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The Simpson's Feature Street Artists February 22, 2012 On March 4, 2012, street artists Shepard Fairey, Ron English, Kenny Scharf, and Robbie Conal will all guest star on long-running television series, The Simpsons. The episode is titled “Exit Through the Kwik-E-Mart” (a nod to the Banksy documentary, Exit Through The Gift Shop) and each artist voiced their own animated character.	London Enjoys Korean Art February 22, 2012 The Korean Cultural Centre UK presented the 4th Annual Exhibition of contemporary art by UK Korean Artists from Dec. 16, 2011 to Jan. 21 2012. Focusing on video works, ‘Muse London’ brought together the exciting work of six artists, all living and working in London. Here are two blog posts from WKBs who visited the exhibition.
Art Defeats Smog In Manila February 22, 2012 Their canvas is a stretch of dingy concrete wall along Manila's main highway, where millions of vehicles stream past every day, belching exhaust that helps to create a noxious, unhealthy smog.	Student Art Show In Washington February 22, 2012 Young artists have a chance to display their work at the Glenview Mansion in Rockville during an exhibition that one teacher says promotes self-confidence.
Scream For $80 Million February 2012 Sotheby's will offer the only privately owned version of Edvard Munch's haunting work "The Scream" at an auction in New York on May 2 where it expects to fetch over $80 million	Pot UnLuck? February 19, 2012 In April, five live chickens will go on display in a coop in downtown Lawrence, where residents will have a chance to get to know them, perhaps even care for them. Then the chickens will be slaughtered at a public event. The next day, they will be served in a community potluck.
Skin Art In Detroit February 19, 2012 Bikers love them. Sailors, too. And now the art form that once sprung from traditional Polynesian culture to become a worldwide phenomenon is making its way from tattoo shops into two Detroit galleries	Sixties Celebrated In Vancouver February 19, 2012 It was the era of turning on, tuning in, and dropping out. A time of tumult and creativity. The sixties shook up politics, social mores, and culture – and ushered in an era of great creativity in Canadian painting.
It's A Small World February 17, 2012 Brooklyn's newest - and smallest - library is currently under construction by two borough artists.	Damien Hirst Builds Homes February 17, 2012 Damien Hirst's latest work could turn out larger than the globally coordinated showing of "The Complete Spot Paintings 1986–2011" that filled 11 Gagosian galleries. And this time, it's all in one place.
More Big Spenders In London February 17 Gerhard Richter's "Ice," with its dreamlike atmosphere reminiscent of early 19th-century art, sold for about £4.2 million.	Win A Major Exhibition of Your Art And More! February 17, 2012 Global - February 16, 2012 In its quest to further the arts, and art education globally, ArtLA.com is proud to announce it’s 2012 Outstanding Student Artist Of The Year Contest. The contest is open to any student artist from anywhere in the world, and the top three contestants will be decided by the number of votes cast for their entry at ArtLA.com, and then the final winner will be chosen from the final three by a panel of expert judges, who will be making their decision based upon creativity, technical ability and originality. The outstanding winning entry will receive a grand cash award of $10,000, plus a host of other prizes that include an Apple Macbook Pro, Adobe Creative Suite 5.5, an ArtLA.com Presidential Package Membership, a $500 Blick Art Materials Gift Certificate, and an exhibition of their works at the world famous Bergamot Station Arts Center in Santa Monica, California The competition is open to student artists of any age, with the proviso that they have to be enrolled in a school, or attending established classes at the time of entry into the competition. The entrant does not have to be an art student, just a student who is enrolled in a licensed educational institution at the time of entry. Entry forms and instructions will be available at ArtLA.com from January 17, 2012. With the potential for hundreds of thousand of contestants worldwide, ArtLA.com and it’s sponsors are very proud to be able give artists the opportunity for exposure, the chance of a lifetime for one lucky winner, and to help promote art awareness with what promises to be one of the biggest art competitions yet. For more information contact Tim Broughton 310.586.9789 or cell 310.570.3090. Email media@artla.com ArtLA.com is a professional web-based technology platform made for artists to bring their business online. It has over 42 years of combined art and marketing experience, with over 2,000 registered artists and art patrons and it is the most advanced art site for research and acquisition of art, as well as reaching newly emerging artists.
Art Sales Shoot Up In London February 17, 2012 After a lukewarm (at best) sale at Bonhams earlier this week, Christie’s and Sotheby’s London sales have surged way beyond pre-sale estimates.	Win An Exhibition Of Your Art And More! February 16, 2012 In its quest to further the arts, and art education globally, ArtLA.com is proud to announce it’s 2012 Outstanding Student Artist Of The Year Contest. The contest is open to any student artist from anywhere in the world, and the top three contestants will be decided by the number of votes cast for their entry at ArtLA.com, and then the final winner will be chosen from the final three by a panel of expert judges, who will be making their decision based upon creativity, technical ability and originality. The outstanding winning entry will receive a grand cash award of $10,000, plus a host of other prizes that include an Apple Macbook Pro, Adobe Creative Suite 5.5, an ArtLA.com Presidential Package Membership, a $500 Blick Art Materials Gift Certificate, and an exhibition of their works at the world famous Bergamot Station Arts Center in Santa Monica, California The competition is open to student artists of any age, with the proviso that they have to be enrolled in a school, or attending established classes at the time of entry into the competition. The entrant does not have to be an art student, just a student who is enrolled in a licensed educational institution at the time of entry. Entry forms and instructions will be available at ArtLA.com from January 17, 2012. With the potential for hundreds of thousand of contestants worldwide, ArtLA.com and it’s sponsors are very proud to be able give artists the opportunity for exposure, the chance of a lifetime for one lucky winner, and to help promote art awareness with what promises to be one of the biggest art competitions yet. For more information contact Tim Broughton 310.586.9789 or cell 310.570.3090. Email media@artla.com ArtLA.com is a professional web-based technology platform made for artists to bring their business online. It has over 42 years of combined art and marketing experience, with over 2,000 registered artists and art patrons and it is the most advanced art site for research and acquisition of art, as well as reaching newly emerging artists.
Modern Art Wins Again February 16, 2012 Supplies are getting scarcer in contemporary art. Sotheby’s sale Wednesday evening left no doubt about that. Three of the 66 cataloged lots had been withdrawn and, of those that remained, five were drawings by Lucian Freud. The shortage does not reflect a loss of interest on the buyers’ part. They have never been so bullish.	Getty Gets An Ancient Man February 16, 2012 An expert in ancient art who has overseen museums in England, the U.S. and his native Australia was named Tuesday to head the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.
Save Money By Using An Interior Designer February 14, 2012 Those of us who opt for do-it-yourself design want to save money, but sometimes this approach ends up costing more.	Obama Proposes Increase in Art Budget February 14, 2012 President Obama’s proposed 2013 budget, released Monday, calls for a 5% increase in spending for three cultural grantmaking agencies and three Washington, D.C., arts institutions.
