http://www.janetwrites.com Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:59:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ch-Ch-Ch-Check it: http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/artworld/2009/02/23/090223craw_artworld_schjeldahl http://www.janetwrites.com/the-obama-hope-poster/ 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 ... http://www.janetwrites.com/the-montreal-museum-of-fine-arts-is-agist/ 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 ... http://www.janetwrites.com/to-buy-and-then-to-read-list/   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 ... http://www.janetwrites.com/to-read-list/ 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.janetwrites.com/canadian-art-editorial-residency/ 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 ... http://www.janetwrites.com/stealing-beauty/