Janet Writes

Ch-Ch-Ch-Check it: http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/artworld/2009/02/23/090223craw_artworld_schjeldahl

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So I finally got my shit together enough today to venture downtown to see the Andy Warhol exhibit. As an independent student at Concordia University, I can get half price admission. Or so I thought. Once inside, a sign reads: Students (30 years old and under) $7.50. Those fuckers. I went up to the attendant […]

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While avoiding work and trawling the Internet today, I came across a few more books I’d like to get my hands on…
1. Outcry by Henry James
2. The Horse’s Mouth by Joyce Cary [Recently scored a second-hand copy for $3.95!–ed.]
3. The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh by, well, obviously Van Gogh and edited by Ronald de […]

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Woman Reading, Carl Vilhelm Holsoe
The following are some books on art gathering dust on my bookshelf, which I do intend to read (honest):
-Art in Theory: 1815-1900 An Anthology of Changing Ideas, Ed. Charles Harrison and Paul Wood with Jason Gaiger (This is a rather large tome which I think makes me look smarter merely by […]

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Canadian Art magazine seeks applications for its editorial residency, in which the winning fine arts or art history student gets to hone his/her writing and editing skills. Up for grabs: $7,000 and a two-month summer position. This is a great art-publishing opportunity for aspiring critics and editors.
For more details, visit http://www.canadianart.ca/foundation/programs/residency/
Application deadline: April 1, 2008

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Art theft remains a hot topic in the media of late, spurred by a recent audacious heist which took place in Zurich, Switzerland on February 10, 2008. In broad daylight, three men in ski masks snatched a Cézanne, a Degas, a van Gogh and a Monet, together estimated at $163 million.
Only four days prior, two […]

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