Jackie Kennedy Loved Fine Art February 14, 2012 Is it a surprise that Jacqueline Kennedy had sophisticated and exacting tastes when it came to fine arts?	Obama Bestows Art Awards February 14, 2012 President Barack Obama and actor Al Pacino listen as Pacino’s biographical information is read before the president gave Pacino the National Medal of Arts award at a White House ceremony Monday. SHFWire Photo by Jordain Carney
Islamists Attack Art February 13, 2012 Egypt’s revolution encouraged painters to shake off decades of censorship. But with Islamists gaining power, will provocative art soon be suppressed?	Lincoln's Wife A Fake? February 13, 2012 A portrait supposedly of Mary Todd Lincoln, the wife of Abraham Lincoln, that has hung in the Illinois governor's mansion for years has been deemed a fake by art experts.
Detroit Institute of Arts Worried January 13, 2012 From London, Detroit Institute of Arts Director William Valentiner cabled the Detroit Arts Commission, seeking $35,000 to buy "The Wedding Dance," a 16th-century Flemish painting that had been hanging for years in an English country house. It was 1930 and the money was promptly wired to him.	Free ipads for Art Students February 13, 2012 Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, have teamed up with Apple to provide their students with iPads to be used in the classroom.
Rothko Boosts $611 Million Auctions as Price Rises Lure Sellers February 12, 2012 Mark Rothko, Gerhard Richter and Francis Bacon paintings will boost auctions this month that may raise more than $611 million as sellers are spurred by rising prices for museum-quality works.	Interior Designers To Be De-Regulated? January 12, 2012 The targets include real estate agents, beauty specialists and accountants, but architects have generated debate akin to the 2011 interior designer fight. Tampa Republican Rep. James Grant pushed his deregulation package (HB 517) through the House already. He billed it as this year’s attempt to “make Florida the best state in the union to raise a family and do business,” consistent with the wishes of House Speaker Dean Cannon and Gov. Rick Scott.
Greek Art Heist February 12, 2012 Under a frosty Greek moon on a still Sunday night last month, a team of black-clad cat burglars staged a heist unrivaled in this ancient city.	Art Institute Investigated February 11, 2012 The San Francisco city attorney's office is investigating student recruiting practices and job placement reporting at The Art Institute of California in San Francisco and seven other Art Institute campuses across the state, according to a new filing by the for-profit college owner, Education Management Corp.
Nail Art Claws It's Way Up February 11, 2012 he patrons of Poochiez Pawz Nail Salon are more than clients -- they're followers of a team of nail technicians revered for their skill in creating wearable works of art.	'80's Art Revisited February 11, 2012 A new exhibit about the 1980s is opening at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art, featuring interpretations of icons like Ronald Reagan, Andy Warhol and Jesse Jackson, along with pieces that reflect on important issues from the decade: drug use, nuclear proliferation, AIDS and feminism
Havel Honored By Art February 11, 2012 Two artists have used wax from the thousands of candles that Czechs lit to mourn the death of President Vaclav Havel to create a large heart honoring him.	New China Art Exhibition Tour February 10, 2012 Kempinski China Region will cooperate with Italy-China Cooperation Culture Development Company to hold the China Art Exhibition Tour themed "New Direction of Art", which will provide visitors with a rare opportunity to enjoy elegant art by showing the works of many world famous artists, such as Francesco Clement and Mimmo Paladino.
Liz Taylors Art Collection Sells For $22 Million February 10, 2012 Her taste in men may have been flawed but it seems Liz Taylor had the perfect eye for art. Three paintings from the Hollywood star’s collection have sold for nearly £14million at auction.	Kevin Salatino Is New Head Of Art Collections February 10, 2012 Kevin Salatino, director of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art in Brunswick, Maine, was named Thursday as the next director of art collections at the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens in San Marino.
This Art Is Not For The Pigeons February 10, 2012 The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival started last week, a 10-day cultural extravaganza that takes over a large swath of heritage precinct in south Mumbai every year.	Linda Hoffman's Zen Inspired Art February 8, 2012 Like most artists, Linda Hoffman finds many ways to express her creativity — through sculpture, poetry, organic farming and writing. She moved to Harvard from Groton in 2001 into what was A & M Orchards on Eldridge Road. The artist renamed the property Old Frog Pond Farm, referring to a famous Haiku written by the Japanese Poet, Matsuo Basho. -
City Vehicles Displace Artists February 8, 2012 Montreal’s pledge to value culture and history should be working to save a landmark industrial building along the Lachine Canal from the city’s plan to expropriate and demolish it so it can relocate a public works yard to park municipal vehicles.	Bicoastal Art Thief February 8, 2012 A wine steward who plucked artwork off hotel and gallery walls in a bicoastal spree admitted Tuesday to stealing a $350,000 drawing in New York, resolving charges here after serving jail time in California.
Future Of Art: Kinetica February 8, 2012 The future is here, and Kinetica Art Fair is perhaps the perfect platform for presenting the world of tomorrow. Now in its 4th year, cutting-edge Kinetica returns to London this month with razzle-dazzle robotics, luminous light media, sound and electronic works. Fusing art and the latest technological trends, this one-of-a kind fair is small but stunning, with 50 exhibitors and an average of 300 total artworks offered. 2012's feature exhibition showcases the works of 18 artists from eight countries, with holographic art, robotic installations, and sound performances addressing this year's aptly-titled theme, "Time, Transformation and Energy."	Records Slashed At Art Auction February 8, 2012 Christie's on Tuesday kicked off a fortnight of major London art sales with a bang, hitting or exceeding the most optimistic pre-sale expectations and extending 2011's record-breaking run into the new year.
Dierdre Scott Champions Bronx Art Scene February 6, 2012 The Bronx arts scene was hot when Deirdre Scott moved to a floor-through apartment off Bruckner Blvd. in the 1980s.	Deutsche Bank Closes Joint Art Exhibition Space With Guggenheim in Berlin February 6, 2012 Neither Deutsche Bank nor the Guggenheim Foundation gave a reason for the decision in statements sent by e-mail, beyond saying that their contract expires at the end of 2012. In the past 14 years, the Deutsche Guggenheim has hosted 57 exhibitions and attracted 1.8 million visitors.
Art Doners Among Top Philanthropists February 6, 2012 The most generous members of the 1% devoted more than 2% of their charitable giving last year to arts and culture, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy, which issued Monday its annual ranking of America’s 50 most generous donors.	Art Auctions Will Test Market Strength 2/6/2012 Auction houses pinching themselves after bumper 2011 sales are now turning their attention to 2012, amid cautious optimism that the two-year bull run for top works of art will continue.
New Record For Paul Cezanne, $250 Million February 5, 2012 Thanks to oil-rich Qatar, another record has been set on the art market. Its royal family has bought a painting by Paul Cezanne for a whopping $250 million, making it the most expensive artwork ever sold.	Facebook's First Art Milliionaire February 5, 2012 One of the most interesting stories to come out of the Facebook IPO windfall is that of David Choe, the scrappy street artist who was given the choice of cash or stock for the murals he created in the company’s first headquarters.
