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With Art Miami Basel in full swing, The satellite NADA Art Fair opened
yesterday with big names and strong sales.... MORE
Pictured: Clifford Owen, Anthology (detail), 2011. Image/Story Artinfo.

BCA Gallery is pleased to announce its participation at the VOLTA
Show, NYC, March 8-11 2012 with featured artist Michel Tuffery.
More details to follow. www.voltashow.com 
Image: Michel Tuffery, First Contact, Digital Installation 2011

Andy Leleisi'uao, Roaratango Series, Acrylic on Canvas

Nanette Lela'ulu, Jesus on Holiday in Rarotonga Series, Acrylic on Canvas

Reuben Paterson, LE Prints

Sylvia Marsters, Tropic, Acrylic on Canvas

Mark Cross, Polycacophony, Oil on Canvas

Loretta Reynolds, Harvest, Acrylic on Canvas

Tim Buchanan, Disreplacment, Mixed Media

Michel Tuffery, L-R Cook Strait Whale Tale, Huia, Tangaroa Cookie LE Bronze

The BCA Group Show METAMORPHIS opens tonight @ 6pm
An opening speech by  the Hon. Teina Bishop, Minister of Tourism
is scheduled for 630pm.

Pictured: Kay George,  Pacific Identities, Digital Vinyl Print, 1000X1500mm

Failed 2008 Republican Presidential contender Mitt Romney is once
again foundering in the polls for the 2012 nomination. The staunch
Mormon recently declared that, as President he would cut funding to the National
Endowment of the Arts (NEA) to the tune of 50%.  The NEA's annual budget
amounts to aprox USD155 million, one of the smallest appropriations of the US
Federal Budget. In 2008, Romney spent USD 90 million on his failed  Presidential
campaign. That number will likely be exceeded in 2011.  More