Though summer is coming to a close, activities at the Westport Arts Center are still in full-swing! Please join us Friday, 8/17/12 from 6-7pm for ArtCafé HAPPY HOUR on the deck! More happy than hour, bring your own beverage and mingle with art enthusiasts. Light refreshments will be served an the even is free and open to anyone!
Next week we have a Summer Cafe on the deck on Wednesday, 8/22/12. Lori Cochran-Dougall of the Westport Farmers' Market and Dottie Carpenter of Doc's Organic Maple Syrup will discuss how to shop at your local famers' market and why to buy local. Sample delicious maple syrups and snack on a delectable lunch from Du Soleil.
Please see the wonderful Huffington Post and Fairfield County Weekly reviews on Landscape: Scene / Re-seen.This exhibition, from the Andrew and Christine Hall Collection. features major contemporary photographs that depict humankind's imprint on the landscape. This exhibition will be on view until September 2, 2012-- be sure to stop in before it comes down. Not to be missed!
Best Wishes,
Helen Klisser During
Director of Visual Arts
Westport Arts Center
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| Summer on The High Line: Elad Lassry installation and Mexican Ice, August 2012. Photo by Helen Klisser During. |
HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES & EXHIBITIONS
The New York Times
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The New York Times
Nakedness in Dance, Taken to Extremes
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The New York Times
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Robert Hughes on "What Art Is"
(VIDEO)
Robert Hughes
The Shock of the New, Episode 3
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The Shock of the New, Episode 8
The Future that Was (VIDEO)
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The Business of Art: Damien Hirst is all hype
(VIDEO)
Robert Hughes: On Anselm Kiefer
(VIDEO)
Robert Hughes: On Andy Warhol
(VIDEO)
The New York Times
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by Roberta Smith
The New York Times
A Funeral Presence Swoops In to Roost and Caw
by Karen Rosenberg
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Knight of Infinite Resignation by Diane Landry at MASS MoCA's "Oh, Canada" exhibition. Photo by Helen Klisser During.
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The New York Times
Meandering Just This Side of the Hamptons
by Laura M. Holson
The New York Times
Ruling on Artistic Authenticity: The Market vs. the Law
by Patricia Cohen
ARTnews
It's About Time: The huge success of "The Clock" brings new attention to other parts of Christian Marclay's career
by Barbara Pollack
ARTLOG
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by Amanda Ryan
ARTnews
A Terrible Beauty?: New York's museums grapple with 9/11
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CNN: Opinion
The Olympics miss: Why street art should be embraced not snubbed
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Chinese Artist $507 Million Ousts Picasso As Top Auction Earner
by Katya Kazakina
Xinhuanet
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Vogue
Summer Crafts: Creative Time Hosts Inaugural Artist Sandcastle Competition
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Nivea Fires Rihanna, Raising Questions About Brand Identity and Cultural Values
by Chloe Wyma
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Nude Australian Artist Trio Looks to Generous Berliners to Survive 10-Day Public Performance
by Alexander Forbes  |
| 370H55V by Chris Millar at MASS MoCA's "Oh, Canada" exhibition. Photo by Helen Klisser During. |
The New York Times
The Subway Map that Rattled New Yorkers
by Alice Rawsthorn
The Huffington Post
Polka Dot Queen: Yayoi Kusama on Her Whitney Retrospective And Vuitton Collaboration (INTERVIEW)
The Denver Post
Christo's plan to drape the Arkansas River delayed during legal fight
by Jason Blevins
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ARTINFO's Definitive List of the 30 Best Dressed People in the Art World, from Klaus Biesenbach to Olympia Scarry
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Eloquent silent support for Pussy Riot
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The Huffington Post
Seikou Yamaoka, iPhone Finger Painting Artist, Creates Digital Watercolors(VIDEO, PHOTOS)
BBC One
What a Wonderful World: with David Attenborough
(VIDEO)
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(MOVIE REVIEW)
by Manohla Dargis
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by Steven Zevitas
Oh, Canada
MASS MoCA
through April 1, 2013
Bruce Nauman: One Hundred Fish Fountain
Gagosian Gallery: Madison Avenue
through August 28
Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller
The Murder of Crows
The Park Avenue Armory
through September 9
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A detail of Kim Faler's work at MASS MoCA's Invisible Cities. Photo by Helen Klisser During.
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Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller
The Murder of Crows
The Park Avenue Armory
through September 9
Gagosian Gallery: Beverly Hills
through September 15
Annette Messager
Marian Goodman Gallery
through August 24
Ellsworth Kelly: Plant Drawings
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
through September 3
Julika Rudelius: Rituals of Capitalism
Leo Koenig, Inc.
through September 8
Taryn Simon: A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters I-XVIII
MoMA
through September 3
It's Always Summer on the Inside
Anton Kern Gallery
through August 24
United States exhibition
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
Fee's List
through 8/14
David Hockney: A Bigger Picture
The Guggenheim Bilbao:
through September 30
Julian Schnabel
MASTERCLASS, Episode 5
(VIDEO)
The Art Newspaper
Tracey Emin, Margate's Olympic torch relay-runner, on why she likes art fairs (VIDEO)
Beijing National Museum
Call for Entries!
Pequot Library Art Show
Due October 1
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Solar Breath (Northern Caryatids) by Michael Snow at MASS MOCA's "Oh, Canada" exhibition. Photo by Helen Klisser During.
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