Saturday, January 21, 2012

Chicago

Light Years art review -- - chicagotribune.com

Smart Museum exhibit offers take on Communist worldview -- - chicagotribune.com

National

Francis Bacon's 'Portrait of Henrietta Moraes' at Christie's -- - NYTimes.com

Metropolis II by Chris Burden (Movie) -- YouTube

Pearls before Breakfast -- -- Washington Post

International

Merseyside"s Leo Fitzmaurice wins 2011 Northern Art Prize -- -- The Guardian UK

Out of the blue: why Titian's clouds are central to the drama of his paintings -- -- The Guardian UK

Is Hockney really Freud's successor? -- -- The Guardian UK

Ancient and modern go nicely together at Liverpool's Walker Gallery -- -- The Guardian UK

David Hockney paintings 'make you want to go home' to Yorkshire -- -- The Guardian UK

Arab artists flourishing as uprisings embolden a generation -- -- The Guardian UK

National Gallery assistants strike over reduced staffing levels -- -- The Guardian UK

Leonardo at the National Gallery faces strike disruption -- -- The Guardian UK

Francesco Vezzoli plans 24-hour museum to vainglorious decadence -- -- The Guardian UK

Elizabeth Taylor painting collection to be auctioned -- -- The Guardian UK

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Chicago

Smart Museum exhibit offers take on Communist worldview -- chicagotribune.com

Picture-book exhibit captures the way kids think -- chicagotribune.com

Art Institute projects Andy Warhol's Empire onto Aon Center -- chicagotribune.com

Museum of Contemporary Art review -- chicagotribune.com

National

NY lawsuit: Warhol Foundation's banana use wrong -- Yahoo! News

Denver Art Museum gets $3 million gift from Avenir Foundation to expand its textile gallery -- The Denver Post

Jillian Sackler gives $5 million to Smithsonian for Asian art museum named for late husband -- The Washington Post

Photographs Of Abandoned America Show Civic Problems, Engagement (PHOTOS) -- Huffington Post

International

Full circle: the endless attraction of Damien Hirst's spot paintings -- guardian.co.uk

British artist's spot paintings at 11 locations -- Yahoo! News

Thin line between art and hate: is this the most repellent work of modern art? -- guardian.co.uk

Thieves Steal Picasso and Mondrian Paintings in Athens -- NYTimes.com

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Chicago

Forty years on, Chicago Public Art Group bonds community with creativity -- chicagotribune.com

Artropolis and Art Chicago rebrand for 2012 fair -- chicagotribune.com

DuSable Museum hosts exhibit of Charles Smith's work -- chicagotribune.com

Exhibit gathers scattered memorabilia of Chicago's German past -- chicagotribune.com

National

Sotheby's Workers in Labor Dispute Confront Mayor's Girlfriend -- NYTimes.com

$15 Million Gift Changes Miami Art Museum to Jorge M. Perez Art Museum -- NYTimes.com

Judge Dismisses Suit Against Dallas Art Museum -- NYTimes.com

Planners OK SFMOMA's expansion impact -- SFGate

International

Scottish National Portrait Gallery Reopens -- The Guardian U.K.

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Chicago

Museum of Contemporary Art names Dieter Roelstraete as new senior curator -- chicagotribune.com

Museum of Contemporary Art's long-running 12x12 ends, yielding to Chicago Works -- chicagotribune.com

Spencer Finch's Lunar sculpture glows with summer nostalgia through the darkest days of winter -- chicagotribune.com

Twilight tours at Driehaus museum offers entertaining view of the Gilded Age -- chicagotribune.com

LOVE artist Robert Indiana installs HOPE on Michigan Avenue -- chicagotribune.com

National

Authorities in Florida Seize Painting on Loan to a Museum -- NYTimes.com

Concerns About Labor Dispute Prompt Increased Security at Sotheby's -- NYTimes.com

Sotheby's Art Auction Totals Nearly $200 Million -- NYTimes.com

Artists File Suit Against Sotheby's, Christie's and eBay -- NYTimes.com

International

Thousands Chip In to Help Artist Pay Fine -- NYTimes.com

Spain's Prado museum hosts large Hermitage exhibit -- Yahoo! News