• November 12, 2007

    Date posted: November 12, 2007 Author: jolanta

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    Kennebunk Caricature Controversy; Koons Macy’s Balloon; YBC: Young British Collector; Impossible Subjects

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    Kennebunk Caricature Controversy

    A controversy in Kennebunk, Maine, over collages made of old American flags, including caricatures of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, continues to rustle through the small coastal town near the Bush family’s estate and vacation retreat. First, the Kennebunk Free Library canceled G. Bud Swenson’s art exhibit after receiving complaints that his artwork was offensive because it was fashioned from old US flags. At the urging of the library trustees, library officials reversed their decision – but then abruptly removed the caricatures the day of the exhibit’s opening last week. Now the trustees have intervened again. (Peter Schworm for the Boston Globe, November 12, 2007)
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    Koons Macy’s Balloon

    The 81st Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, which takes to the skies November 22 in New York, will include Jeff Koons’s celebrated 1986 stainless steel sculpture Rabbit transformed into a giant balloon. (ArtInfo, November 12, 2007)
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    Openings and Art Events on Tuesday, November 13

    New York City:

    — Dorothy Amenuke and Judy Sigunick, artist talk, 6:30pm @ Apexart  www.apexart.org  
    — Waltercio Caldas, lecture, 6:30pm @ The Americas Society  www.pinta-art.com  
    — "Intimate Distance" @ Q Art  www.qartspace.com  
    — Peter Alexander @ Franklin Parrasch Gallery  www.franklinparrasch.com  
    — "Standard" @ Peter Fingesten Gallery  www.pace.edu   
    — "Teleculture," 5-7pm @ Pace Digital Gallery  csis.pace.edu/digitalgallery  
    — John Morrell, Andrea Pluhar @ Atlantic Gallery  www.atlanticgallery.org/index2.html   
                               

    National:

    — "The Decorated Letter" @ J. Paul Getty Museum/The Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA  www.getty.edu/museum  
    — Dorian Leigh, "Birds of A Different Feather," 12pm @ C’era Una Volta, Alameda CA  www.ceraunavolta.us    
    — Linda Ryan, 5:30pm @ Art!space, Livermore, CA  www.artspace-gallery.com  
    — "Three Pieces (123#4)," 7pm @ Three Pieces, San Francisco, CA  genericfun.com/3pieces  
    — "Listen To Iran’s People: A Call For Peace," documentary film, 7pm @ Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo, San Mateo, CA  www.homestead.com/uusm    
    — "Guardian Presents Goldies 2007," 9:30pm @ 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA  www.111minnagallery.com                              

    International:

    — "Warhol Superstars" @ L’Univerre Gallery, Paris, France  www.luniverre.com        
      

    Art Fair and Biennial Reminders from Art Fairs International

    — PragueBiennale3, May 16 to Sept 16, Prague, Czech Republic
    — Edinburgh Art Festival, July 26 to Sept 2, Edinburgh, Scotland
    — Art Nocturne Knocke, Aug 4 to 15, Knokke–Heist, Belgium
    — DigiFestival, Aug 15 to Sept 15, Florence, Italy
    — Helsinki Festival, Aug 17 to Sept 2, Helsinki, Finland
    — Montreal World Film Festival, Aug 23 to Sept 3, Montreal, Canada
    — ANTI Contemporary Art Festival, Aug 31 to Sept 30, Kuopio, Finland
    — The Mercosul Biennial, Sept 1 to Nov 17, Porto Alegre, Brasil
    — 10th Istanbul Bienniale, Sept 8 to Nov 9, 2007, Istanbul, Turkey
    — Time–Based Art Festival, Sept 9 to 18, Portland, USA
    — The Athens Biennial, Sept 10 to Nov 18, Athens, Greece
    — 20/21 British Art Fair, Sept 11 to 16, 2007, London, UK
    — Bienniale de Lyon, Sept 17 to Jan 6, 2007, Lyon, France

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