Chinese Art In Age Of Revolution February 5, 2012 The first question that may come to mind when walking through “Chinese Art in an Age of Revolution: Fu Baoshi (1911-1965)” is whether the Metropolitan Museum of Art has ever hosted an exhibition featuring an artist who illustrated the poems of Mao Zedong before.	They Didn't Celebrate Art February 5, 2012 Normally a happy, artful event, El Fan Midan became a podium for demands, cloaked in mourning for those killed in the attacks at the Port Said football stadium
Saving An Artistic Mushroom Cloud February 3, 2012 A controversy has been bubbling over Paul Conrad's anti-nuclear war sculpture in Santa Monica, Chain Reaction, and the latest fallout may spell the end of the 26-foot tall mushroom cloud near the city's Civic Center.	Van Gogh Up Close February 3, 2012 Visitors walking into the galleries where the new exhibition, “Van Gogh Up Close,” is housed in the Philadelphia Museum of Art will be greeted with two very different sunflower paintings.
Fame or Art? February 3, 2012 Every Friday morning I teach a community college painting class of about 25 students. The classroom is quite full, and the beginning students paint on folding easels set on heavy formica topped tables, while a handful of advanced painters paint standing up, vying for space near the storage racks in the back of the classroom.	Surrealist Artist Dorothea Tanning Dies February 2, 2012 The artist Dorothea Tanning has died in New York aged 101. She was the last living member of the surrealist movement, whose circle she joined in 1940s Paris. In 1946, she married Max Ernst in a double wedding with the photographic artist Man Ray and Juliet Browner. Their marriage lasted until Ernst's death in 1976.
World's First Fake Mona Lisa? February 2, 2012 Spanish art curators have identified what they believe is the earliest copy of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. They say that the fake was likely done in da Vinci's workshop, painted at the same time as the original.	Art That Responds To You February 2, 2012 At most museums, you look at what's on display, maybe read about it, and move on. But imagine an exhibit that's completely dependent on you, the visitor.
R.I.P. Mike Kelley February 2, 2012 Mike Kelley's psychologically complex work was instrumental in making L.A. an international capital of contemporary art.	Unlikely Apple Art February 1, 2012 That impulsive duck-face kissy photo you took of yourself and your friend at the Apple store to test out the new iPad’s camera may be destined for an art gallery wall. That is if you happened to snap it at any of the Apple stores visited by Irby Pace.
iphone Mobile Art February 1, 2012 With 2487 submissions from around the globe, the 2nd annual iPhoneArt Mobile Art Grant was awarded to Carlein Van Der Beek of Holland.	Superbowl Fans and Art? February 1, 2012 Are you ready for some art? As Indianapolis prepares to host the Giants and the Patriots in Sunday's Super Bowl, the Indianapolis Downtown Artists and Dealers Assn. is presenting Turf, a mix of experiential art and design, about 1,700 yards from Lucas Oil Stadium
Art Protest In Russia February 1, 2012 With broadcast and print media largely under state control, the Russian Internet has been a key platform for opposition activism.	$10,000 Art Competition January 31, 2012 SANTA MONICA, CA, January 17, 2012--- In its quest to further the arts, and art education globally, ArtLA.com is proud to announce it’s 2012 Outstanding Student Artist Of The Year Contest. The contest is open to any student artist from anywhere in the world, and the top three contestants will be decided by the number of votes cast for their entry at ArtLA.com, and then the final winner will be chosen from the final three by a panel of expert judges, who will be making their decision based upon creativity, technical ability and originality. The outstanding winning entry will receive a grand cash award of $10,000, plus a host of other prizes that include an Apple Macbook Pro, Adobe Creative Suite 5.5, an ArtLA.com Presidential Package Membership, a $500 Blick Art Materials Gift Certificate, and an exhibition of their works at the world famous Bergamot Station Arts Center in Santa Monica, California The competition is open to student artists of any age, with the proviso that they have to be enrolled in a school, or attending established classes at the time of entry into the competition. The entrant does not have to be an art student, just a student who is enrolled in a licensed educational institution at the time of entry. Entry forms and instructions will be available at ArtLA.com from January 17, 2012. With the potential for hundreds of thousand of contestants worldwide, ArtLA.com and it’s sponsors are very proud to be able give artists the opportunity for exposure, the chance of a lifetime for one lucky winner, and to help promote art awareness with what promises to be one of the biggest art competitions yet. For more information contact Tim Broughton 310.586.9789 or cell 310.570.3090. Email media@artla.com ArtLA.com is a professional web-based technology platform made for artists to bring their business online. It has over 42 years of combined art and marketing experience, with over 2,000 registered artists and art patrons and it is the most advanced art site for research and acquisition of art, as well as reaching newly emerging artists.
Philadelphia Welcomes Van Gogh January 31, 2012 That the Philadelphia Museum of Art is hosting a major van Gogh exhibition - it opens Wednesday - would be no mystery to the devoted Japanese pilgrims who bear ancestral ashes halfway across the world to commingle them with the earth of Vincent van Gogh's grave north of Paris.	Art and Banking in Italy January 31, 2012 As Italy and much of Europe struggle with their finances, the city of Florence has staged an art exhibition looking at the critical — and controversial — role that financial institutions have played for centuries.
Art Healing The Wounds of Domestic Violence January 31, 2012 A Window Between Worlds is a 20-year-old program that teaches domestic violence counselors to help families rebuild lives by tapping creativity. 'It's not about making an art project,' says founder Cathy Salser. 'It's about art … as a way to connect with emotions.'	Artist Madonna...Madonna Art January 31, 2012 Madonna may have gone stripped down and black-and-white for her "Give Me All Your Luvin' " single art, but for her MDNA album cover, she's on the other end of the color spectrum.
Art's Future January 30, 2012 More than 500 elementary, junior high and high school students showed off the images behind their vision Sunday during the 11th Visionarios Youth Art Contest.	Art or Vandalism? January 30, 2012 Graffiti forms one of those dividing lines in contemporary American life, much like presidential elections.
isle of Man Seeks Artist January 30, 2012 Isle of Man artists are being encouraged to apply for a year-long residency at a Douglas gallery.	Art has A Spring In It's Step January 30, 2012 The most exciting art season in years is upon us, with the opening this weekend at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts of a major survey of Henry Ossawa Tanner's landmark career and an exhibition of Vincent van Gogh's nature paintings just around the corner at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Damien Hirst Sells In India January 28, 2012 He may not have graced the India Art Fair with his presence but English artist extraordinaire Damien Hirst has still struck gold at the art extravaganza. 'Damien Hirst's artwork has been sold to an Indian buyer,' says Neha Kripal, the founder and director of the Fair.	The St Artworld People Say!** January 28, 2012 It was going to happen. After the stellar success of Shit Girls Say, the meme has since covered race, gender, sexuality and everything else, even life as men of cloth.
The Outsider Art Fair Celebrates 20 Years January 28, 2012 Let’s all agree that “outsider artist” is a term of convenience, encompassing the self-taught, the visionary, the geographically isolated, the mentally ill or developmentally disabled, and (in one memorable episode) Homer Simpson. And in that spirit, we must judge the Outsider Art Fair, now celebrating its 20th anniversary, not by its title but by the vitality and variety of works on offer.	Art Director Eiko Ishioka dies at 73 January 28, 2012 The Tokyo native who later moved to New York began her convention-defying career in Japanese advertising but eventually expanded it to include design work for Broadway, the movies and Cirque du Soleil.
