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Stamp News—The U.S. Postal Service has dedicated the “With Love and Kisses” stamp just in time for Valentine’s Day. Designed by award-winning illustrator Jose Ortega of New York City and Toronto, the stamp features a Hershey’s Kisses chocolate and a red heart that form mirror images of one another.

Auction News—Christie’s New York and the Judd Foundation will be recognized by the American Section of the International Art Critics Association with its Award for the Best Show in a Temporary or Alternative Space at El Museo del Barrio, New York City, on Feb. 21. The ceremony is free and open to the public. The exhibition took place April-May 2006 and featured a large group of works that reflected the full scope of sculptor Donald Judd’s career.

Milestone—Award-winning artist/illustrator Iwao Takamoto has died in Los Angeles at 81. His work was included in many Disney classics such as “Cinderella,” “Peter Pan” and “101 Dalmatians.” At Hanna Barbera he created some of the most popular characters to appear on the small screen, including everyone’s favorite, Scooby-Doo.

Congratulations to All—Time magazine has designated as their “Person of the Year” all “citizens of the new digital democracy,” i.e., anyone using or creating content on the World Wide Web. So here’s to you and here’s to ARTtalk (www.arttalk.com).

New York, NY — Museum of Modern Art — Doug Aitken: sleepwalkers is a major public artwork comprising eight large-scale moving images that are projected onto the exterior of MoMA, enlivening the building’s architecture with the nocturnal journey of five city dwellers (played by actors). Commissioned jointly with Creative Time, this cinematic installation is projected nightly from 5-10 p.m. and is viewable from various vantage points around the Museum and in the Sculpture Garden, open to the public free of charge during the exhibition—only through Feb. 12.

Corning, NY — Corning Museum of Glass — Worlds Within: The Evolution of the Paperweight tells the story of how the glass paperweight has evolved from the classic period of paperweight-making in mid-19^th century Europe and the U.S. to the present day. See the commissioned and world’s first 100 pound paperweight (and the Museum’s 1,000^th paperweight) by Josh Simpson. Through March 16.

“Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist.”
—Rene Magritte

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