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Currently reading : Sarah Thornton, SEVEN DAYS IN THE ART WORLD

Visualize people being born and dying in the world as well as the amount of carbon being emitted by each country : www.breathingearth.net

I lost yet another to Montreal bike thieves. It is depressing and enraging… there is not much more I can say about someone who steals bikes. Here is a post I wrote a few years ago when Bike #2 was stolen : Open Letter to a Bike Thief.

Pangea Day taps the power of film to strengthen tolerance and compassion while uniting millions of people to build a better future.

My friend Rob has a video listed on Neil Young’s top anti-war videos (#41). You can check it out here.

My friend Rob has posted another new song (Full Moon) that he wrote, on YouTube. Check it out here.

I haven’t been posting much in the past few months but plan to do so a bit more soon. I have a few new paintings that I can show and I have been carrying arround my sketchbook more.

Charlie Finch “We omit the Hal Fosters, because no one reads them but sycophants at Artforum…”
from artnet.com

I decided to separate my art links (blogroll - see below) into two categories, artist’s blogs and other art blogs. The distinction seems appropriate non?

Kerblog is an interesting blog from someone living in Beirut. He writes of his experiences of living in a city under attack and posts very interesting drawings that comment, sometimes seriously and other times less so, on what is going on over there. I came across the link on Marie-Chantal’s blog, Vue d’ici.

“British art mogul Charles Saatchi has launched a special section on his art website allowing undiscovered artists to show their work.” from CBC.ca

An article today in the NY Times talks about the pressures of open studio visits on MFA students. In the US, gallery owners check out (speculate) on new hot talent. Another way the art ‘market’ is much different in the US. I don’t remember gallery owners strolling through our studios at Concordia University…

Edward Winkleman’s blog has been in my blogroll for a while now and it is worth the read. He has posted a few interesting entries the past week “The Digital Dialog (or The Real Impact of the Internet on Artistic Practice)” and “What Is an ‘Emerging Artist’?“.

Do you like nice indie pop music? Check out Marie-Chantal Turgeon’s blog and podcast (from Montreal).

I discovered the work of Tara Donovan via Edward Winkleman’s blog today. Very nice work - worth checking out. Her recent show is a top pick of art cal.

Contoroversial art critic has written a scathing review of the Whitney Biennial. I like how he pulls no punches in his writting…
“Artists in their 30s throughout this show play at being teenagers with doodles, drips and drabs signifying nothing but their pathetic, dreary lack of self-regard. The fourth floor looks like the MoMA museum store designed by Kurt Cobain.”

Do you or someone you know sell art online? How? Gallery? Portfolio web site? eBay?

I have been looking for new blogs to consult (art related or not). Do you have a suggestion for a good blog? Enter a comment to suggest.