GLASGOW ART FAIR 2008
GLASGOW ART FAIR 2008 takes place from Thursday 27 MARCH UNTIL SUNDAY 30 MARCH 2008. Located within its trademark white tented pavilions which dominate George Square in the heart of Glasgow’s city centre, this eagerly anticipated annual art buying extravaganza offers its 16,500 visitors four days of buying, selling and discovering art. Having firmly established itself as the UK’s most prestigious contemporary art fair outside of London since its inception in 1996, Glasgow Art Fair 2008 will showcase a record 46 selected galleries from Scotland, the rest of the UK, Europe and beyond exhibiting work by over 1000 artists.

Water Gardening Features and Accessories (Wed, Oct 15)
6:00 PM-9:00 PM, Tower Hill Botanic Garden: Stoddard Education and Visitors Center, 11 French Drive, Boylston, MA
Instructor: Jay Bearfield, C.P.P.C. I.P.P.C.A., Liquid Landscape Designs This is a 13 week in-depth course all about Water Gardens, Features and Accessories. This comprehensive course is designed for anyone, novice to professional, who wants to learn everything there is to know about water features: their design, construction, components and care. Intended to provide solid industry information versus manufacturer product sales pitches, students upon completion will be able to confidently select the proper equipment necessary to design, create and maintain any of the varying water features in current production today. This course is set up as a series of lectures, with a guest lecture on Koi from a premier industry importer and a private tour of one of the Northeast's top aquatic suppliers. The course will be taught through the aid of visual presentations and handouts, with equipment samples provided for demonstration. [Thirteen classes] Sponsored by: Tower Hill Botanic Garden. Cost: Certificate Program: $400 member tuition fee per one unit course, $445 non-member (Includes one-year THBG Membership), $200 tuition fee per half unit course, $245 non-member (Includes one-year THBG Membership), Audit: $250 member tuition fee per one unit Wednesdays, through Dec 10.

Wax East - Wax West: Two Artist Organizations Join Forces for National Collaborative Show
The tandem exhibitions are the first of their kind featuring collaborative work in encaustic media created by member artists paired from each organization. Each artist in the 36 pairings created one half of a two-panel painting or "diptych" then sent the work to the partner artist to answer in visual dialogue and complete the piece. Works completed by IEA artists will debut at the Brian Marki Fine Art in Oregon, and works completed by NEW artists will be introduced at Whitney Art Works in Maine.

Art Review | 'Second Lives': Using Old Materials to Put a New Face on a Museum
The opening shows at the new Museum of Arts and Design resemble an art seminar-cum-food-fight — an amazing cacophony that is by turns dismaying, enervating, infuriating and invigorating.

October Tour of the Month: Everyday Life in Dutch Art (Wed, Oct 15)
2:00 PM-3:00 PM, Worcester Art Museum, 55 Salisbury Street, Worcester, MA
Docent Joe Reynolds leads this fantastic and informational tour through the art of Holland. Cost: Free with Museum admission. Wednesdays, Saturdays, through Oct 18.

Pablo Picasso
Mediterranien Landscape - to glance at a bigger size photo plus read over the newest information relative to this Pablo Picasso museum giclee print, click the artist title a bit above the little photo. Also visit for buying, preservation framing and sizing information for this museum artworks. Pablo Picasso has produced many additional wall art images in the same genre as "Mediterranien Landscape", check out their other wall artposters.

Inside Art: Modern Drawings Head for Auction
Christie’s Nov. 12 evening auction includes postwar master drawings from the collection of Richard S. Fuld Jr., the longtime chief executive of Lehman Brothers.

Paris exhibition traces Picasso's influences
When Velazquez painted a 17th century Spanish princess, he gave her wispy hair, pale skin and a cautious gaze. Three centuries later, Picasso turned the girl's face into a Cubist maze of green and purple, yet he captured her essence - that same mysterious...