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Art Chicago 2010 Art Chicago embraces Chicago's own galleries, reinforces their status as standing shoulder to shoulder with their counterparts around the world. Coming in the season it does, it's also a chance to look anew at art and the world around you. In 2010, as in previous years, this grandly-sized, art-full, international event is well worth seeing. More... At the Merchandise Mart through May 3, 2010.

 

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Chicagoland Summer Art Fairs Chicago summer isn't summer without attending a couple street fairs. Here are a couple noteworthy art-centered fairs to be aware of:

Old Town Art Fair, June 12 - 13, 10 am - 6 pm, $7.00 donation. 260 artists on Lincoln, Wisconsin, Orleans and Menomonee Avenues in Old Town neighborhood.

 

Custer Fair in Evanston, June 19 - 20, 10 am to 9 pm. 250 artists. Main St. and Chicago, Evanston, IL.

 

Lakeview East Festival of the Arts, Sept. 11 & 12. Sat. 10 am - 6 pm, and Sun. 10 am - 5 pm. 150 juried artists on Broadway between Belmont and Roscoe.

 

 

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Monday, August 30, 2010

National

Nick Cave's World-Famous Soundsuits Featured in the Pages of Vogue -- Art Daily - ArtDaily.com

 

National

Broad Museum to Open in Late 2012 -- Los Angeles Downtown News - CA

Broad Picks Downtown Los Angeles for Art Museum -- NBC Los Angeles - CA

New Salvador Dali Museum is a hurricane-proof 'fortress' -- USA Today - USA

Museum reopens in IMU with art displaced from flood -- UI The Daily Iowan - IA

 

International

The thieves had it easy in Cairo art heist -- Christian Science Monitor - USA

Egypt culture chief sleepless over Van Gogh theft -- Reuters - USA

Egypt launches assessment of all country's art collections -- Monsters and Critics.com

Van Gogh theft prompts Egypt museum pledge -- CBC.ca - Canada

Egypt Deputy Minister, Mohsen Shalaan, Detained Over Van Gogh Theft -- Art Daily - ArtDaily.com

Galleries warned after art thefts -- BBC News - UK

Art Theft Underworld Frustrates France -- New York Times - NY

Schiele art back in Austria after ownership feud -- The Washington Times - Washington, D.C.

Paris art-mart revival attracts celebrity US dealer Gagosian -- AFP via Yahoo! News - USA

Winnipeg gallery gets $2.75M painting -- CBC Manitoba - Canada

National Gallery curator quits for Cleveland job -- CBC Ottawa - Canada

Banksy forgers sentenced to community service -- The Art Newspaper - UK


 

-- Announcement for Gallery 400 UIC  8/29/2010
-- Announcement for Gahlberg Gallery  8/29/2010
-- Announcement for Evanston Art Center  8/29/2010
-- Announcement for Gahlberg Gallery  8/29/2010
-- Announcement for Experimental Sound Studio  8/23/2010
-- Announcement for Kasia Kay Art Projects Gallery  8/12/2010
-- Announcement for The Fine Arts Building Collective  8/12/2010

 

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Monday, August 23, 2010

Chicago

Help on the way for Art Deco Ashland Avenue Bridge -- Chicago Tribune (blog) - IL

 

National

Broad Museum Notches Council Approval -- Los Angeles Downtown News - CA

St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts gets new director -- St. Petersburg Times - FL

Fisk art ruling expected Friday -- WKRN Nashville - TN

Why You Can't Always Trust Art Dealers -- Wall Street Journal - USA

 

International

Van Gogh Painting Remains Missing -- New York Times - NY

Thieves steal Van Gogh painting from Cairo museum -- The Associated Press - USA

Faulty Alarms Blamed for Van Gogh Theft at Mahmoud Khalil Museum in Egypt -- ArtDaily - ArtDaily.org

Purported Caravaggio painted by student -- UPI - USA

Banksy gallery squatters evicted -- BBC London - UK

Ottawa Art Gallery Snookers $12 Million for Museum Move -- ARTINFO via Yahoo! News

City eyes $8-million expansion to gallery plan -- Saskatoon StarPhoenix - Canada

Grand inheritance -- BBC News - UK

Art Can Improve Both Image And The Bottom Line -- China International Business - China

Frank Auerbach Painting Emerges After 30 Years in Private Hands -- Art Daily - ArtDaily.com

Discovery of ancient cave paintings in Petra stuns art scholars -- The Guardian - UK