Art Auction Brings In Over $120 Million January 27, 2012 Old Masters paintings brought in more than $120 million at auction sales this week, with several works selling for more than $5 million each and records set for some artists.	High Rent For Art? January 27,2012 A work by the Korean artist Do Ho Suh has been installed on the roof of UC San Diego’s Jacobs School of Engineering
How To Become An Art Collector January 27,2012 Shop around “Three things: look, look, look again. Look at museum exhibitions, look at commercial gallery exhibitions. If you know any artists personally, even amateur artists, talk to them. It helps to open up your eyes to different issues of works of art.	Princeton Says "Addio Arte!" January 27, 2012 The Princeton University Art Museum has returned six works of art from the museum’s collection to Italian cultural authorities under a transfer agreement between the two parties, the University has announced.
NY Art Dealer Charged With Fraud Involving Four Million Dollars Januart 27, 2012 A New York art dealer has been charged in a $4 million fraud for selling works by Picasso, Matisse and others without informing the owner or giving him the proceeds.	Artist seeks to bury jetliner in Mojave Desert location January 26, 2012 Swiss artist Christoph Buchel has applied for a conditional-use permit in Kern County that, if approved tonight, will allow him to bury an intact Boeing 727 commercial jetliner 38 feet below the surface of the Mojave Desert near Boron.
Burning Art for Art? January 26, 2012 Arts Council England has given £3,000 of National Lottery money to a project allowing artists to burn their work.	Jane Seymour: The Artist? January 26, 2012 Some of Jane Seymour's most loyal fans don't care that she's an actress. They're fond of her because of what she can do with a brushstroke.
The Right Tools For The Right Art January 26, 2012 A few years ago, Washington County Museum of Fine Arts officially began accepting photographs for its permanent collection of fine art.	Stolen French Art Goes Home January 26, 2012 More than 30 years after it was stolen from a French museum, an impressionist painting is on its way home.
Legally Blind Artist Senses Qualities in Subjects And Recreates Them On Canvas January 24, 2012 Bob Crowson uses a smart phone to snap a photograph of a portrait of his son Brian during his visit to the "Faces" exhibit at the Centennial Hills Library, 6711 N. Buffalo Drive. The exhibit features works by Crowson's sister Cynthia Tassio, who is legally blind.	Virginia Artist Paints France January 24, 2012 Before she knows it, pastel artist Carol Iglesias will be up early and scouting for painting scenes in Dinan, France. Picture it: the River Rance darkly passing through the medieval town and someone on a bicycle has a loaf of French bread under their arm.
Art For Health Care Barter January 24, 2012 A new program lets uninsured New York City artists exchange their art for medical services.	12% Return Offered on $80 Million Fund January 24, 2012 Investors are being invited to join a European-based group that plans to buy about $80 million worth of art and forecasts annual returns of 12 percent.
It's Big! The Indian Art Fair January 24, 2012 The India Art Fair, one of the biggest art exhibitions in South Asia, opens in New Delhi on Wednesday. The five-day event brings together a host of artists, curators, critics, dealers and collectors from across the globe, and this year will draw ninety-one galleries from twenty countries, representing the work of a thousand contemporary and modern artists.	British Cultural Art Tastes-Too Conservative? January 23, 2012 Does the popularity of traditional landscape paintings at the Royal Academy and a posh country-house TV series mean Britons are rejecting the progressive for the conservative?
Rembrandt In North Carolina January 23, 2012 The North Carolina Museum of Art says its three-month exhibit of Rembrandt paintings collected by Americans pulled a big crowd.	Jewish Art and Life Exhibition January 23, 2012 The institution long known as Judah L. Magnes Museum - custodian of pre-eminent collections representing the cultural history of Jews in the West - reopened Sunday as the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at UC Berkeley's Bancroft Library. The name change tells the story in shorthand.
Art Auction for Animals January 23, 2012 Fans of dogs, art and history will get the chance to own part of the legacy of legendary Madison philanthropist and animal lover Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge when more than 150 pieces of Mrs. Dodge’s art collection go on exhibit and sale next month.	Japanese Art in Tennessee January 22, 2012 The Arts of Japan, an exhibition at The Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery, is a beautiful walk through centuries of traditional painting, printmaking, pottery and other art forms. Displayed on white walls and sunny yellow pedestals, the works will remain on view through Feb. 26.
"The Birth of the Los Angeles Art Scene" January 22, 2012 We've heard a great deal in recent months from members of the Pacific Standard Time generation: artists whose work between 1945 and 1980 heralded "the birth of the Los Angeles art scene," in the words of the Getty's PR campaign	Chinese New-Year Art in Malaya January, 22, 2012 THE Lunar New Year in Chinese society or community traditionally sees the emergence and proliferation of decorative pictures and prints overflowing with auspicious symbols to convey wishes for good fortune, prosperity, longevity and even double happiness. Such Chinese New Year culture will make an unprecedented big splash at the Print Gallery of the BenCab Museum in Baguio City
Swamped By Images and Art January 22, 2012 I was pondering the implications of such a possibility while spending time with the 48 Polaroid images by Robert Frank on view at the Blue Sky Gallery. Taken by Frank from the 1970s to the present, the Polaroids doze with the kind of mundane atmosphere prevalent in so many pictures today, the era of application-riddled smartphones and pocket-sized digital point-and-shoot cameras.	100 Years of the Toledo Art Museum January 22. 2012 Beginning in 1901 in two rented rooms in the Gardener Building downtown and progressing to a house on Madison Avenue and 13th Street where the director lived upstairs, the Toledo Museum of Art landed in its current location in 1912, and in acknowledgement, held a party Tuesday.
Student Art Competition Launched January 21, 2012 In its quest to further the arts, and art education globally, ArtLA.com is proud to announce it’s 2012 Outstanding Student Artist Of The Year Contest. The contest is open to any student artist from anywhere in the world, and the top three contestants will be decided by the number of votes cast for their entry at ArtLA.com, and then the final winner will be chosen from the final three by a panel of expert judges, who will be making their decision based upon creativity, technical ability and originality. The outstanding winning entry will receive a grand cash award of $10,000, plus a host of other prizes that include an Apple Macbook Pro, Adobe Creative Suite 5.5, an ArtLA.com Presidential Package Membership, a $500 Blick Art Materials Gift Certificate, and an exhibition of their works at the world famous Bergamot Station Arts Center in Santa Monica, California	Totem Pole Art January 21, 2012 Native American artist David Boxley is from the Tsimshian tribe in Alaska, and he and his son work on one of the many totem poles they have created to keep their native culture alive, at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC, January 2012.
Park & Art? January 20, 2012 Cars are art. Decorate your backyard with them with this glassed-in freestanding garden studio built by Ecospace Studios in the UK. This is everything we've ever wanted shackitecture to be.	Original Abstract Art January 20, 2012 ELLSWORTH KELLY’S studio here is a sprawling labyrinth of white-walled rooms, some with skylights, some with large windows looking out onto the rolling landscape.
