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Did you know about this: Bank of America hosts museum entries on the first full weekend of the month if you have a B0fA or Meryll Lynch card. Check the site for which museums are participating.

In this month’s Common Ground the topic is Creativity and here’s an article on Artist Residency programs.

Going to Art Basel? Here’s a project for everyone from Galerie Barbara Weiss:

I am writing to ask for your participation in a project by Jonathan Horowitz that will take place at Art Unlimited during ArtBasel this June.

Situated outdoors, alongside the exhibition halls, the project, “Free Store,” is just that: a space designated for the free…[Read more]

Your Thievin’ Art? At Play in the Field of Fair Use | ARTnews

http://www.artnews.com/2013/05/09/is-anything-safe-from-appropriation-art/

On Saturday Julie Saul opens a show of work by Arne Svenson, an artist with a telephoto lens, a formalist’s eye, and a somewhat unsettling obsession with his neighbors in the…

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BURGLARY RESULTS IN PRECIOUS ARTIFACT STOLEN FROM OAKLAND MUSEUM OF CALIFORNIA

Historic Gold Rush-Era Quartz and Gold Box Stolen During Break-In

(OAKLAND, CA)–The Oakland Museum of California today announced the theft of a historical Gold Rush-era quartz and gold-encrusted jewel box from its permanent collection. The rare box, an invaluable…[Read more]

” … The clever art.sy domain name involved considerable bureaucratic hassle and generated some controversy because .sy is the official domain suffix for the Syrian Arab Republic, which is the subject of U.S. sanctions for its brutal repression of its people. … ”

Art.sy becomes Artsy.net – News – News & Opinion – Art in…

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This story is educational on so many levels. The first question that comes to me is just this – how, as an artist, does it make you feel to think that Damien Hirst “has jumped the shark”? We all have opinions about Damien Hirst and his work. But those opinions end up being more of a reflection of what we actually think of ourselves as artists, the…[Read more]

We/I need to submit artist-at-large to this:

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News from Gagosian Gallery in Chelsea – they also sustained water damage:

“Gagosian Gallery has postponed the exhibitions and opening receptions for “Ed Ruscha,” which was scheduled to open on Wednesday, November 7, 2012 and for “Henry Moore: Large Late Forms,” which was scheduled to open on Friday, November 9, 2012. We will announce new opening…[Read more]

Just got this in my inbox – if you are in NYC and feeling a bit abandoned or hungry:

Hosfelt Gallery would like to extend an invitation to all our New York neighbors to stop by for a light brunch tomorrow.

Saturday, November 3, 11am – 1pm
Hosfelt Gallery, 531 W. 36th Street, NYC

Fortunately, the gallery was unharmed by Hurricane Sandy, and our…[Read more]

More on Chelsea, Sandy, and the flood …

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/03/arts/design/chelsea-art-galleries-struggle-to-restore-and-reopen.html

So sad …

Picasso, Monets stolen in Dutch heist – Travel – Boston.com

http://www.boston.com/travel/destinations/2012/10/16/picasso-monets-stolen-dutch-heist/ZI9K5YVbFVbTSwJCGRRC4N/story.html

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Thieves broke into a Rotterdam museum on Tuesday and walked off with works from the likes of Picasso, Monet,…

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A national news story about our own back yard:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/11/us/oakland-art-murmur-outgrows-its-name.html

“A Monthly Night of Art Outgrows Its Name”

“… Art Murmur began in 2006 when a group of galleries created a monthly art crawl in an area of town known, until then, for auto body shops, empty commercial buildings…[Read more]

I might have to write a “Culture” opinion piece on this story from earlier today:

CONFIRMED: Rothko Defaced at the Tate Modern (UPDATE 7)

http://hyperallergic.com/58144/rothko-defaced-at-tate-modern/

Hyperallergic

I got a press release in my inbox today for an exhibition that @zurika is participating in Munich, where she lives. I’ll put it in the queue, but hopefully she’ll stop by and tell us about it.

Found this, first thing this morning … if you’re up for a modernized “Macbeth” performance, this one is streaming live from the Edinburgh Festival in about twenty minutes at 19.30 Great Britain time: http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/interactive/2012/aug/13/macbeth-live-stream-edinburgh-festival