art theme by presenting the Camerons with a signed lithograph by pop artist Ed Ruscha.
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07/20/2010
"Committing masterpieces?" Picasso, Chagall Forgery Ring Jailed in France.
From ARTINFO: A French court sentenced 12 men for an elaborate art con in which they sold almost 100 forged paintings by the likes of Pablo Picasso as part of a billion-dollar art scam.
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07/20/2010
Painting found in Rome could be work of Baroque master Caravaggio.
From Artforum: A painting found in Rome may be the work of Baroque master Caravaggio and has captivated art critics with its resemblance to other works by the artist, the Vatican’s newspaper, said Osservatore Romano.
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07/19/2010
Bureaucracy meets art: enviromental impact of Christo's Colorado River project.
From New York Times: A comprehensive study highlighting the environmental impact of Christo's project to cover the Colorado River has been released, much to the artist's satisfaction.The environmental review analyzed “temporal considerations,” specifically the timing of the phases of construction and operation of the artwork.
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07/19/2010
Michelle Obama Celebrates Design Awards with White House Ceremony.
From ArtDaily: The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum announced First Lady Michelle Obama will celebrate the 2010 National Design Awards Wednesday, July 21, with a White House ceremony for the winners and finalists of the awards.
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07/18/2010
Federal Judge upholds art vendor crackdown.
From Artdaily: A federal judge in New York City has upheld new regulations seeking to cap the number of art vendors allowed in Manhattan's busiest parks.The city administration has said the parks have become too crowded, but the lawsuit argued that farmers market and holiday commercial vendors create more congestion in the parks than the artists.
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07/18/2010
New public art officially unveiled on Valencia Street.
From SFGate: In the artwork "Valencia Street Post," officially unveiled on Valencia Street Thursday, the word "post" is meant to be a pole, news or postmodernism. Or it could just be a place to stick up missing cat fliers. San Francisco artist Michael Arcega, said he came up with the design after noticing how public spaces in the Mission, like storefronts and telephone poles, become canvasses for community expression.
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07/17/2010
High Art: Dope might be damaging works of art stored in the basement of the Vancouver Art Gallery.
From Art Newspaper: The gallery is apparently a well-known meeting point for pro-marijuana events. Gallery director Kathleen Bartels, who aims to relocate the museum to larger premises elsewhere in the city, told Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail that the works are protected.
