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Greetings from The Rye Arts Center! The Rye Arts Center presents . . . Cosmic Pizza Night This family event takes place on Tuesday, February 3rd from 6:30 - 8:30 pm. Recommended for ages 10 and up. The night's events include a walk through the exhibition Heavens Above: Photographs of the Universe from the Hubble Space Telescope. Docents will explore the artistic and scientific aspects of the images. Dr. Gail Roman, Ph.D., art historian and Linda Goldstein, arts educator, will lead an interactive discussion of the visual impact of the astral images on view. Jim Pelgrift, former President of the Discovery Museum and Planetarium, and Charlie Gibson, President of the Amateur Astronomers, of Westchester will conduct the science session. RSVP for Cosmic Pizza Night is recommended. The cost is $8.00 per person. For information: Call 914-967-0700 x 33 This program is made possible, in part, by Meg and Raoul Rodriguez . Laurie and Rob Platek and Westchester Arts Council with funds from West...

Message from Stuart Yankell In October and November of 2008, I worked on location in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I had the opportunity to paint live dancers in the Plaza Dorrego in the sunlight and to draw and photograph dozens of Milongas (Tango clubs) throughout the city by night. Having started over 50 original drawings and paintings as well as thousands of digital images, the trip has revealed a new understanding of the depth and richness of the Tango tradition. Many of the completed works can now be viewed on my site (click on the title) in the Buenos Aires Collection as well as the Available Works sections. Wishing you a joyous 2009 with much health and success! Stuart Yankell Yankell Fine Arts 105 Birch Avenue Bala Cynwyd,PA 19004

£750,000 in charity auction Modern art comes of age with a sweep of Putin's brush He may have had help, but the Russian PM's painting is stylish and witty for an amateur work.........read more by clicking on the title

The sculptor Charles Long shone in last year's Whitney Biennial, with beautifully pale and elongated pieces inspired by heron droppings. His new body of work, consisting of spindly frameworks studded with irregularly shaped pods, may be even more wondrously abject. Stand in one corner, then walk in a circuit around the gallery and watch the lopsided grids of these five tall objects sinuously interweave with one another. The surfaces—whether smooth steel armatures or rough, bulging plaster—have been delicately painted in muted pinks, greens, dirty oranges, and other adulterated hues. In one sculpture, pencil-thin crosshatches of gray steel cascade past the clotted appendages of what could be a mummified squid; across the gallery, an attenuated salmon-colored blob has been sloppily pressed up against an uneven grill slathered with drippy green paint. Bludgeoning old-school surrealism with ascetic minimalism, Long offers us intimations of flesh harried by geometry. (Tanya Bonakdar, 52...

Basel, Switzerland - The 40th edition of Art Basel takes place in the museum-rich city of Basel, Switzerland from June 10 through June 14, 2009. As the world’s premier art show, Art Basel is the annual meeting place of the international art world. This year’s 300 exhibiting galleries from all over the world were selected from a record number of more than 1,100 applications and will be showing works by over 2,500 artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.

CharlElie Couture, New York-photos-grafs Exposition du 12 mars au 25 avril 2009 Vernissage le mercredi 11 mars à partir de 18h 38 rue ste croix de la bretonnerie paris 75004 tél + 33 (0) 1 42 72 09 10 fax + 33 (0)1 42 72 02 20 info@baudoin-lebon.com

i've met Alexis Duque when he was opening his Studio during Harlem open house Week End. I appreciated his work which I was able to see again at the latin American Fair, held last fall. And now he has a solo Show, @ Praxis, a very well known gallery for Latin A merican Art. So take the opportunity and visit his show Opening is Thursday Feb 5th between 6-8pm on 73rd Street.....more infos : Click on the title.

For the Love of Art: A Valentines’ Day Exhibition Works by Modern and Contemporary Artists from the Hudson Valley February 15th – March 15th, 2009 Exhibition Opening Reception Sunday February 15, 2009 2:00-5:00 PM Features 20 artists from the Hudson Valley as well as classic works from the Yamet Arts collection including Chagall, Picasso, Lichtenstein and others. Chris Albert, Emil Alzamora, Michael Ricarrdo Andreev, Mt Curt Belshe, Dina Bursztyn, Erik Odin Cathcart, Mimi Czigramiski, Deb Davidovitz, Cristina DeGennaro, Scott Goodman, Matt Harle, Carla Rae Johnson, Gretchen Kelly, Leslie Lew, Mohegan Lak, Nathan Margone, Lael Morgan, Croton, Laura Moriarty, Lori Nozick, Crompond, Gene Panzcenko, Marcy B. Freedman, Jaanike Peerna, Garrison, Leslie Pelino, Jill Reynolds, Bruce Richards, Angelika Rinnhofer, Camilo Rojas, Alec Spangler, Donna Sharrett, Kate Vrijmoet, and Eleanor White. More information can be found at www.yametonart.com. There will be a public reception from 2:00 -5:00pm,...