Art Grows In Silicon Valley January 20, 2012 Whether featuring professionally curated exhibitions or shows organized by office owners or employees, these workplace art galleries aim to brighten the offices for those who work there and visit them, highlight the work of local artists and draw more visitors and potential clients.	David Hockney: A Real Artist At The Royal Academy January 20, 2012 David Hockney is regarded by many as Britain’s greatest living artist. Understandably so, given his contribution to modern British art both through his works and in making modern art accessible to the public
Art Rising In India January 20, 2012 “Khoj provides an intimate space to view and discuss experimental work,” said Rajyashree Ramamurthi, one of the dancers, who was trained in Britain and now lives in the city of Pune in Maharashtra State. “In Pune there is no such equivalent.”	MOCA On YouTube January 19, 2012 Joining its hometown industry and betting on the success of YouTube’s new initiative to promote original content, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles announced that it would start an online video channel in July featuring news and talk-show programming, among other art-focused shows
Big Artistic Plans For Red Hook January 19, 2012 THE artist Dustin Yellin likes big things. The jawbone of a sperm whale hangs in his studio.	The Art of the Chinese-Takeout Container January 19, 2012 The Chinese-takeout container, with its Japanese-influenced origami folds, is a uniquely American invention.
One Thousand Artists from Twenty Countries Gather In India january 18, 2012 Billed as one of the biggest carnivals of art this year, the fourth India Art Fair here Jan 25-29 will feature more than 1,000 artists by 91 art houses from 20 countries, including works by Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, Damien Hirst, Anish Kapoor, Anthony Gormley and Jean Miro.	Smithsonian Art Features Video Games january 18, 2012 The Smithsonian American Art Museum is announcing details of its first major exhibit exploring the art and evolution of video games.
ArtLA.com Student Artist of the Year Competition January 18, 2012 In its quest to further the arts, and art education globally, ArtLA.com is proud to announce it’s 2012 Outstanding Student Artist Of The Year Contest. The contest is open to any student artist from anywhere in the world, and the top three contestants will be decided by the number of votes cast for their entry at ArtLA.com, and then the final winner will be chosen from the final three by a panel of expert judges, who will be making their decision based upon creativity, technical ability and originality. The outstanding winning entry will receive a grand cash award of $10,000, plus a host of other prizes that include an Apple Macbook Pro, Adobe Creative Suite 5.5, an ArtLA.com Presidential Package Membership, a $500 Blick Art Materials Gift Certificate, and an exhibition of their works at the world famous Bergamot Station Arts Center in Santa Monica, California	Healing Art For Egypt? january 18, 2012 The revolution drastically transformed everything in the lives of Egyptians. Yet while there has been quite a bit of attention paid to the dramatic political changes, more attention needs to be paid to the cultural and artistic scene that has been taking Egypt by storm since early 2011.
Smithsonian Art Features Video Games january 18, 2012 The Smithsonian American Art Museum is announcing details of its first major exhibit exploring the art and evolution of video games.	New British Artists Make Headway January 17, 2012 As Damien Hirst dusts off his £50m diamond skull in preparation for his Tate Modern retrospective this spring, a new generation of young British artists are working in a very different climate from the brash super-confidence of his 1990s heyday.
The Art of Apple January Technology has spread into everything from cars to washing machines. Even artists, who used to rely on paint and clay to convey their message, are now using technology as the focus piece in their exhibits. An excellent example of this fusion is the Electroboutique exhibit at the Science Museum in London.	Sneaky Sneaker Art January 17, 2012 After highlighting Kick Draw two weeks ago, we showcase the work that helped inspire it. The art of Robb Harskamp is uniform in aesthetic but diverse in range with his look touching a variety of campaigns.
Shrewd Art Choice is a Good Investment January 17, 2012 If you happen to have money to invest in these fraught economic times, art could be a shrewd choice. But make sure you can tell your Manet from your Monet, and your Picasso from your Pissarro, as not all painting pays off the same	Remarkable Art Exhibit In Shreveport January 17, 2012 The Arc Caddo-Bossier Foundation's "RemArcable art" exhibit will be on display Thursday through Feb. 18 at artspace, 710 Texas St., in Shreveport.
Maryland Artist Celebrates MLK Jr. Day January 16, 2012 Kevin Watson was 4 years old when Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated — too young to understand the late civil rights leader's commitment to social justice, his belief in equal opportunity and, above all, his hope that one day people would be judged by their character, not by the color of their skin	Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebrated With Art January 16, 2012 North Bryan Baptist Church pastor Sam Hill said passing down stories about Martin Luther King Jr. is key to keeping alive the dream that the civil rights leader had for everyone.
Caution Urged In Chinese Art Purchases January 16, 2012 Investors should not indiscriminately buy pieces by popular contemporary Chinese artists since commercial success has made some complacent and later paintings and sculpture may lack the originality of earlier work, art advisers warn.	Art Dealer Faces Jail For Fraud January 16, 2012 ONE of Australia's former leading art dealers, Ronald Coles, faces up to 10 years in jail after he was arrested and charged yesterday with 87 offences
Yoko Takes her Art To India January 16, 2012 The conceptual artist, who is putting up her maiden exhibition in India, says her work is an extension of her "karmic love affair" with late Beatles icon John Lennon.	The Art Of The Squid January 15, 2012 California-based print-maker and ceramics artist Kristina Ayala of Pufferfish Press creates all kinds of great art pieces featuring squids.
Swimming In Art January 15, 2012 The backyard swimming pool will forever be associated with the Southern California lifestyle.	American Art At The Met January 15, 2012 You're going to see a lot of George Washington in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's new galleries for painting and sculpture. And that's as it should be, given that this third and final phase of a $100 million-plus renovation – opening Monday – aims to tell the story not only of American art, but of the country itself.
American Art At The Louvre January 15, 2012 American tourists fill the galleries of the Louvre Museum, yet American art is surprisingly scarce.	ART: Who Is Bellotto? January 13, 2012 Bernardo Bellotto was his uncle Canaletto’s most gifted student and, at the beginning of his career, his most adept imitator. Quite a number of pictures once attributed to Canaletto are now widely agreed to be by his nephew.
Billionaire Art Collector Joins MOCA Board January 13, 2012 Steven A. Cohen, the multi-billionaire hedge fund executive who is bidding for the L.A. Dodgers, is joining the Museum of Contemporary Art as the newest member of its board of trustees. Cohen is one of the world's top collectors of modern art and has made numerous loans to institutions and exhibitions.	Oklahoma Bus Art January 13, 2012 The Oklahoma City Museum of Art has wrapped two Metro Transit buses in images from his esteemed collection of Dale Chihuly glass art.
Damien Hirst Goes Global January 13, 2012 ...And none involve dead animals, maggots, encrusted diamonds or vats of formaldehyde. They’re mostly just grids of repeating, neatly made circles, each a different color. How bad can it be?	Did You Know It's L.A. Arts Month? January 13, 2012 Dealers from around the world exhibit vintage and contemporary photographs, as well as video and multimedia installations at the 21st annual International Los Angeles Photographic Art Exposition.
