• A retrospective of William Eggleston's work, William Eggleston: Democratic Camera, Photographs and Video, 1961-2008, is currently on exhibit through Jan. 25 at the Whitney Museum of American Art. (The New York Times)
• The Art Gallery of Ontario, with the Frank Gehry renovations completed, reopens this Friday. (The Globe and Mail) I hope I'm not the only one who finds the renovations less than inspiring. My opinion is based solely on the photographs and renderings I've seen, and I may change it on seeing the gallery. Or maybe not. (The AGO has a slideshow of the renovations.)
• O Canada! The Canadian federal government has cancelled plans for a National Portrait Gallery. (The Globe and Mail)