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 Vallarta Living | Art Talk
"Latin Lovers" - Mystery, Magic, Power!
 Wendy Brown
If you appreciate the male anatomy and the artistic aesthetic of the male nude, don't miss the opening of “Latin Lovers,” a new exhibition of art for the uninhibited at Galeria Sol y Luna ~ Arte sin Fronteras on November 17th from 6-10 pm.
Meet the Artists at Galeria Dante
 PVNN
On Wednesday, November 15th be sure to stop by Vallarta’s largest art gallery and sculpture garden, as Galeria Dante owners Claire and Joe Guarniere host their first “Meet the Artist Night” of the season from 6 to 10.
Catch Up with World Art at CUC
 Peter Gray
With the high season around the corner and the winter-time residents returning, we hope that many people will make a visit to the Peter Gray Art Museum at the Centro Universitario de la Costa one of their "things to do" this year.
Celebrating Life, Death and Memory
 PVNN
This week, in celebration of el Día de los Muertos, Galeria Sol y Luna will be presenting "Life, Death and Memory," two special poetry performances by Wendy Brown and Friends, along with their Day of the Dead altar and Art Exhibition.more »»»
Old Town Art Walk
 Denise Derameé
On October 25th, the Old Town Art Walk will begin its eleventh year as one of the most important and popular cultural events in Puerto Vallarta with the first Old Town Art Walk of the 2006-2007 art season.more »»»
Maestros del Arte Exhibition
 Denise Derameé
Now in its fifth year, Maestros del Arte is a very unique art show held in Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico every November, that offers art lovers the chance to buy fine Mexican art and folk art directly from the artists – without middleman or gallery prices.more »»»
New Sculpture Unveiled
 PVNN
It seems that everywhere you turn in Puerto Vallarta you can see the influence of art - not only in the many galleries and museums, but also in the form of the fantastical sculptures that line the Malecón and our streets.more »»»
Mexican Archeologists Find Largest Aztec Figure
 Gunther Hamm
Mexican archeologists unveiled the largest Aztec idol ever discovered on Friday and said it could be a door to a hidden chamber at a ruined temple under the heart of Mexico City.more »»»
Sol y Luna – Arte Sin Fronteras
 PVNN
A new art gallery opened its doors in the Romantic Zone on October 1st. Aptly named Sol y Luna – Arte Sin Fronteras, this unique art gallery not only explores a range of artistic expressions from international artists, but also also celebrates the connection between visual arts and language, offering writing workshops with Wendy Brown.more »»»
In Mexico, What's Sacred Isn't Safe
 Elisabeth Malkin
Only the new iron grille over the entrance of the stone country church here suggests that anything is amiss. One night this summer, thieves forced open a side door, removed an 18th-century painting of the Virgin of Guadalupe from an alcove on the north side of the transept and sliced the painting out of its frame.more »»»
Sensual and Erotic Art at Galeria Vallarta
 Barbara Peters
Be sure to stop by Galeria Vallarta during the Latin Visions Sensual and Erotic Art Festival. From October 2nd-7th, sensual and erotic art works by local, national and international artists will be on display at this popular Puerto Vallarta art gallery.more »»»
Museum is Abuzz Over Rich Tequila
 Kathleen Miller
An intoxicating attraction has joined the Aztec calendar and the model Mayan Temple at the capital´s National Museum of Anthropology: gold- and platinum- cased bottles of tequila, the country´s most famous liquor.more »»»
Erotic Art Walk in Puerto Vallarta
 PVNN
From October 1st-8th, erotic art by leading artists will be on display during the second annual Puerto Vallarta Erotic Art Walk. Held in conjunction with the Lifestyles International Convention at the Hola Hotel & Spa (formerly the Qualton Club Resort), the week promises to offer a fabulous vacation experience you won't soon forget.more »»»
Writing May Be Oldest in Western Hemisphere
 John Noble Wilford
A stone slab bearing 3,000-year-old writing previously unknown to scholars has been found in the Mexican state of Veracruz, and archaeologists say it is an example of the oldest script ever discovered in the Western Hemisphere.more »»»
Mao Is Their Canvas
 Ching-Ching Ni