Chinese Artist Is Top Earner In 2011 January 12, 2012 "When you couple China's abundance of money and its rich history of collecting in all the categories of art, it's not a surprise," said Larry Warsh, a New York-based collector.	World's Greatest Art Critic? January 12, 2012 Long story short, British artist Damien Hirst has been doing these "spot paintings" for a while—they are, literally, paintings of spots; also, technically they are "done" by his assistants
Lexington Public Art Gets The Nod January 12, 2012 The Courthouse Area Design Review Board gave approval Wednesday for Lexington's newest piece of public art to be installed on the roof of the Downtown Arts Center on East Main Street.	Art Establishments Remember MLK Jr. January 12, 2012 Art galleries, libraries and theater venues are just a few of the places you'll find free events paying tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. beginning Saturday.
Punk Art! January 12, 2012 Southern California's early punk and media art scene is the focus of the film program 'Strange Notes and Nervous Breakdowns' at MOCA. It's part of the museum's 'Under the Big Black Sun' exhibition.	The Singapore Art Fair Opens January 12, 2012 Art Stage Singapore is an international art fair held annually in -- you guessed it -- Singapore.
German Graffiti Artist Makes Her Imprint January 11, 2012 Claudia Walde is a busy woman. Her renown as a graffiti artist takes her all over the world - so it's hard to pin her down for an interview.	An Artistic Conflict Of Interests January 11, 2012 A Belfast-based artist is to represent Northern Ireland at a Chinese art exhibition on women and conflict.
Art As An Investment? January 11, 2012 Discussions of art as an investment are getting smarter. For one thing, we’ve stopped comparing it to stocks.	Yacht Hosts Art Fair January 11, 2012 The madness of Art Basel Miami Beach has subsided, but the art fairs go on into the new year.
MLK Jr. Celebration Will Focus On Art January 11, 2012 “A Painting Is Worth a Thousand Words,” featuring artwork by Gregory Rance Thompson and Penelope Wilson, will be the centerpiece of a Martin Luther King Day celebration Monday at Bottle Works Ethnic Arts Center, 411 Third Ave. in the Cambria City section of Johnstown.	The Met Has Lofty Ambitions In Art January 11. 2012 Sending a signal that it intends to become a serious competitor in the field of contemporary art for the first time in half a century, the Metropolitan Museum of Art has recruited a prominent London curator to oversee a new department devoted to art of the 20th and 21st centuries.
London 2012 Arts Festival…Will It Succeed? January 10, 2012 Plans for the London 2012 Festival - a national explosion of arts events to run alongside the Olympic Games - have been unveiled. So what's on offer and will it draw in the crowds?	Street Artist Triumphs In Fort Lauderdale January 10, 2012 In his Jan. 4 order, Krathen wrote that city ordinances “do not leave open ample channels of communication” for artists and the “limitations on Wang’s artistic endeavors violate the First Amendment.”
Sydney's New Art Exhibition Is A Interactive Heaven January 10, 2012 "Don't touch!" is the message we are used to seeing in art galleries. But one exhibition at Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art actively requires audience participation for it to work.	Will Helsinki Be New Site Of Art Museum? January 10, 2012 The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation on Tuesday proposed building a museum in the Finnish capital after a yearlong feasibility study.
Art Style Added To Tech Accessories January 9, 2012 TrendSource Distribution announced today an exclusive deal with Spain-based Bodino(TM) to make its gallery of consumer tech accessories available to U.S. retailers. The "Art of Friends" line, which features the work of 350 independent artists from around the world	New Hotel Designed By Space Invaders January 9. 2012 Hotel La Tour Birmingham, the flagship development in a new chain of city hotels, will be opening in March, with interior designs from Manchester consultancy Space Invaders and Hotel La Tour operations director Adrian Coleman
New Nazi Art Theft Movie Directed By George Clooney january 9, 2012 The Monuments Men, the true story of a hand-picked group of art experts chosen by the U.S. government to retrieve artwork stolen by the Nazis. Clooney is co-writing with his longtime producing partner Grant Heslov again as well.	Major Art Heist In Greece January 9, 2012 Thieves carried out a well-organized, pre-dawn heist at Greece's biggest state art museum on Monday, taking two oil paintings by 20th century masters Pablo Picasso and Piet Mondrian, police said.
Bomber Jacket Art January 7, 2012 For a year and a half, the 401st Air Expeditionary Group of the United States Army Air Force wreaked havoc on Nazi Germany.	Confucius Is Now A Robotic Art Piece January 7, 2012 The ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius has returned. Artist Zhang Huan opened a new art installation in Shanghai that features multiple interpretations of Confucius, including a giant, breathing robotic version.
Chinese Respect For Vancouver Artist January 7, 2012 In some ways, Chan Tinyan is going home. But in others, he is already there. Chan, one of the most celebrated artists in Canada's Chinese community, will be taking his collection of paintings to China for an exhibit at the Guangdong Institute of Fine Art - a school he left as a young man in 1962.	Will Fisk Art Deal Complete? January 7, 2012 Like a nervous couple at the altar, America’s newest art museum and one of the nation’s oldest historically black colleges are hoping a third party doesn’t disrupt their proposed union — again.
12 Things That Need To Vanish In The Art World January 6, 2012 It is 2012, but in the art world it is often still 1966. Some of the "traditions" underlying the business side of the gallery and museum world date back decades.	Jim Carrey The Artist? January 6, 2012 We'll be honest: when we heard that Jim Carrey was going to be having an art show with all his own original pieces, we were skeptical.
What Is An Art History Degree Worth? January 6, 2012 There’s nothing like a bunch of unemployed recent college graduates to bring out the central planner in parent-aged pundits.	Art As War In Russia January 6, 2012 An art collective put a phallus on a bridge and burnt a police truck on New Year’s Eve. Can they truly call their protests art?
Detroit Art Shows January 6, 2012 There are many options for Detroit area art-goers this weekend. Here are just three possibilities among the many choices available to those cruising for art over the next few days.	Art & Physics January 5, 2012 "The artist, with little or no awareness of what is going on in the field of physics, manages to conjur up images and metaphors that are strikingly appropriate when superimposed upon the conceptual framework of the physicist's later revisions of our ideas about physical reality."
New Home For Art In Victoria January 5, 2012 More than 50 works by nearly 30 artists will be on display at the Arts Centre at Cedar Hill, in the first show hosted by the Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria since the charity moved into its new space.	Duchess Champions Art Therapy Charity January 5, 2012 Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, has taken the first step toward carving out her own public role with the announcement Thursday of the U.K. charities she has chosen to support as patron.
The Emerging Cambodian Art Scene January 5, 2012 Vann Nath, one of just seven survivors of the Khmer Rouge's S 21 prison in Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh, now known as the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, explains a painting depicting torture at his exhibition in Phnom Penh	Global Online Art Sales Report Now Available January 4, 2012 Art dealers with an e-tailing or online auction presence are well-positioned to take advantage of consumers' preference for online shopping, according to a new report from IBISWorld.
