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Archive for the ‘art news’ Category
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Is FRAMED* the future of art?
FRAMED* – a platform for new art forms – is a new and interesting concept. It takes the digital frame and the plasma TV one step ahead. It’s made to be solely a ever changing artwork giving the art collector the option of ...
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Julian Schnabel at the AGO
Julian Schnabel: Asia, 2007 oil on map mounted on linen Julian Schnabel: Art and Film September 1, 2010 – January 2, 2011 Art Gallery of Ontario American art superstar Julian Schnabel has spent his life pushing the limits of painting and crossing artistic boundaries as ...
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Tha Canadian Pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale 2010
Via designboom ‘Hhylozoic Ground‘, Canada’s official national pavilion for this year’s La Biennale di Venezia, is an experimental piece of architecture that explores the qualities of contemporary wilderness. Designed by Canadian architect and sculptor Philip Beesley, the installation is constructed out of an intricate system ...
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Fall Fashion: Nick Cave's Soundsuits
Hats off to this Vogue’s September issue. The magazine put together purses and Nick Cave’s soundsuits in a great-looking fashion photo essay. Chicago-based artist Nick Cave (not to be confused with the Australian musician of the same name) is an Alvin Ailey-trained dancer and posed ...
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David Hockney Paintings on iPhone and iPad
After making hundreds of drawings on an iPhone (using the Brushes app) and sending by email to friends, David Hockney is now trying the iPad. One of the most influential British artists Hockney, who is 72, has explored the possibilities of art on faxes, polaroids ...
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Rodney Graham is The Guardian's Artist of The Week
Shady dealing … Rodney Graham’s Good Hand Bad Hand (2010), courtesy of the artist and Lisson Gallery. Photograph: Ken Adlard Rodney Graham is artist of the week in the London’s Guardian. In Vancouver, his piece Dead Flowers in My Studio can be seen at the ...
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Canada Goes Electric – Roots x Coupland
Roots had a good reason for giving the design of a clothing and accessories collection to an outside designer for the first time: they got renowned Canadian writer and visual artist Douglas Coupland to do it. Coupland’s first novel, Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated ...
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Dennis Hopper: actor and artist dies at 74
Actor Dennis Hopper, who appeared in some contemporary classics of the screen as Apocalypse Now and Easy Rider , has died. Hopper was also a collector, active artist, and visual arts champion . A retrospective of his artwork, curated by his friend, fellow film-maker and ...
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The Audain Prize and Mayor Gregor Robertson
British Columbia’s most prestigious annual award for the visual arts, the Audain Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Visual Arts, and VIVA Awards was presented tonight at the Vancouver Art Gallery. The Audain Prize, awarded by the Audain Foundation for the Visual Arts, honoured Haida artist Robert ...