Every year for 57 years, a huge portrait of the leader is freshened up in Tiananmen Square. For the artists, it's been a lifetime of obscurity.more »»»
Mexico’s Walls Exclaim: “The Revolution of the 21st Century will Arise in Oaxaca”
 Canek
For decades, teachers in Oaxaca, Mexico, have conducted strikes to demand educational reform from the federal and state government. The first indications that this was to be a “different” kind of strike were apparent in and around the city’s historic centre.more »»»
Calif. Museum Relinquishes Painting
 Elliot Spagat
The San Diego Museum of Art relinquished an 18th-century painting to the Mexican government Wednesday after it was found to have been stolen from a rural Mexican church.more »»»
Artist's Dead Pig Exhibit Sparks PETA Criticism
 Jennifer Quinn
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals criticized an exhibition where artist Kira O'Reilly sits naked for hours with a dead pig, planned for Friday evening at the Newlyn Art Gallery in Penzance, England.more »»»
Officials Request Artifacts´ Return
 Wire services
The government will ask two U.S. museums to return hundreds of pre-Hispanic artifacts that were transported north prior to 1972, an official of the National Anthropology and History Institute (INAH) said this week.more »»»
Francisco Toledo Calls for Museum Shutdown in Oaxaca
 Newswire
Mexican painter, Francisco Toledo, declared that if the violence in the state escalates, deriving in total chaos, he will promote that the library of the Institute of Graphic Arts in Oaxaca, the Manuel Alvarez Bravo Center for Photography, the Cine Club El Pochote, the Fonoteca Eduardo Mata and the library for the blind Jorge Luis Borges be shut down to save them from vandalism that those spaces could suffer.more »»»
Convicted Killer Disciplined for Selling M&M Art
 Kim Curtis
A convicted killer who sold postcard-sized paintings he created with dye from M&Ms chocolate candies and brushes fashioned from his hair was disciplined for running an unauthorized business out of his Pelican Bay cell in Crescent City, California.more »»»
Art Boosts Alzheimer's Patients' Spirits
 Robert Weller
Not a word is spoken as five aging artists sit at a table in a small room and draw. Talking is discouraged, since it can be distracting: The artists are Alzheimer's patients in the first stages of the dementia disorder that afflicts an estimated 4.5 million Americans.more »»»
The Real Jewelry of Frida Kahlo
 Chris Franchetti Michaels
The famous Mexican painter Frida Kahlo was known for her striking indigenous Mexican apparel and jewelry, but she was not a fashion symbol of her time. Here's a brief comparison of the jewelry worn by the real Frida Kahlo and that featured in the 2002 film, "Frida."more »»»
Mexican Embassy Hangs Works of Iran's 30+1
 IranMania.com
An exhibition displaying works of the Iranian artists of Group 30+1 opened at the Mexican Embassy in Tehran. Members of the art group, organizers, and Mexican Ambassador to Tehran Luis Ortiz Monasterio attended the opening ceremony.more »»»
Art and Marketing All Mashed Up
 Sara Kehaulani Goo
Just days after actor Mel Gibson went on an anti-Semitic tirade to a Los Angeles sheriff's deputy, the Internet weighed in with the kind of thoughtful commentary users have come to expect: There's a video featuring a bearded Gibson juxtaposed with a bearded Saddam Hussein labeled "mel gibson has a long lost brother!"more »»»
Traveling the US for the Best in Latin-American Art
 Helen Eckinger
To immerse yourself in the work of Jesus Soto, Lorenzo Homar, Carlos Cruz-Diez or dozens of other Latin American artists, check out these museums around the United States.more »»»
Con Man Accused of Stealing Degas Bronze
 Jeanne King
A convicted con artist was indicted in Manhattan Tuesday on charges of stealing a Degas sculpture worth about $600,000 from a wealthy art collector and arranging to sell it.more »»»
The Dolphin is an Art Program in Cancun
 artdaily.com
Just like international metropolis such as Vancouver, Bogotá, Washington and Mexico City, Cancun has joined the world trend of filling public spaces with art that creates a connection with the people who live there.more »»»
Questions Begin to Arise Over Death Mask of Pancho Villa
 John MacCormack
Almost as soon as the bidding stopped at $16,000 on the sale of a purported death mask of Pancho Villa, questions began to arise about its authenticity. While the Dallas collector who bought the mask at an auction is delighted, he may have bought a crude imitation.more »»»