Online Art Auctions Target China Art Market January 4, 2012 Artprice said it was preparing for the opening of its subsidiary and clean rooms in Hong Kong that will be a testing ground for the People's Republic of China and an entry point for Asia.	Lucky Art Dealer Gets 25 Months For Forgery January 4, 2011 Well-known art dealer Robert Lucky Jr. of New Orleans was sentenced Tuesday to 25 months in federal prison for selling forgeries of famed folk artist Clementine Hunter.
Art College Revived Online January 4, 2012 Chouinard Art Institute has come to life for the third time in 90 years	Art Student Hangs Own Painting In Famous Gallery January 4, 2012 Art student Andrzej Sobiepan didn't want to wait decades for his work to appear in museums. So he took matters in his own hands, covertly hanging one of his paintings in a major Polish gallery.
New Science Discovers Hidden Medieval Art January 3, 2012 Physicists help discover medieval art hidden beneath old plaster	Rebuilding Iraqi Art January 3, 2012 A statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad stands headless in 2003 after having been vandalized.
Solar Sculpture Art In Tuscon january 3, 2012 The Tucson Airport Authority has commissioned an interactive "solar sculpture" at the airport partly to celebrate the city's solar status.	Russian Art Group Attacks Police Van january 3, 2012 A spokesman for the radical art collective Voina on Monday announced that its members had broken into a St. Petersburg police station on New Year’s Eve and used gasoline bombs to incinerate a police vehicle used to transport prisoners.
The Art Of Arab Protest January 2, 2012 Arab Protesters Put Their Art On The Streets - The Art Newspaper	Alfred Steiglitz In New Jersey january 2, 2012 Featured at the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Legends & Landmarks
Art For Alzheimer's In Sacramento january 2, 2012 When she sits together with dementia patients, Tiffany Paige shows them small reprints of well-known art – for example, Vincent van Gogh's "Starry Night," with its curlicues of bright stars swirling over a valley where a tiny church is tucked between the hills.	Turning Rubble Into Art In Ireland Dublin Nighttime is when David Monahan stalks dark streets in search of Ireland’s “Generation Bailout,” the nickname for the current wave of young Irish emigrants who are fleeing financial crisis for far-flung countries.
Myanmar's Art Of Freedom Film Festival January 1, 2012 Artists in Myanmar are testing new freedoms through films shown at a festival that for the first time in the country's recent history were not censored.	Oklahoma Gallery Celebrates New Year January 1, 2012 Paseo art gallery JRB Art at The Elms will welcome 2012 with its ninth annual New Year’s Day exhibit and celebration from 1 to 6 p.m. today.
2012 Sees New bay Area Exhibitions January 1, 2012 "Strawberry," a 2002 work by critically esteemed Los Angeles painter and assemblagist Mark Bradford, is in a survey of his art.	Artist David Hockney Honored January 1, 2011 Artist David Hockney has been appointed a member of the prestigious Order of Merit by the Queen, Buckingham Palace announced today.
The Bubbles In Drinks Become Art December 31, 2011 New Year’s Eve is a time for merriment and drinking. Nothing rings in the new year like a glass of bubbly but have you ever wondered what exactly is going into our bodies as we sing Auld Lang Syne?	Scheming Art Dealer Convicted Of Theft December 31, 2011 St. Armands gallery owner Robert Preiss — while facing charges he stole high-end artwork — told prosecutors he had a blockbuster deal in the works that would let him pay back three collectors he had defrauded.
Mike Elsass In SF December 31, 2011 Art People Gallery, a premier destination among San Francisco art galleries, presents the latest works of internationally acclaimed contemporary artist Mike Elsass.	The Art Of Science December 31, 2011 Science can be beautiful. That's the message behind Princeton University's "Art of Science" competition, in which the school's students, faculty, research staff and alumni submit images made during scientific research that are also visually striking.
The Best Street Art Of 2011 December 30, 2011 Good art exists in more places than just galleries.	China Becomes Worlds Second Biggest Art Market In 2011 December 30, 2011 2011 was a year of blockbuster art shows and rising Chinese power in the art world.
Pakistani Art In Cincinnati December 30, 2011 Contemporary Arts Center devotes two gallery levels to exploring the method of miniaturist painting as a stylistic foundation of art in Pakistan and examining how art adapts to different environments and exists as a language with universal relevance.	The Art of Fusing a Hobby With A Job December 30, 2011 Dante DiBartolo, 41, has achieved what many artists only dream of accomplishing: making a full-time living from art.
Interpol Has An Eye For Russian Art December 29, 2011 Russian art rakes in millions at auctions the world over, but items can turn out to be illegally exported or stolen. Right now, Interpol is searching for nearly a thousand rare objects of art that have gone missing in Russia in the last two decades.	Art Show Celebrates Kwanzaa December 29, 2011 An annual art exhibition that has gone on display in Miami’s Liberty City community calls attention to the Kwanzaa principle of kuumba or creativity and seeks to celebrate black culture.
Dramatic Events Portrayed By Artist In London December 29, 2011 A newcomer to London celebrates the urban surprises of city art under dramatic events	Artsy Items From The Titanic To be Auctioned December 29, 2011 The owner of the largest trove of artifacts salvaged from the Titanic is putting the vast collection up for auction as a single lot in 2012, the 100th anniversary of the world's most famous shipwreck.
Young Norwegian Artist Ida Ekblad December 29, 2011 Ida Ekblad's Organ Invention consists of painted steel girders welded together into an awkward unicorn.	Arts Survive In Orlando December 29, 2011 Faith Arts Village is an outreach of Park Lake Presbyterian Church. It is open to artists of all faiths (or none).
$1.7 Billion In Art Auction Sales For 2011 December 28, 2011 The contemporary-art market surged by 35 percent in 2011’s auctions as an influx of wealthy buyers sought refuge from financial turmoil.	The Top Ten Interior Design Trends In 2012 December 28, 2011 According to celebrity interior designer Kelli Ellis, it’s going to be a very happy new year for many people who are redesigning their homes or updating rooms and spaces.
Artist James Rizzi 1950-2011 December 28, 2011 James Rizzi, a New York-born and based pop artist best known for his playful and childlike three-dimensional sculptures, has died. He was 61	Oklahoma City Museum Of Art Reopens Chihuly Collection December 28, 2011 OKC Museum of Art to celebrate the New Year with the grand reopening of its Chihuly collection “Illuminations: Rediscovering the Art of Dale Chihuly” will debut Saturday during downtown Oklahoma City’s Opening Night 2012 Festivities.
Two Like-Minded Artists Pass On December 28, 2011 It is strange that the sculptor John Chamberlain and the painter Helen Frankenthaler should have died within a week of each other — he on Dec. 21, and she on Tuesday — considering that they occupy such similar positions within the history of American art. Both emerged in the 1950s and provided crucial links between art styles, specifically helping to forge the transition from Abstract Expressionism to what lay beyon	Hidden Messages In Renaissance Art? December 27, 2011 Court painters of the 15th and 16th centuries often deployed visual tricks to demonstrate their mastery of the form
Art: 2011 Showed Us New Ways To See Things December 27, 2011 It was a year when eyes opened a bit wider, when images from Earth and space and the enigmatic microverse of quantum physics expanded our field of vision – and the spread of new means of communication made those images more accessible and shareable than ever before.	This Art Grows On Me! December 27, 2011 Brazilian artist Henrique Oliveira makes his sculptures from PVC frames covered with peeled wood, although they appear to be growing out of the walls.
