Issue #31

The Fall art season is in full swing!

Stop in the Arts Center Gallery and see Edward Burtynsky: Nature Speaks, which features 15 large-scale color photographs depicting disturbingly beautiful images of the landscape in various degrees of disarray, from capturing nickel tailings in Ontario to photographing disintegrating shipbreaks in Bangladesh. Burtynsky carefully composes each image to capture “how nature itself, over time, can reclaim even the most ambitious of human incursions into the land.” This exhibition is on loan courtesy of the Hall Collection and is sponsored by Hall Art Foundation.

In addition, visit our Project Space Gallery for Farm to Table Cycle: A Journey for Change, sponsored by Michel Nischan's Wholesome Wave. This exhibition depicts photographer and adventurer, Glenn Charles' 400 mile solo bicycle journey from Connecticut to Maine.

There is much happening at the Westport Arts Center this season and we hope that you may join us for an event or two…or three! Participate in our LunchCafe series or sign up for In Conversation: Edward Burtynsky & Helen Clark on October 8-- this event is sure to sell out!

Happy reading and best wishes,

Helen Klisser During
Director of Visual Arts
Westport Arts Center

José Parlá: In Medias Res at Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, through October 18. Photo by Helen Klisser During.

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES & EXHIBITIONS
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David Ebony's Top 10 New York Gallery Show for September
by David Ebony, artnet news

Marcel Dzama: Une Danse des Bouffons (A Jester's Dance)
David Zwirner Gallery, New York
through October 25

David Hockney: The Arrival of Spring
Pace Gallery, 25th Street
through November 1

Nick Cave: Made By Whites For Whites
Jack Shainman Gallery, 20th Street
through October 11

Jacob Hashimoto: Sky Farm Fortress
Mary Boone Gallery
through October 25

Eileen Neff: A Prologue
Bruce Silverstein Gallery
through October 25

Jacob Hashimoto: Sky Farm Fortress at Mary Boone Gallery, through October 18. Photo by Helen Klisser During.

Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs
MoMA
October 12 - February 8

Do Ho Suh: Drawings
Lehmann Maupin Gallery
through October 25

Stanley Lewis
Betty Cuningham Gallery
through October 25

Jim Shaw: I Only Wanted You to Love Me
Metro Pictures Gallery
through October 25

Dana Saulnier: Stacks and Traps
First Street Gallery
October 7 - November 1

Yoshiaki Mochizuki: Gray Noise
Marlborough Chelsea
through October 11

Fred Wilson: Sculptures, Paintings, and Installations: 2004 - 2014 at Pace Gallery 25th Street. Through October 18. Photo by Helen Klisser During

City-Wide Open Studios 2014
New Haven, CT

Roman in the Provinces: Art on the Periphery of Empire
Yale University Art Gallery
through January 4

From the Margins: Lee Krasner and Norman Lewis, 1945 - 1952
The Jewish Museum
through February 1

Wayne Thiebaud
Acquavella Galleries
October 1 - November 21

Paul Graham: 'Does Yellow Run Forever?'
by Karen Rosenberg, The New York Times

Top 100 Most Collectible Living Artists
artnet news

David Hockney: The Arrival of Spring at Pace Gallery 25th Street, through November 1. Photo by Helen Klisser During.

A Career of Toasting Rebellions: A Nicole Eisenman Midcareer Survey in Philadelphia
by Holland Cotter, The New York Times

Banksy Immigration Mural Is Taken Down
by Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura, The New York Times

A 36-Hour Jeff Koons Marathon at the Whitney
by Carol Vogel, The New York Times

The Artist Next Door: 'Crossing Brooklyn,' Local Talent at Brooklyn Museum
by Ken Johnson, The New York Times

Antiquities Lost, Casualties of War
by Graham Bowley, The New York Times

Richard Prince's Instagram Paintings Are Genius Trolling
by Jerry Saltz, vulture.com

Roxy Paine: Denuded Lens at Marianne Boesky Gallery, through October 18. Photo by Helen Klisser During.

