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 Vallarta Living | Art Talk
Art Exhibit: Works by Ed Ruscha at the Portland Art Museum
 Brian Libby
As a pioneering figure of Pop Art who first gained wide critical notices in the 1960s, Ed Ruscha's place in history is alongside such contemporaries as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Wayne Thiebaud. But unlike those late artists, the 71-year-old Ruscha is still going strong.
World Tourism Day 2008 Photo Competition
 unwto.org
In celebration of World Tourism Day on September 27, 2008, the United Nations World Tourism Organization has organized a Photo Competition. This year the theme is Tourism: Responding to the Challenge of Climate Change and anyone can enter.
Why the Guggenheim Won’t Open a Branch in Guadalajara
 Jason Edward Kaufman
The Guggenheim Foundation’s proposal to build a museum in Guadalajara has failed because the foundation’s director Thomas Krens refused to scale down the project to fit Mexico’s art budgets, says Guadalajara businessman and art collector Jorge Vergara.
 Frida Kahlo at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
 Ed Voves
Frida Kahlo dated her birth to July 7, 1910. It was the year when the Mexican Revolution began and, to quote Virginia Wolfe, “human character changed.” Kahlo’s birth certificate recorded a different date, July 6, 1907. Kahlo’s choice is significant, because it demonstrates how Kahlo asserted herself, creating her own version of the facts of her life, literally from the day she was born.
Artist Claims Record With Quarter-Mile Drawing
 Associated Press
He forgot to eat, sleep or even drink water. But Mexican artist Filemon Trevino accomplished his lifelong dream of entering the Guinness Book of World Records, declaring his quarter-mile-long pencil drawing as the world's largest.
 Frida Kahlo: Portrait of a Woman
 NMPBS
Born near Mexico City in 1907, Frida Kahlo lived in the shadow of her renowned muralist husband for much of her married life.
Mexican Artists Enrich, Inspire Bay Area
 Tyche Hendricks
The opening this week of a major San Francisco exhibit of the work of Frida Kahlo is a reminder that Mexican artists have found a home and inspiration in the Bay Area at least as far back as 1930, when Kahlo and her husband, Diego Rivera, spent a year working here.
Most Important Offering in Past 30 Years Discovered in Great Temple
 Presidencia de la República
President Felipe Calderón toured the House of the Bows and Bells of the Great Temple Archaeological Zone, where the largest, most important offerings recorded in 30 years of excavations in this zone were recently discovered.
The Fine Art of the Heist
 Noah Charney
The recent theft of Mexican jewellery and sculptures created by Canadian artist Bill Reid from the University of British Columbia Museum may prove that crime does pay.
President Felipe Calderón Inaugurates First Exhibition by José Luis Cuevas at Bellas Artes
 Presidencia de la República
President Felipe Calderón hailed the artistic work and career of José Luis Cuevas, regarded as one of the greatest artists in the 20th and 21st century, "a completely Mexican, yet at the same time universal artist."
Puerto Vallarta's Not Just For Tourists, It's For Artists Too
 Reed Johnson
Last week, a small but energetic group of artists, writers, curators and other cultural savants joined the locals in hopes of adding a new, positive attraction to the area - "Puerto Vallarta Arte Contemporáneo 08," a five-day marathon of art shows, panel discussions, walking tours and public art projects.
Remembering a Red Flag Day
 Jordan Bonfante
The signal to the world that Hitler had been defeated was a photograph of a Soviet soldier raising his army's flag over the Reichstag. The posthumous return of the photographer allows Berliners to reflect.
Berlin Inaugurates Memorial to Nazi’s Gay Victims
 Associated Press
Germany unveiled a memorial this week to the Nazis’ long-ignored gay victims, a monument that also aims to address ongoing discrimination by confronting visitors with an image of a same-sex couple kissing.
Stolen Scream Back on Display
 Reuters
Norwegian painter Edvard Munch's "The Scream" has gone back on display after being stolen in 2004. The world famous picture and another Munch painting "Madonna" were snatched by armed robbers in broad daylight at the Munch Museum.
Is Indy Chasing a Fake?
 Stephen Rouse
As Indiana Jones races against time to find an ancient crystal skull in his new movie adventure, he should perhaps take a moment to check its authenticity.
San Sebastian Silver Festival May 23-25
 Pamela Thompson
The first San Sebastian Silver Festival will be held in this quaint little town from May 23rd-25th. Leave the heat of Vallarta behind, come and tour the mines and enjoy music, dancing and the cool, fresh mountain air in San Sebastian del Oeste.
Poet Fined for Insulting Mexican Flag, Calls Ruling Threat to Free Speech
 Associated Press
Mexican poet Sergio Witz Rodriguez, has been fined about US $5 for desecrating the country's flag by writing a poem in 2000 about using it to wipe up urine and excrement.
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