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 Vallarta Living | Art Talk
Americans Are Heaviest Bidders on Impressionist and Modern Art at Sotheby’s
 Carol Vogel
Sotheby’s sale of Impressionist and modern art on Wednesday proved to be a solid if unexciting evening. Experts there, however, pronounced it “fantastic,” as if to again reassure buyers and sellers that the art market was alive and well despite setbacks in the financial and real estate markets.
Sante Fe is an Oasis for Artists and Art Lovers
 Janet K. Keeler
Santa Fe, like San Francisco and Savannah, is one of those places people speak of reverentially. It's not "how did you like it?" but "how much do you love it?" Santa Fe is gorgeous. It's cool, both in vibe and temperature. Even hot summer days give way to comfortable nights.
Missing Traces Violence Against the Vulnerable in Mexico
 Robin Laurence
Artist Deborah Koenker is looking through computer files in her Dunbar studio. She is also recounting her first awareness of the subject of her community-based installation project Missing/Las Desaparecidas.
Diego Rivera: The Complete Murals
 Jane Ure-Smith
The great pleasure of Diego Rivera: the Complete Murals, published last November in Spanish to mark the 50th anniversary of the artist's death - and now, finally, available in English - is that you can pore over every detail of the artist's work, the details you inevitably miss if you see the works in situ.
 Woman With a Million Dollar Image
 Reuters
Sue Tilley, a government worker in the UK, finds herself in the spotlight after her Lucien Freud portrait goes on the market with an estimated value of up to 35 million dollars (USD).
Mexico Marks Octavio Paz Anniversary
 Reed Johnson
This week marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Octavio Paz, the Nobel Prize-winning Mexican poet, writer and diplomat.
Vivian Hemphill Discusses Poverty and Philanthropy with Wise Wo-Men
 Twila Crawford
Educator Vivian Hemphill of Manos Unidas por la Mujer explained the work of the social enterprise that blends women's empowerment, ecological conscience and artistic creation to participants at a recent meeting of Vallarta Wise Wo-Men.
Steve Fischer at Galeria Internacional
 PVNN
International Gallery - Galeria Internacional (IGGI) in Marina Vallarta invites you to enjoy an exciting show of abstract work by the recognized Vallarta painter Steve Fischer on Thursday, April 24th from 6-9 pm.
Erotic Jesus Sparks Art Debate in Austria
 Sylvia Westall
They knew it would be risky to exhibit a homoerotic version of Christ's Last Supper, but curators at museum of Vienna's Roman Catholic Cathedral weren't ready for a barrage of angry messages and calls to be shut down.
Chicano Photographer Offers Up-Close View of Mexican-Americans
 The Canadian Press
Chuy Benitez's "Family Chrome Shop" series, and collection of portraits of Houston's Mexican-American community leaders, offer an intimate view of an often marginalized population through tableaux of events plucked from the daily life of Mexican-Americans.
First Annual PV Contemporary Art Festival
 Walter DeMirci
From May 28 to June 1, 2008, the charming resort town of Puerto Vallarta will be home to the first annual Puerto Vallarta: Arte Contemporaneo, a contemporary art festival that will showcase cutting-edge art by Mexican and international artists.
 Puerto Vallarta Wedding Photography - Willy and Rocio Flores
 Capture the Memories...
When you choose a wedding photographer, you're not just buying a service, you're investing in memories. Especially when you are planning a destination wedding in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico!
Kids Relish Huichol Indian Crafts at Grand Velas Resort's new Grand Kids’ Club
 TravelVideo.tv
Young travelers can create colorful jewelry and lizards with beads following the Huichol Indians’ tradition, decorate cupcakes with a resort chef, get nose-to-nose during interactive sea lion and exotic bird shows, and learn basic Spanish at Grand Velas Resort's new Grand Kids’ Club.
Design in Nature Photography Workshop
 T.J. Hartung
An introductory photography workshop entitled "Design in Nature" led by professional local photographer Paul Van Vleck will be held at the Vallarta Botanical Gardens on Saturday, April 12th, from 12-3 pm.
Nh Hoteles Invites Children and Youth to Participate in the 2008 Drawing Contest
 PVNN
As a responsible member of the Puerto Vallarta community and tourism industry, Hotel Nh Krystal Vallarta is inviting children and teens to participate in their 2008 Environmental Awareness Drawing Contest, which continues through April 18th.
The 2008 PVScene Cartoon Contest
 PVNN
There's just not enough humor in Vallarta, so PVScene is offering $1001 pesos to any artist who can create a cartoon that makes light of some facet of life in Puerto Vallarta. The deadline for entries is March 28th at 5 pm - so enter today!
The Dual Roles of Frida Kahlo on Display in Exhibit
 Blake Gopnik
During her lifetime and for decades still beyond her death in 1954, she was "just" the colorful painter-wife of the superstar Diego Rivera. Then, beginning in the 1970s, her star eclipsed his: She became the icon of female and ethnic empowerment and of radical self-expression. And now she may be starting to lose out again.
