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 Vallarta Living | Art Talk
Puerto Vallarta Art Season in Full Swing
 Denise Derameé
During the "art season," from November to April, select Puerto Vallarta art galleries hold weekly art openings to honor their artists and to introduce these artists' newest works. At these cocktail receptions, the public is invited to meet with the artists, view new work, and share in the wealth of culture the galleries present.more »»»
R.C. Gorman; Native American Artist's Portrayals of Navajo Women Were Highly Popular
 Jon Thurber
R.C. Gorman, a leading Native American artist whose archetypal portrayals of Navajo women in paintings, prints, ceramics and sculpture became enormously popular in homes and offices, died Thursday afternoon at University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque.more »»»
Painted Sugar Skulls Seen as a Dying Industry
 Lourdes Martínez
One of the traditional symbols of the Day of the Dead holiday, the painted sugar skull, is being pushed into extinction, say artisans in Toluca, in the State of Mexico.more »»»
'Alternative Honorary Nobel' for Francisco Toledo
 webindia123.com
The 2005 Right Livelihood Award went to 65-year-old Mexican artist and philanthropist Francisco Toledo, founder and patron of a number of cultural institutions in his native Mexican state of Oaxaca.more »»»
In Court, Life Imitates Surrealist Art
 Wire services
Spanish-born artist Remedios Varo was an important 20th-century surrealist painter and a cultural icon in her adopted Mexico. She painted vegetarian vampires and other strange inhabitants of a world where logic was turned inside out.more »»»
Joe Lusk - Artist, Muralist and Photographer
 Erich Haubrich
You may have seen his art and not even known it. His murals grace the walls of many upscale villas and local businesses, his phenomenal paintings reflect a depth that few others are able to master and his photography speaks to the color and culture of the heart of Mexico.more »»»
A Look at Erotica by Mexican Artists Tour de Art
 PVNN
The world premier of the "Look at Erotica by Mexican Artists" Tour de Art will be taking place in participating Puerto Vallarta art galleries from September 25 through October 2nd.more »»»
A New Season of Art In Vallarta
 Marla Hoover
Art of every description is exhibited in Puerto Vallarta, from bohemian and Huichol to expressionistic and figurative. If it can be painted, sculpted, made into collage, cast or thrown, it is exhibited in the galleries of Puerto Vallarta.more »»»
Private Letters Give Insight to Frida's Heart
 Wire services
Twenty-four letters written by Frida Kahlo that went on exhibit in the capital Thursday describe instances of the late painter's physical and emotional pain, as well as her disappointment at never having a child.more »»»
An Insight Into Evelyne Boren
 Marla Hoover
World-renowned artist, Evelyne Boren will be presenting her latest collection at a cocktail inauguration this season in her Puerto Vallarta. Sharing her talents whether through her work or by teaching has always been important to Boren.more »»»
Princess Diana and Her Lover Living Happily Ever After in Harrods
 Charlotte Sector
Some call it corny. Others call it ghastly. And some will no doubt find it magnificent. But whatever it may be, the life-size statue of Princess Diana and Emad "Dodi" Fayed will soon be among the pricey food and clothing displays at London's Harrods department store.more »»»
Photos Give Glimpses of Mexican Past
 Park Jung-youn
Nearly 70 photos are on display at the exhibition - photos dating back as far as 1895, and the most recent one taken in 1972. One black-and-white photo shows Diego Rivera, a renowned Mexican painter better known as the husband of Frida Kahlo, leading the crowd in a public demonstration.more »»»
Florida Board Tries to Block Cadaver Exhibit
 Yahoo! News
A Florida state board voted this week to prohibit an exhibit of human cadavers at a Tampa museum but museum officials said they intend to go ahead with the exhibit of 20 preserved human bodies.more »»»
Vallarta Artists Participate in Chicago Art Festival
 PVNN
As sister cities, citizens and organizations in Highland Park and Puerto Vallarta have been participating in cultural and social exchanges since the relationship was forged in 2001, and this year is no exception.more »»»
Artists Throw a Party for Oscar Wilde's 150th
 Leilani Gallardo
Oscar Wilde's literary legacy is so enduring that, more than a century after his death, artists from all over the world breathed life into his words in celebration of his 150th birthday.more »»»
Pottery Analysis Alters View Of Olmec Domination
 Thomas H. Maugh II
Analysis of 3,000-year-old pottery fragments from the ancient Olmec capital of San Lorenzo contradicts the notion among some researchers that the Olmec civilization was the "mother culture" that laid the foundation for the Inca, Maya and other civilizations of Central and South America.more »»»
Cheap Imitations Battering Artisans
