Painting News

“Those are the last details that are put onto a painting.”

John Evers, who turns 81 Wednesday, has wanted to be an artist his whole life. As part of the Heart's Desire Program at Arden Courts Alzheimer's Assisted Living, Evers will see his dream come true. via Hamden Journal

A 4,000-year-old cave painting has been discovered in a northern temple in Peru, an archaeologist said Sunday. via People's Daily Online

A new exhibit drawn from the world-famous collection of Hollywood mogul Michael Ovitz and his wife, Judy, is not the showy cattle call of art stars you might expect.

Installed at H&R Block Artspace, the works in 'Past, Present, Future Perfect' are compelling, but they're not all huge, and they're not all by famous artists.

After the Ovitz family gave Artspace director Raechell Smith the green light to borrow from their collection, she decided to focus on recent acquisitions by emerging and established artists, assembling a global group whose works frequently allude to art history. Read more

“This is a project that reaches out to the community and establishes our presence, which is our goal”

The Marquise would have loved all this fuss.

Janet Scott's play, The Love Letter, is a one-woman show, but it's hardly a solitary production.

The director has come from Australia. The music was composed there, as well. The costume was built in Virginia. The set is being designed by Gay Reading of Green Tree Tea Room and Antiques with items from L.V. Harkness and Co. and Belle Maison Antiques.

And the production, playing Thursday through Saturday at the Central Library theater, is being mounted by two Lexington organizations: the Kentucky Chapter of the National Society of Arts and Letters and the Young Professionals Group of the Lexington Public Library. Read more

“Any way we can honor our vets, we should”

A shared wartime experience ties together the artists featured in an exhibit that opened last night at the Arts Council of Rockland, but few of the works on display focus on that aspect of their lives. via The Journal News

Mahmud Farshchian's latest miniature work "Shams and Rumi" was transferred to Sadabad Cultural Historical Complex on Friday for a one-year show. via Tehran Times

“Members of the Junior League of Austin contacted us to design the theme for their 2007 Christmas Affair at the convention center Nov. 14-18 -- The Gift of The Magi,'”

Visitors to "A Christmas Affair, The Gift of The Magi," in Austin will notice the rich colors and metallic embellishments of the surrounding decorations. via Midland Reporter-Telegram

“Once the structure is in place, color takes over - that is the most enjoyable and energizing aspect of painting for me.”

"3 Eggs & Heade Birds on Blue" by Ann Nichols Ann Nichols' solo exhibit is titled "Split Focus" because of the way this series of paintings have a split picture plane. via Chattanoogan.com

ADRIAN VANDENBERG: 'Alibi' Lithograph Released - Nov. 10, 2007 The web site dedicated to former WHITESNAKE / VANDENBERG guitarist Adrian Vandenberg 's drawings and paintings has been updated with the following ... via BlabberMouth.net

“More and more people are coming to know about it and more and more people are coming to see it.”

THE remote landscape around Lake Ballard, 800km north of Perth, is not where you'd expect to find great art. via The Austrailian

CAPTIVATING: One of Chai's exquisite paintings which will be displayed at the art exhibition. via New Straits Times

“These paintings have been asleep for Australian audiences for generations and the sale in London brings them back to life again”

CLASSIC but rarely seen works by some of Australia's greatest artists are to go under the hammer in a unique auction in London next month. via News.com.au

“It feels good to spend your money, doesn't it?”

No, not the guy himself. It's called "irony," people. We're talking about the idea of Craig. via Boise Weekly

“A lot of the myths have very simple messages of good versus evil”

Where: Norton Simon Museum, 411 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena When: Noon-6 p.m. Wednesdays-Sundays and until 9 p.m. on Fridays; today through April 14 Cost: $8 adults, $4 seniors and free for students and ... via Whittier Daily News

“It's like a soundtrack that emphasizes the Passion of Jesus.”

It's a new da Vinci code, but this time the story may be more than fiction. An Italian musician and computer technician says he's uncovered musical notes encoded in Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper, raising ... via CBC News

“I never thought I would (sell) these paintings. It would be immoral to make money based on human pain”

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“We have been showing people the same thing for thirty years, it needs some revamping, if we want people to queue outside the museum we must show them the originals”

Like the Mona Lisa, she has a strange allure; the almost sad eyes looking at you across 2.15 million years. via Independent Online

The new show at the Walters Art Museum begins with the Mona Lisa. It's not the real Mona Lisa, of course, but a well-executed copy. via PR-inside.com

“He's been buying Canadian art for probably the last 15 years and he comes from a family that has collected art for a long time so he certainly has had a long, strong interest in collecting prominent, historical Canadian works”

A local gallery has sold a painting by the late Montreal abstract artist Jean-Paul Riopelle to an unidentified private buyer from Western Canada for $1.1 million. via 900 CHML AM

“In Japanese characters, it's also the sign for big mouth. The gallery is big mouth twice.”

While it has been a blank spot on Seattle's art map for most of its history, Ballard is currently home to the next big thing: a shape-shifter gallery called OKOK. via Seattle Post-Intelligencer