Memory and Regret: Jenny Holzer's 'Dust Paintings'
by Thomas Micchelli, Hyperallergic.com

Art Man of Alcatraz: Ai Wei Wei Takes His Work To Prison
by Jori Finkel, The New York Times

@Large: Ai Wei Wei takes over Alcatraz with Lego carpets and a hippie dragon
by Jason Farago, The Guardian

Brother, Can You Spare a Wall? Thomas Hart Benton's 'America Today' Mural at the Met
by Karen Rosenberg, The New York Times

Great Job on the Railroad. Now Go Back to China. ' Chinese American: Exclusion/Inclusion' Exhibition Opens
by Edward Rothstein, The New York Times

Weight of the World: Anselm Kiefer at the Royal Academy
by Martin Gayford, Blouin ARTINFO

Lily van der Stokker Huh at Koenig & Clinton Gallery, through October 18. Photo by Helen Klisser During.

Dan Colen: 'Miracle Paintings'
by Roberta Smith, The New York Times

Welcome to Deitchland: After a Stint in L.A. Jeffrey Deitch Once Again Takes New York
by Nate Freeman, New York Observer

INTERVIEW: 'I'm not making hippie pottery': A Q&A with JJ PEET and Tom Sachs
by Daniel Kunitz, Blouin ARTINFO via Modern Painters

Court Ruling on Art Estate Taxes Could Save You Millions
by Eileen Kinsella, artnet news

Punch Lines, Reverberating in the Ruins: 'Echoes of the Borscht Belt' Photos at Yeshiva University
by Edward Rothstein, The New York Times

What is Behind the Art Investment Boom?
by Alexander Forbes, artnet news

Jason Rhoads: PeaRoeFoam at David Zwirner Gallery, through October 18. Photo by Helen Klisser During.

SLIDESHOW: Highlights from EXPO Chicago 2014
by Regina Mogilevskaya

Art Review: The Great, Inscrutable, Robert Gober
by Jerry Saltz, vulture.com

Post-Internet Art Awaits Its Turn
by Scott Reyburn, The New York Times

15 Rising Curators Nominated for ICI Award
by Benjamin Sutton, artnet news

INTERVIEW: 24 Questions for Sculptor Alyson Shotz
by Ashton Cooper, Blouin ARTINFO

Victoria Siddall Take Over Frieze Art Fairs
by Ashton Cooper, Blouin ARTINFO

Nick Cave: Resure at Jack Shainman Gallery 20th Street, through October 11. Photo by Helen Klisser During.

A Guide to 20 Top Artist Residencies and Retreats Across the United States
by Alanna Martinez, Chloe Wyma, Blouin ARTINFO

Allora and Calzadilla's 'Fault Lines' Borders on Plagiarism
by Jerry Saltz, vulture.com

Artists' Work Rises From the Destruction of the Israel-Gaza Conflict
by Jodi Rudoren and Fares Akram, The New York Times

Where Shall We Park the Art?
by Elaine Louie, The New York Times

LISTEN: Simon Denny: 'Standing Room Only'
by Radio New Zealand

Court Seizes Goya, Picasso, and other Priceless Paintings from the Marcos Family
by Henri Neuendorf, artnet news

Roger Hiorns: Chelsea at Luhring Augustine, through October 18. Photo by Helen Klisser During.

Mega-Rich Nigerian Ex General's Son Makes Art World Splash
by Coline Milliard, artnet news

New York artist creates 'art' that is invisible and collectors are paying millions
by This is That with Pat Kelly and Peter Oldring

German Graffiti Legend Oz Killed by Train
by Henri Neuendorf, artnet news

Ai Weiwei Takes Over Downtown Abbey-esque Estate
by Lorena Munoz-Alonso, artnet news

New CNN Series Promises to Reveal Tomorrow's Art Stars
by Sarah Cascone, artnet news

Secret's of Da Vinci's 'Lady with an Ermine' Finally Revealed
by Lorena Munoz Alonso, artnet news

Westport Arts Center's 'Art Safari: Chelsea Art Tour' group visits Jim Shaw: I Only Wanted You to Love Me at Metro Pictures. Though October 25. Photo by Helen Klisser During.

Pink Aid: An evening of R&B, Motown, & Soul
Friday, November 7, 7:30pm
Fairfield Theatre
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