Dinner with Grandezza
 PVNN
La Galleria del Gusto owners Mauro Carinci and Eugenio Sommo, known for their love of Italian cuisine and their passion for art, invite you to enjoy a wonderful evening of art and wine as they host a "Dinner with Grandezza" on July 15th at 8 pm.more »»»
Summer Art Talk
 Denise Derameé
Though the 2005-2006 Art Walk season is behind us, here in Puerto Vallarta, we are fortunate to be able to enjoy the works of many artists year-round. Even though some galleries are closed for vacation, or are cutting back on their hours of operation during the summer months, there is still plenty to see and do for art lovers of all ages..more »»»
Crazy Horse Sculptor's Wife Runs Memorial
 Carson Walker
When Ruth Ross married sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski in 1950, her husband's vow also became hers: to honor American Indians by carving the likeness of Sioux warrior Crazy Horse into a granite mountain in the southern Black Hills.more »»»
Art on the Edge in Mexico City
 Julia Chaplin
How to cram in the Damien Hirst exhibition in an old converted mansion, the Ed Ruscha reception, a few more openings scattered at opposite ends of the crosstown traffic, and then go to a cinder block warehouse where the young art star, Miguel Calderón, would be showing off his new video of a snarling panther, all between 6 and 9 p.m.?more »»»
A Grand Old Flag and Very Modern Art
 Blake Gopnik
The American flag is an impressive work of modern art. You can tell, because of its asymmetries, awkwardness and almost grating energies. It is very nearly ugly. Ugly in the best sense of the word, the way Picasso's "Demoiselles d'Avignon" or Warhol's "Marilyn" - or Jasper Johns's "Flag" paintings - are more than a little ugly, too.more »»»
Tijuana Transforms Into a Cultural Hotbed
 Elisabeth Malkin
In this city of perhaps two million, a junction of the first and third worlds where unequal economies flourish symbiotically, a vibrant new art movement has emerged.more »»»
Centro de Acopio Animal Logo Contest
 Laura Gelezunas
Do it for the dogs ... and the cats! The Animal Shelter of Puerto Vallarta is looking for a logo and they want you to supply it. All local commercial artists, and anyone with some talent, gather your creative skills and make a sign, which will be posted on the route to the shelter.more »»»
The Sinister Among the Sacred
 Robert Benziker
It’s true, señores and señoras: the relicarios and retablos at Santa Fe's Museum of Spanish Colonial Art find themselves in strange company. Ghouls, ghosts, zombies, mobsters, femmes fatales, aliens, cowboys, soldiers, and superheroes adorn many colorful paintings in the exhibition Mexican Comic Book Covers.more »»»
Glass Artists Face Off in Court
 Timothy Egan
Dale Chihuly is perhaps the world's most successful glass artist. But now Mr. Chihuly is in the midst of a hard-edged legal fight in federal court here over the distinctiveness of his creations and, more fundamentally, who owns artistic expression in the glass art world.more »»»
How to do Street Painting
 ehow.com
An Italian tradition since the 16th century, street painting is enjoying a rebirth throughout Europe and the US. Using the pavement as their canvas and chalk as their medium, "i Madonnari," or street painters, transform streets and sidewalks into beautiful works of art.more »»»
Miguel Covarrubias - Genius of Mexico in United States
 ARTwire
Miguel Covarrubias (1904-1957) is considered one of the foremost Mexican artists of the twentieth century. Yet the list of his accomplishments is not limited to the visual arts.more »»»
Mexican Artisans Turn Trash into Fashion
 Lisa J. Adams
Empty candy wrappers, potato chip bags and cookie packages that once littered roads and filled Mexican dumps are now making fashion statements in New York, Los Angeles and Tokyo.more »»»
Unlocking the Louvre's Secrets
 Susan Spano
When "The Da Vinci Code" opens Friday in the U.S., one of the first places moviegoers will see is the Louvre, where the story starts. Director Ron Howard was allowed to film in the museum, so moviegoers will see the real thing: architect I.M. Pei's Pyramid, the 1,450-foot Grande Galerie and the Salle des États where da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" hangs.more »»»
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