The Caelum gallery has decided to extend the show by one week ! If you didn't have the chance to come and see my work, you have until saturday, january 31... I hope you will enjoy ! Valerie Caelum gallery- 508-526 W 26th St Suite 315, between 10th and 11th Aves. Hours : tuesday- saturday 11AM - 6PM - www.caelumgallery.com -- www.valeriedegaulmyn.com

reviewed in VILLAGE VOICE as follow: Closed Caption Comics Date/Time:Daily from Sun., January 18 until Sun., February 8 Price: free B-MORE CREATIVE Cinders Gallery finds a new art collective to love BY ANGELA ASHMAN We never really contemplated moving to Baltimore until we heard about Closed Caption Comics, the Baltimore-based art collective that publishes a colorful comic zine of the same name and puts on shows, plays in bands (Witch Hat, Bears and Pieces), runs Lost Ghost Records, and organizes the all-girl performance festival, Puss Fust (see how much fun they have in B-more at closedcaptioncomics.blogspot.com). Now, the collective is dropping its killer work on Brooklyn with its show titled Adolescent Rage at Cinders Gallery. You'll see drawings, paintings, prints, collages, and zines featuring an array of manic styles and fun characters that may just inspire you to peruse Baltimore's Craigslist for one of its dirt-cheap apartments .

Hi, Just in case you are looking for something to do Saturday between 5:00-7:00 and don't mind driving north to The Katonah Museum of Art. It would be wonderful to see you at the Opening of Contemporary Confrontation where I have a combine of 2 works of art. It's a juried show that will exhibit art reflecting the politics of our recent times. I would love to see you all. My friend Anne Barbroff Hajal will also be exhibiting her Russian triptych. Hope to see you there or sometime soon. Ann

Clifford Smith Vertical Cumulus Cloud, 2008 CLIFFORD SMITH January 29 - February 28, 2009 You are cordially invited to the opening reception Thursday, January 29, 2009 From 6 to 8 PM SPANIERMAN MODERN • 53 E 58th Street New York NY 10022 • 212-832-1400 • RSVP to alicehammond@spanierman.com

Pipilotti Rist: Pour Your Body Out (7354 Cubic Meters Through February 2, 2009 Marlene Dumas: Measuring Your Own Grave December 14, 2008–February 16, 2009 Artist's Choice: Vik Muniz, Rebus December 11, 2008–February 23, 2009

NY1’s Arts reporter, Stephanie Simon, interviews Ellen Frank on site at the CITIES OF PEACE Exhibit at The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine, NYC EXHIBITION CONTINUES THROUGH FEB. 16, 2009

Greetings--- For some time I wanted to share some samples of Scott Goodman's latest Painting Series with friends and family. These are large projected Landscapes on Natural Wood. He has also completed some smaller pieces and can re-create these images on silk -screen as well The orange and black landscape shows much better in reality than as photographed. This piece is represented by Kenise Barnes at her gallery in Larchmont. This is Kenise Barnes Fine Art -- 1955 Palmer Ave Larchmont New York 10538 . tel --- 914.834.8077 www.KBFA.com Some of these works would be available for sale. You can forward this e-mail to any interested parties Contact me at sandggirl@optonline.net or Sandy Goodman 914-441-0301 for more information. Please forward this e-mail to other interested parties ---His website is scottgoodmanstudio.com ENJOY

Valerie de Gaulmyn Gallery Caelum 508 W 26th Street 3rd floor

Coosje van Bruggen dies at 66; art historian made sculptures with husband Claes Oldenburg read more .........(by clicking on the title) Coosje van Bruggen was a respected art historian, writer and curator known for her almost scientific approach to looking at an artist’s oeuvre. She collaborated with her husband, artist Claes Oldenburg, to build startlingly large sculptures of ordinary objects.

INTERNATIONAL GROUP SHOW Jan 13 - 24, 2009 Reception Thurs. Jan 15th 6:00 - 8:00PM Akiko Yamada / Valerie De Gaulmyn Junko Sugimoto / Raphaelle Jouffroy Annie Fraser / Hitomi Yoshida and Cathy Fung “Windows in Soul” Cælum Gallery 508-526 W 26th St. Suite 315, between 10th and 11th Aves. Tel 212 924-4161 Fax 212 545-8564 E-caelumgallery@aol.com www.caelumgallery.com Hours: Tues. - Sat. 11AM - 6PM

For 12 weekends, starting January 10/11, the Flea will be launching a Winter Pop-Up Market for antiques in DUMBO. We're taking over an unrented corner storefront in a prime location every Saturday and Sunday until the end of March. (The outdoor Flea returns the first weekend in April 2009.) The Winter Pop-Up will feature 25 top vintage/antique vendors of furniture, clothing, objects, jewelry, curiosities, accessories, art, lighting, and more. We're curating the Pop-Up very selectively to provide a mix that appeals to folks looking for quality, hard-to-find, and collectible items. (As my grandma would say, "Oh, that sounds like nice stuff." Exactly Miriam.) The kind folks at New York magazine and Gothamist already showed us some love. The address is 76 Front St. (corner of Washington, map above) in the heart of DUMBO. Come make a day of it--grab a Grimaldi's pie, an Almondine pretzel-cheese bread, some hot cocoa from Jacques Torres, a DFA 12" from Halcyon, a B...

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