• November 16, 2007

    Date posted: November 16, 2007 Author: jolanta

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    A Fined Kiss; Towels Target Artists

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    A Fined Kiss

    An art lover who kissed a $2-million (980,866 pound) painting, leaving red lipstick smears on the canvas, was fined by a French court on Friday and ordered to carry out 100 hours of community work. Cambodian-born Rindy Sam told the court in the southern French city of Avignon that she was "overcome with passion" when she saw the painting by U.S. artist Cy Twombly hanging in a gallery and spontaneously kissed the picture. (Reuters, November 16, 2007)
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    Towels Target Artists

    Starting on Monday, you can find art from such high-profile artists as Jeff Koons, Cindy Sherman, Elizabeth Peyton, and Kehinde Wiley in an unlikely place: Target. The artists each created a limited-edition beach towel for Target’s Artist Towel Series 2008, a partnership with the Art Production Fund’s WOW (Works on Whatever) series, aimed at making art more accessible to everyone, the Dallas Morning News reports. (ArtInfo, November 16, 2007)
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    Openings and Art Events on Saturday, November 17

    New York City:

    — Cigdem Yapanar @ Broadway Gallery  www.broadwaygallerynyc.com
    — "Hotel" @ Broadway Gallery  www.broadwaygallerynyc.com  
    — "Original Sins," 6-9pm @ Sideshow  www.sideshowgallery.com  
    — "Impression," 6-8pm @ A-forest Gallery  www.a-forestgallery.com    
    — Andrea Myers, 6-9pm @ Lisa Boyle Gallery  www.boylegallery.com  
    — "China Now: Lost in Translation," 5-8pm @ Eli Klein Gallery  www.elikleinfineart.com  
    — “Guys & Dolls: Seeing Stars,” 5-8pm @ Dean Project  www.deanproject.com  
    — Carmen Herrera, 6-9pm @ Latin Collector  www.latincollector.com  
    — Alina Szapocznikow, 6-8pm @ Broadway 1602  www.broadway1602.com  
    — Nina Katchadourian, “Enrichment,” 6-8pm @ Sara Meltzer Gallery  www.sarameltzergallery.com  
    — "MFA Open Studios" @ Columbia  www.columbia.edu  
    — "Calendar of Flowers, Gin Bottles, Steak Bones" @ Orchard  www.orchard47.org
    — 55 Mercer Gallery on the Move www.55mercergallery.com            

    National:

    — "Designing for Victory, 1914-1945: Posters from the United States Army Heritage and Education Center" @ Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD  www.wcmfa.org  
    — "Art and Faith of the Crèche: The Collection of James and Emilia Govan" @ Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago, IL  www.luc.edu/luma  
    — "Marie-Antoinette and the Petit Trianon at Versailles" @ Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA                                                        

    International:

    — Lee Jin Woo, 5-8pm @ Galerie Maria Lund, Paris, France  www.marialund.com  
    — Michael Krebber @ Maureen Paley, London, UK
    — Mark Francis @ Thomas Schulte, Berlin, Germany www.galeriethomasschulte.de  
    — Gottfried Helnwein, "The Disasters of War" @ Modernism Inc., San Francisco, CA  www.modernisminc.com  
    — "Distinction," 3pm @ Shine Art Space, Shanghai, China  www.shineartspace.com
    — Franz Yang-Mocnik, 10am @ Beijing Today International Gallery, Beijing, China
    — Clayton Brothers, "Patient," 3-6pm @ F2, Beijing, China  www.f2gallery.com  
    — Chen Feng and Wang Xin, 5pm @ Refined Nest Gallery, Shanghai, China  www.yachaogallery.com    
    — Qin Long, "Edge" @ Color of Joy Gallery, Beijing, China
    — Zhao Yanan, "Beautiful World," 3:30pm @ Line Gallery, Beijing, China  www.line-gallery.com  
    — Liao Zhenwu, "Time Tag," 3pm @ China Visual Arts Center, Beijing, China  www.chinavarts.com                                  
      

    Openings and Art Events on Sunday, November 18

    New York City:

    — Susan Benarcik, “A Peculiar Nature,” 1:30-3:30pm @ Brooklyn Botanic Garden
    — “Extreme & In-Betweens,” 2-5pm @ Dorsky Gallery
    — “Lady, Lady, Lady,” 9pm @ The Zipper Factory  www.deitch.com                           

    National:

    — Ian Scalzo, "Up There," 1pm @ Fabric8  www.fabric8.com  
    — Leanne Alaman, 6pm @ Luka’s Lounge, Oakland, CA www.lukasoakland.com  
    — "DE-construct/RE-construct: Experimental Video Art Show," 7pm @ The Climate Theater, San Francisco, CA  www.climatetheater.com                                                           

    International:

    — Lei Min @ The Center, Shanghai, China
    — Matteo Lo Greco, "Joy of Living," 3-6pm @ BB Gallery, Beijing, China
    — "Neo-Nirvana Contemporary Interpretations of Buddhism," 3-6pm @ Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China  www.redgategallery.com  
    — Bali, 3pm @ Art 8 Space, Beijing, China  www.art8space.com

      

    Openings and Art Events on Monday, November 19

    New York City:

    — Ulla von Brandenburg, “Show/Tell 01,” 6:30pm @ Goethe-Institut  www.goethe.de/newyork           

    National:

    — Nancy Selvage, 5:30-7:30pm @ CAC Gallery, Cambridge, MA  www.cambridgeartscouncil.org  
    — "Internal Exile: From Palestine To The USA To Mexico" 5pm @ SOMARTS, San Francisco, CA 
    — Cheryl Dunn, book release/signing, 7pm @ Park Life, San Francisco, CA  www.parklifestore.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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