Monday, August 16, 2010

Chicago

Museum of Contemporary Art Announces "The Art Auction" -- Art Daily - ArtDaily.com

 

National

MAM's new man: Thom Collins has a mission to lead the museum into expansion ... -- MiamiHerald.com - FL

Stalwart uptown gallery joins the exodus to Manhattan's midtown -- The Art Newspaper - UK

KSU gets $2 million challenge to build art museum -- Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA

Bad, bad art -- Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - NY

Art lends appeal to Philadelphia International Airport -- Philadelphia Inquirer - PA

 

International

The Rise of the Emerging Art Economy -- BusinessWeek - USA

Who created UK's modern art boom? -- Guardian Unlimited - UK

Cairo museum opens its doors -- UPI - USA

8-year-old British painting prodigy is art world's new sensation, but brushes off the pressure -- Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - MN


Thursday, August 12, 2010

National

Bill to Halt Certain Sales of Artwork May Be Dead -- New York Times - NY

Chelsea Museum Risks Losing Charter -- Wall Street Journal - USA

Folk Art Museum Doubles Deficit, Spends $341580 on Legal Fees -- Bloomberg - USA

Some Museums Want to Sell Art to Make Ends Meet -- Gothamist

Only around 35 Vermeers were known to exist. Would this be number 36? -- The Virginian-Pilot - VA

New stamp features Winslow Homer painting -- The Associated Press - USA

 

International

All eyes on Glasgow as city hosts impressive art auction -- The Scotsman - UK

Falmouth Acquires Gotch Masterpiece at Record Price -- Art Daily - ArtDaily.org

Museum Wiesbaden Restitutes Painting by Dutch Baroque Painter Pieter de Grebber -- ArtDaily - ArtDaily.org


Monday, August 9, 2010

Chicago

Longtime MCA curator Molon accepts position in St. Louis -- Chicago Tribune - IL

 

National

Debt Problem Has Museum Scrambling -- New York Times - NY

Museum Of Bad Art: A Home For Forlorn Paintings -- NPR - USA

The Lust for Late -- Wall Street Journal - USA

 

International

Long Wait Over: After a Seven-Year Facelift Cairo Islamic Art Museum Reopens -- ArtDaily - ArtDaily.org

Anger at customs clampdown -- The Art Newspaper - UK


Thursday, August 5, 2010

Chicago

Darling wants MCA to find next stars -- Chicago Tribune - IL

C'mon Ride the Art Train -- NBC Chicago - IL

Art that moves you -- Chicago Sun-Times - IL

Mag Mile to boast refrigerators turned into sculptures -- Chicago Tribune - IL

 

National

Art Dealer Salander Gets Up to 18 Years for Defrauding Investors, Clients -- Bloomberg - USA

CRA Approves Broad Museum Plan -- Los Angeles Downtown News - CA

Chinese Arts Group Makes Play for Broad Museum Parcel -- Los Angeles Downtown News - CA

Damage to art more than originally thought -- Ann Arbor Journal - MI

 

International

Over Half a Million Visit Record-Breaking 17th Biennale of Sydney -- Art Daily - ArtDaily.com

Picasso painting stolen from Paris museum -- Malta Today - Malta

Eastern Europe under spotlight on art restitution -- The Associated Press - USA

Stolen Portinari painting recovered in Brazil -- The Washington Times - Washington, D.C.

Painting Prodigy: Kid's Art Sells for More Than $200,000 -- ABC News - USA


Monday, August 2, 2010

National

Cleaning Up an Intersection of the Ancient and Modern -- New York Times - NY

Museums such as the Kimbell spend time, money on the perfect frames -- Fort Worth Star Telegram - IA

Deft Surgery for a Painting Under the Scalpel -- New York Times - NY

Postal Service to issue Winslow Homer stamp -- Boston Herald - MA

 

International

Stolen Portinari painting recovered -- ABC Online - Australia

Painting by Spanish Baroque Master Francisco Ribalta Restored After Being Hidden In Church -- ArtDaily - ArtDaily.org

Schiele art row costs museum $19m -- BBC News - UK

Arts centre future 'under threat' -- BBC West Midlands - UK

Vienna museum to pay $19M for Nazi-looted work -- CBC.ca - Canada

The Israel Museum: One for the ages -- Los Angeles Times - CA

Hungary sued in $100m restitution claim -- The Art Newspaper - UK

Plan blamed for $48-million encumbrance -- Vancouver Sun - Canada



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