• James Fenwick Lansdowne died last Saturday in Victoria. He was an outstanding painter and naturalist. He will be missed. (CBC News)
• Tyler Green of Modern Art Notes notes that the Orange County Museum in Newport Beach, California, has scheduled an exhibition of Richard Diebenkorn's Ocean Park series. Like Green I'm an admirer of Diebenkorn. Here's hoping that the exhibition makes it to somewhere near you.
• Apparently everyone involved in the dispute at The National Gallery of Canada has kissed and made up. (CBC News)
• Now that we've confessed to what books we haven't read (see yesterday's video post), shouldn't we confess to what books we have read. It can be equally embarrassing to have to reveal some of the trivia which has occupied our time, like The Joy of Making Money or How to Decorate Your Closet, not to mention that collection of Happy Homemaker magazines in the corner.