 Wire services and El Universal
It is not just the nation's assembly plants and factories that are suffering from Chinese competition. Mexican craftspeople makers of baskets, dolls and ceramics are facing a flood of Chinese-made rip offs of traditional Mexican artisanship.more »»»
Summer - A Great Time to Buy Art in Vallarta
 Denise Derameé
There is really no mystery why Puerto Vallarta has become a major international art center. Though Puerto Vallarta's art scene is most publicized during the November to April tourist season, the summer months are also a great time to visit shows, galleries and museums.more »»»
Artist’s Busty Mermaid Statue Draws Some Alarm In Florida
 Angel Streeter
Artist Norman Gitzen is determined to defend his buxom babe. The mermaid, called The Siren, has provoked spirited debate about art and the obscene. With her arched back, the center of attention has been on her breasts.more »»»
Elizabeth Ortega - The Newest Addition to the Puerto Vallarta Art World
 PVNN
Self-taught visual artist, Elizabeth Ortega had her first exhibit in 1992 where she presented her collection of decorated bottles, using the art of reclining to show relief work in wine bottles, which immediately caught the eye of the press.more »»»
Museum to Let Naked People in Free
 William J. Kole
Vienna's prestigious Leopold Museum is usually a pretty buttoned-down place, but on Friday, some of the nudes in its galleries were for real. Scores of naked people wandered the museum, lured by an offer of free entry to "The Naked Truth," a new exhibition of early 1900s erotic art, if they showed up wearing just a swimsuit or nothing at all.more »»»
Eliciting the Simplicity of Beauty
 John Maxim
A splendid exhibition called "Siempre en otra parte" ("Always in Another Place") of 20 fine paintings at Casa Lamm Cultural Center almost crosses the frontier between representational landscape painting and abstraction. more »»»
Exhibit Shows Children's Perspective of Migration
 Alyssa Giachino
A new exhibit opened in Coyoacan featuring photographs and paintings by migrant children who express the experience of migration in search of work through their images. UNICEF and the National Council on Culture and Arts hosted an inaugural event for the show entitled "La migración desde la mirada de los niños."more »»»
Mexican Folk Art Emerged From Behind Prison Walls
 Marcia Manna
The inmates confined to the cramped cells of San Juan de Ulúa in Mexico, had little to inspire artistic creativity. Yet they are commonly believed to be responsible for the intricately carved coin banks prized by collectors of Mexican folk art.more »»»
Fest to Observe 400 Years of 'Don Quijote'
 Juan Solís - El Universal
The 33rd annual International Cervantes Festival marking the 400th anniversary of "Don Quijote" will debut on October 5 in the city of Guanajuato with a program of international artists including composer Phillip Glass and the National Spanish Orchestra.more »»»
Elizabeth Ortega - The Newest Addition to the Puerto Vallarta Art World
PVNN
Self-taught visual artist Elizabeth Ortega believes in the concept of hands-on work, creating everything from sculpture to murals and relief works. You can see her artworks at Galeria Leonardo in Vallarta.more »»»
Botero's Anger at Abu Ghraib on Display in Rome
 Shasta Darlington
Bloodied hoods and anguished prisoners strung up naked by their feet or forced into sexual poses are hardly the images one expects from Fernando Botero, an artist who has made jovial, rotund portraits his trademark. more »»»
Riding High on a Mexican Wave
 Louise Baring
It was Madonna who helped transform Frida Kahlo into a collector's darling. Inspired by Frida - Hayden Herrera's bestselling 1983 biography of the Mexican painter - the singer hoped to play her in a film.more »»»
Lynching Exhibit Revives Ugly History
 Reuters
The face of racial hatred in America is on display in a new exhibit on lynching, even as the government investigates a 50-year-old murder in the Old South and the US Senate readies a formal apology for the decades when it failed to act against the crimes.more »»»
Artist Explores Mexico Through Card Game
 Angela Cara Pancrazio
After college, several trips to Mexico and a brief career as a Tucson newspaper illustrator, Teresa Villegas decided to paint her own interpretation of Mexico, its history and the people, and to tell the story through the lotería.more »»»
Winner Announced for Design of Mexican Guggenheim
 Wire services
Enrique Norten's concept of a brilliant white spire over the Jalisco capital is the winning design for the satellite Guggenheim museum to begin construction in the coming year.more »»»
Hunting For Danza Masks
 Linda Lowery
When Bill LeVasseur gets the itch, he packs up a knapsack with a change of clothes and leaves his comfortable San Miguel home and Bed and Breakfast he runs with his wife for an adventure that takes him to the most remote villages of Mexico.more »»»
San Jose Museum of Art Exhibition Celebrates Master Mexican Photographer
 eMediaWire.com