Lucille Shipley Art Workshop Exhibition
 PVNN
Proceeds from the 2008 Lucille Shipley Art Workshop Exhibition, taking place from 2-6 pm on March 29-30th, will benefit the Becas Vallarta, A.C. scholarship program to help bright, economically challenged students continue their education.
Philippo Lo Grande & José Alvarez at IGGI
 PVNN
International Gallery - Galeria International is pleased to announce that an art exhibition by celebrated local artist Philippo Lo Grande and Mexico City painter / sculptor José Alvarez C. will be on display from Mar 27th to April 23rd, 2008.
Bridged Lott and Her Hot Rocks at IGGI
 Mercedes Sanchez
Thursday from 6-9 pm, International Gallery - Galeria Internacional (IGGI) in Marina Vallarta invites you to enjoy a special Gallery Evening where you'll enjoy an art exhibition by Bridged Lott and entertainment by Guadalajara violinist JAG.
Exhibit Captures a Culture Within
 Pablo Jaime Sáinz
The lens of African-American photographer Tony Gleaton always focuses on people no one else photographs. He focuses on the kinky hair of Mexicans of African descent who live on the coast of Guerrero, on the dark faces of the Tarahumara people of the Chihuahua highlands, on the customs of the Samoan people.
World Photographer Displays Photos at Benefit for Clinica de Rehabilitation Santa Barbara
 Twila Crawford
Photos of the Clinica de Rehabilitation Santa Barbara and some of their patients by photographer Robert Stahman will be on display at the clinic fundraising events by New York performers Dana and Mark Zeller at the Cathy von Rohr Galeria-Studio in Puerto Vallarta next month.
Art That's the Sum of Spare Parts
 Aaron Claverie
Lake Elsinore artist Chad Mora specializes in Day of the Dead themed work made from a variety of items some would call junk. In Mora's hands, the 'junk' is transformed into works of art.
The History of the Progress of Humankind in the Yucatan
 Paul Hill
hy is it that wherever you travel you can trace the footprints of the progress of mankind? I recently visited Merida, Mexico and found great monuments to progressive struggles and leaders everywhere.
Pain Transformed as Art
 Betty Cichy
Often lonely, always in pain, possessed by a fierce love for her husband and her homeland, Mexican artist Frida Kahlo returned again and again to the subject she knew best — her own face and body.
Brad Smith to Paint at Galleria Dante
 Joe and Claire Guarniere
Brad Smith, dubbed as "the most romantic painter in Santa Fe," will be painting at Galleria Dante in Puerto Vallarta through February 29th. He welcomes commissions and can create a personally meaningful painting just for you.
Guatemala: Indigenous Women Weave Incomes, Self-Confidence
 Inés Benítez
In a house in Chuacruz, a village of 800 people in the Guatemalan region of Sololá, six indigenous women have gathered to tell IPS how their lives have been changed by joining the Aj Quen (which means "the weaver" in the Cakchiquel language) association of artisans.
Learning the Art of Mariachi is Big North of Border
 Alex Dobuzinskis
San Fernando is just one place where young musicians are getting an education in mariachi. There are, in fact, so many instructional programs in the United States that some say it's better to learn mariachi north of the border.
Learning to See in Mayto Mexico
 PVNN
Award-winning Portsmouth, New Hampshire photographer and educator, Nancy Grace Horton, recently announced the completion of one of her Learning to See projects in the remote Pacific Coast village of Mayto, Mexico.
Sol y Luna Celebrates 1 Year in Vallarta
 Alejandro Baez
On February 13th, Sol y Luna Contemporary Art Gallery and Sol y Luna Art for the Uninhibited, will celebrate their first year in Puerto Vallarta by hosting an art exhibition for two talented International Artists, Don Quade and Sushe Felix.
$163 Million in Art Taken in Zurich Robbery
 Associated Press
Armed robbers stole paintings by Cézanne, Degas, van Gogh and Monet worth $163.2 million from a Zurich museum, the police said Monday.
Sixth Annual Art and Wine Festival
 PVNN
The Sixth Annual Art and Wine Festival will be held at the Vallarta Yacht Club in Nuevo Vallarta on Sunday, February 17th from 2 to 4 pm, where local artists, photographers and jewelry makers will display their work.
Love is in the Air: Joyous Anticipation
 Wendy Brown
On February 13th, Alejandro Baez, owner and Director of both Sol y Luna Art Galleries in Puerto Vallarta, is proud to present, for the second consecutive year, the new artwork of two talented international artists, Sushe Felix and Don Quade.
'The African Presence in México' Breaks New Ground
 Agustin Gurza
Considering all the recent speculation about hostility between blacks and Latinos, you have to cringe when you hear what happened to historian Christopher West on a working trip south of the border four years ago.
"Al Natural" at Sol y Luna Art Gallery
 Alejandro Baez
Featuring paintings inspired by the natural world around him, David Kerstetter's One Man Show, Al Natural: A Contemplation of Beauty, opens February 6th at Sol y Luna Fine Contemporary Art Gallery in downtown Puerto Vallarta.
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