http://news.myspace.com/arts/art The latest news brought to you by MySpace! Sat, 17 May 2008 06:06:52 GMT http://newscdn.myspace.com/web.2.14/content/springwidget/art.xml http://news.myspace.com/arts/art/item/17483343 Inspiration for a painting can arise in all sorts of unexpected places, but a charred plank from a BBQ is definitely a first for me. So when we were done with the green beans on the cedar plank, I thought the plank was so interesting looking that I had to find something to try and paint on it ... About.com: Painting Sat, 17 May 2008 00:05:13 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/art/item/17483343 http://news.myspace.com/arts/art/item/17476068 Flights of colorful fancy and heroic struggles characterized the Los Angeles Philharmonic concert Thursday at Walt Disney Concert Hall when Christoph von Dohnányi led a program of Messiaen and Beethoven, with pianist Peter Serkin as the soloist. Messiaen, as latimes.com: Art & Culture Fri, 16 May 2008 21:14:28 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/art/item/17476068 http://news.myspace.com/arts/art/item/17474934 We asked SAAM's Patrick Martin, to write a post about a new Web initiative from our museum’s Education department: Superhighway Scholars. Despite the importance of tests in the overall education process, did you ever reminisce about those wonderful days Eye Level Fri, 16 May 2008 20:42:51 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/art/item/17474934 http://news.myspace.com/arts/art/item/17465728 Executive director Lauren Cornell and Christopher Pappas responding surprisingly well to having had their picture taken four times. I missed the VIP portion of Rhizome’s benefit last night, which means I have nothing but second hand reports on the honoring of Art Fag City Fri, 16 May 2008 16:30:46 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/art/item/17465728 http://news.myspace.com/arts/art/item/17464482 As the abstract of the panel reminds: data visualization is a transversal discipline which harnesses the immense power of visual communication to explain, in an understandable manner, the relationships of meaning, causes and dependency found among great We Make Money not Art Fri, 16 May 2008 15:17:07 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/art/item/17464482 http://news.myspace.com/arts/art/item/17462825 This post has been prodded by photos I just found on Kadfly : Friday, March 14, 2008 Lhasa Burning Pictures are at the bottom of this post. According to the Dalai Lama's Chinese translator, Ngawang Nyendra, a witness reported that a Chinese policeman in Lhasa Newsgrist Fri, 16 May 2008 15:02:27 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/art/item/17462825 http://news.myspace.com/arts/art/item/17473044 Blacklist was asked by Jesse Dylan, “Yes We Can” music video director, to create messages of hope and inspiration in support of Barack Obama’s campaign to be featured on http://www.hopeactchange.com. Blacklist's Pistachios directed “Hope” with words by Douglas Coupland. Watch Hope IT'S ART magazine news Fri, 16 May 2008 19:44:47 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/art/item/17473044 http://news.myspace.com/arts/art/item/17458425 How Will the Orphan Works Bill Affect Ownership of Your Art & Written Work? Mary Emma at Quilting and Patchwork wonders what you think of the proposed Orphan Works Bill in the US Congress and how it will affect artists, writers, and artisans. Make Embellishments From Aluminum Cans If you have a Layers Upon Layers Fri, 16 May 2008 12:00:53 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/art/item/17458425 http://news.myspace.com/arts/art/item/17459841 I'll be back Monday with some thoughts on Robert Rauschenberg and some thoughts on the most disappointing aspect of the media coverage of his death. Until then, enjoy taking the market at commerce off of your computer screen... Also, I'm now on Facebook. Not sure what I'll do with it, but I'm open ArtsJournal Fri, 16 May 2008 13:14:20 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/art/item/17459841 http://news.myspace.com/arts/art/item/17453482 According to a fan-crafted info video, micro-blogging service Twitter allows users to stay in touch "between blog posts and emails" (and, one assumes, texting, phone calls, instant messaging, and actually seeing each other). For example, Twitter's own Twitter Blocks transforms a user's network into Rhizome Fri, 16 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/art/item/17453482 http://news.myspace.com/arts/art/item/17462390 Please stay tuned and consider subscribing via RSS or iTunes* to this weekly feature until the book comes out this Fall. See all previous episodes on my podcast home page Everyday Matters Fri, 16 May 2008 13:14:07 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/art/item/17462390 http://news.myspace.com/arts/art/item/17419471 Magazine illustration has been relegated to use of Stock Illustration work but there are more jobs out there for kids who can design and sculpt toys, sci-fi and fantasy model figures, characters for animated interactive computer games and fantasy-- lots and absolutearts.com: Blogs Thu, 15 May 2008 10:55:48 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/art/item/17419471 http://news.myspace.com/arts/art/item/17423080 Every step you take in Manhattan or Queens or Brooklyn, you run into a crane. Where there used to be quiet neighborhoods now there are residential skyscrapers. Yun and I moved to the boonies and they are tearing down every nook. The old timers who have been there forever are now wanting to sell Tommy Kane Thu, 15 May 2008 11:40:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/art/item/17423080 http://news.myspace.com/arts/art/item/17476069 On the surface, almost everything appears as it has for decades on East 1st Street in Boyle Heights, the neighborhood east of downtown known as a haven for immigrants and blue-collar families. It's mid-afternoon and a couple of tipsy men spill out of Las Palomas Bar, arms locked over their latimes.com: Art & Culture Fri, 16 May 2008 21:14:28 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/art/item/17476069 http://news.myspace.com/arts/art/item/17420285 Pigeons crapped on me twice in the past two weeks. These atrocities have spurred me to post my bird-related pictures. Above left, a pigeon deterring flock of guard owls on an LES building. Above right -- just as the Pope has his protective Popemobile -- the Virgin Mary has a plastic shield to keep Restless Thu, 15 May 2008 11:20:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/art/item/17420285 http://news.myspace.com/arts/art/item/17416672 "Mattia Bonetti 2008 - New Work" 2008-05-14 until 2008-06-14 David Gill London, , UK United Kingdom David Gill Galleries is delighted to announce an exhibition of new work by Mattia Bonetti at 3 Loughborough Street London SE11 5RB, 14 May to 14 June, 2008. absolutearts.com: News Wed, 14 May 2008 23:00:02 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/art/item/17416672 http://news.myspace.com/arts/art/item/17462826 via Visual AIDS >blog : Strike II - Benefit for Visual AIDS Please join the Visual AIDS Board of Directors and Co-Chairs Anthony Meier Fine Arts, Cassie Rosenthal, Jack Shainman, and Pavel Zoubok at STRIKE II The 3rd Annual Visual AIDS Vanguard Awards A Newsgrist Fri, 16 May 2008 15:00:43 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/art/item/17462826 http://news.myspace.com/arts/art/item/17473990 The Second Generation: The Millennial Generation Way More Annoying Than Us, Says Gen-Xer Choice quote from Radar, "Today, when a hip band allows Outback Steakhouse to co-opt one of their most beloved songs, Millennials (those born between 1982-2002) don’t call it selling out. It’s a cogent business Art Fag City Fri, 16 May 2008 20:15:07 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/art/item/17473990 http://news.myspace.com/arts/art/item/17456624 We're looking forward to seeing everyone in Beacon, NY for Electric Windows. More info here Wooster Collective Fri, 16 May 2008 11:08:43 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/art/item/17456624 http://news.myspace.com/arts/art/item/17451413 When consi antisocial_notworking projects that explore the pseudo-agency of online social platforms The concern is how the Internet is increasingly charactised as a 'platform' (or collective machine) for 'social' uses, but to question what is meant by the We Make Money not Art Fri, 16 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/art/item/17451413