Curated by the San Jose Museum of Art’s Chief Curator Susan Landauer, Caja de visiones/Box of Visions: Manuel Álvarez Bravo is an exhibition of approximately 50 black-and-white photographs celebrating the work of this 20th century master photographer.more »»»
Warhol's 'Liz' Sells For $12.6M
 Reuters
Contemporary and post-war art sold respectably if not spectacularly at Sotheby's on Tuesday led by "Liz," Andy Warhol's portrait of actress Elizabeth Taylor, which fetched $12,616,000.more »»»
Chalk Art with Kurt Wenner
 KurtWenner.com
Kurt Wenner quit working for NASA in 1982, sold all of his belongings and moved to Rome, Italy to study the work of the masters of the Art world. His public exhibitions such as his incredibly detailed chalk drawings represent just one facet of his talents. Check this out!more »»»
Colosio Foundation Exhibits Assassination Paintings
 Benedict Mander
At 7:12 p.m. on March 23, 1994, Luis Donaldo Colosio, presidential candidate for the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), was assassinated to the great shock and utter disbelief of the nation. For many, the victim's killers have never satisfactorily been identified.more »»»
Treasures Found in Kahlo Museum
 Wire services
A two-year renovation project at the home-turned-museum of legendary Mexican painter Frida Kahlo has uncovered a vast wardrobe of previously undiscovered clothing and other valuable artifacts.more »»»
The Mad Menagerie of Rodolfo Nieto
 John Maxim
An exhibition of the drawings and graphic art of Oaxacan artist, Rodolfo Nieto, celebrating the 20th anniversary of his death, is on show at the Museum of Modern Art in Mexico City.more »»»
German Nudes Fill Museum For Unusual Exhibit
 Reuters
One hundred virtually naked German women between the ages of 18 and 65 have displayed their bodies in a Berlin art gallery to prepare for a one-day exhibit on Friday.
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Huichol Art Exhibit at Cuale Museum
 PVNN
The head of the Puerto Vallarta Cultural Department, Manuel Santana, recently cut the ribbon at the grand opening ceremony of the Huichol Art exhibit "Zitakua-Malagua," which is on display at the Cuale Museum through June 17th.more »»»
Creating Creativity
 Hugh Macleod
How do you measure creativity? If you can't measure raw creativity, how can you learn it? Hugh Macleod from gapingvoid.com has some pearls of wisdom to get you thinking - 30 in fact.more »»»
Guillermo Gomez to Open at Galleria Dante
 PVNN
When people first see his sculptures, they inevitably ask if the artist is still alive. Collectors find it hard to believe the talent in one so young as his sculptures are mature beyond his years.more »»»
"Impressionist Landscapes" at Galeria Vallarta
 PVNN
Galeria Vallarta will continue to feature "Impressionist Landscapes" by one of Puerto Vallarta's favorite artists, Steven King, who uses vivid colors to paint beautiful landscapes of our local areas and outlying villages.more »»»
Mystical Images at Galeria Vallarta
 Barbara Peters
At a recent Old Town Art Walk we had the opportunity to meet and get acquainted with the popular Guadalajara artist, Claudia Nery, who came to Vallarta to attend the opening of her exposition, "Mystical Images" at Galeria Vallarta.more »»»
The Singular Double Visionary Art of Christopher Moses
 Tom Patterson
The paintings of Christopher Moses embody an ongoing investigation into the relationship between the visual and the actual - between that which the eyes see and that which constitutes reality. more »»»
Artist Profile - Anton Haardt
 PVNN
While Anton collects and deals Southern outsider art, her own art is heavily influenced by the tropical surroundings in Yelapa and her travels throughout Mexico and South America.more »»»
Cuban Artists Stride Confidently from Repression to Provocation
 Mary Thomas
"New Installations, Artists in Residence: Cuba" is the most difficult exhibition the Mattress Factory has put on in its quarter-century history. Contrary to expectation, the delays came on the American side of the process: The artists couldn't get into the US from Cuba.more »»»
Frida Kahlo - Forging an Identity
 Denise Deramee
One of the most acknowledged Mexican artists of our time is Frida Kahlo. While it is sometimes difficult to separate the recognition she enjoyed from being the wife of Diego Rivera from her artistic accomplishment, it can be said without question that she was also an important contributor in the development of early modernist art in Mexico.more »»»
In the archives read about the enormous richness and diversity of one of the most powerful expressions of Latin American culture.
The Art of the Fantastic
The Roots of Mexican Art
The Huichol and Their Art
Latin Art Boom
Vallarta Art
Learn more about the people behind the art in our Artist's Profiles:
Sergio Bustamante
Paco Rentería
Enjoy their visual displays in our Artist's Photo Galleries:
Musician Paco Rentería
Artist John Lusk
Fher, the lead singer of Maná
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