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New Art Blog from M

M / The New York Art World, also called the M magazine  has launched an art blog the focuses entirely on images and video clips of people and events in the art world.  Have a look: theMmag.com/blog

On the Move

Ethan Cohen Fine Art,  one of New York’s oldest galleries  specializing in Asian art, is moving next month from 18 Jay Street to 14 Jay Street (see Soho listings) 

The Nohra Haime has moved around the corner from the Fuller Building on 57th Street to the Crown  Building on Fifth Avenue (see Midtown listings) 

Leslie Heller Workspace, formerly Leslie Heller, has moved from 77th Street, Uptown Manhattan to  the Lower East Side at 54 Orchard Street   

Hasted Hunt Kraeutler, formerly Hasted Hunt, has moved from the gallery building on 529 West 20th Street in Chelsea to a ground floor space at
537 West 24th Street

The Golden Age Gallery in Chicago’s West Loop has moved from Pilsen to the 2nd floor of the 119 North Peoria gallery building (see Chicago listings)

Gallery Closes

Jack the Pelican, one of the oldest galleries in Williamsburg, is closing. The gallery’s  last show to be announced will run “from Saturday, February 20, 2010 for  one, two or three weeks; maybe more, until the marshal comes and shuts the door.”

The Melanee Cooper Gallery, in Chicago’s River North gallery district, is being reinvented as  a yoga studio (by the same owner).  The former gallery owner, Ms  Cooper, will continue as a private dealer.

Art Fair

MMPI’s  Art Chicago, and its companion fair NEXT,  take place this month, April 30 thru May 2, with a VIP Preview Thursday, April 29. For more information, please visit: www.artchicago.com

Version Fest, a Chicago based artist-run arts festival, now in its 10th edition, with artists, musicians and educators, takes place April 20 thru May 2. For more information, please visit: www.versionfest.org