Pop Art And Pop Culture On Television December 27, 2011 One must give executive producer Sarah Jessica Parker credit for attempting to fuse fine art and reality TV.	Asbestos Exposure In New Art Museum December 27, 2011 ABOUT 400 construction workers have been exposed to asbestos while completing work on Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art in the past year.
Can You Be Sued for Including a Real Person in Your Painting? December 26, 2011 What could seem more natural and time-honored? An artist takes an easel and paint set out to a field (a park, a beach, the woods, a city street -- whatever) and paints the view.	Controversial Dutch artist Johannes Heesters dies at 108 December 26, 2011 Johannes Heesters, a controversial operetta singer who became famous in Nazi Germany and who was considered one of the world’s oldest performing artists, died on Saturday aged 108, his agency said.
British Museum Houses Range Of Important Finds December 26, 2011 A Viking coin, dated between AD 900 and 910, of a previously unrecorded type believed to be carrying the name of an otherwise unknown Viking ruler in northern England, is displayed with other coins at the British Museum in London.	Walmart Funded Art Museum Opens December 26, 2011 The Crystal Bridges Museum Of American Art Gets Off To A Grand Start
The Inspirations Of Female Patrons Of The Arts December 25, 2011 A lot of female patrons have worked to establish the arts and culture scene in Texas, from Ima Hogg, whose influence was widely felt in the Houston art community, to Velma Fuller Kimbell, who endowed a remarkable portion of her fortune to building Fort Worth’s Kimbell Art Museum	Indian Politician's Rare Paintings Auctioned December 25, 2011
Washington Exhibit Features Chinese Art December 25, 2011 he Art of Zhen, Shan, Ren International Exhibition, consisting of 36 works by six award-winning artists, has a historical mission, says its founder, painter and sculptor Zhang Kunlun.	Metropolitan Museum of Art Donatello to Bellini December 25, 2011 The old man gazes benevolently at the angelic boy on his lap. Outside the window, a winding road disappears into the distance.
New Art Project In Scotland December 24, 2011 New £15,000 arts project for John O' Groats Artists decorated the exterior of the John O'Groats Hotel to highlight the revamp Artists are being invited to bid for a contract to provide works of art along the coast near John O'Groats.	Massive Cultural Funding Program In EU. December 24, 2011 The €1.8bn allocated for culture comes at a time of worsening economic crisis across the Eurozone
Illusions, Investments and Imitation Art December 24, 2011 These were our highlights this week. What were yours?	Woodmere Art Museum December 24, 2011 Woodmere Art Museum, located in Philadelphia’s Chestnut Hill Section, is home to more than 3,000 pieces of art, and Director and CEO Bill Valerio says the collection tells the story of the Philadelphia art scene.
London Art Trade Threatened? December 23, 2011 From New Year, dealers and auctioneers must pay artists' heirs up to 4% of the sale price of works sold for more than €1,000	Auto Work Of Art Up For Auction December 23, 2011 “Crude” might be a charitable word to characterize the early Chevrolet Corvette. The first few were actually hand-built in a garage in Flint, Mich., and the fit and finish of those early 1953 models, as one Chevrolet engineer remarked shortly after its construction, was “not commercially acceptable.” Yet the fiberglass-body cars were pushed onto dealers, who in some cases apologetically offered them at discounted prices.
Art For The Soul Of Florence December 23, 2011 he latest of the works Rucellai had commissioned was Leon Battista Alberti’s façade for Santa Maria Novella, substantially completed three years earlier, and on which he had the architect emblazon Rucellai’s own name, in case future generations should be in any doubt as to who had put up the money for this the first façade in the new, classically derived style in Florence.	Trash Becomes Trees In Ohio December 23, 2011 When the email goes out to North Union schools staff to begin saving items such as paper towel rolls, a big art project probably is coming up in the high school art room.
Cities Decide To Protect Public Art December 23, 2011 In 1996, Atlanta installed 18 pieces of public artwork as part of preparations for the Summer Olympics. Since then, almost half of the bronze plaques identifying that artwork have gone missing, says Robert Witherspoon, the project supervisor for the city's public art program.	John Chamberlain: He Made Art From Scrap December 22, 2011 New York, NY - John Chamberlain, who almost singlehandedly gave automotive metal a place in the history of sculpture, smashing and twisting together a poetic fusion of Abstract Expressionism and Pop from fenders, fins, bumpers and hoods, died on Wednesday in Manhattan.
Entire US Road Network As A Subway Map? December 22, 2011 As a graphic designer for nearly 20 years, Cameron Booth credits his deep and abiding love for transit maps to his dad's obsession with trains	Randy Bacon's Photographs Include Cancer Survivors December 22, 2011 A child poses for a portrait for Randy Bacon's "Sweet Life: Cancer's Unexpected Lessons" series, which profiles cancer survivors. Below: Young men are shown in a portrait by Randy Bacon, whose exhibit continues at his gallery through January.
The Art of The Mini Coopers December 22, 2011 Just when you thought Mini Coopers couldn’t get more quirky, surrealist artist (and former senior art director for VH1 Latin America) Aleloop, aka Alejandra Leibovich, art-wrapped some of the small cars in Miami earlier this month.	"Work of Art" End Of Season Finale December 22, 2011 Work of Art concluded its second season Wednesday night with an hour that typified what made this season so frustrating.
The Best And Worst Auction Results Of 2011 December 21, 2011 The 2011 auction year has seen its ups and downs, as auction houses struggled against the tide of repeated economic distress in the stock market.	Russian Enamels Donated To Art Museum December 21, 2011 Hundreds of Russian enamels collected over decades by a Washington arts patron have been given to the Walters Art Museum, which said Tuesday that the gift reaffirms its position as a leading center for the study of Russian art.
New Art Reviewing Tool December 21, 2011 Online retailer Zazzle has launched Realview, a tool that gives users the ability to visualize how posters, prints and canvases will look on their walls before they buy them.	Young Sun Han…the next great artist? December 21, 2011 As one of two Chicago-based artist on the current season of Bravo’s Work of Art: The Next Great Artist, Young Sun Han has been kicking ass (in the nicest way possible) all season long.
2011's Greatest Art Exhibitions December 20, 2011 Leonardo da Vinci at the National Gallery was the finest show, but smaller exhibitions proved they can be just as rewarding.	$1.5 Sculpture Stolen December 20, 2011 Rising Price of Scrap Metal Fuels Spate of Stolen Modern Masterpieces
Oil Paintings? December 20, 2011 The Tate is renewing its sponsorship deal with BP – shock, horror, how dare they.	US Uses Art and Music To Help Soldiers December 20, 2011 The US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan etched scenes of violence and death into the memories of hundreds of thousands of soldiers. Now, military researchers are exploring whether writing, art and music can sooth veterans seared by wartime trauma.
Fayetteville Museum of Art To Dissolve? December 20, 2011 Board members for the Fayetteville Museum of Art plan to quietly dissolve their 40-year-old organization as early as this week, an official said Monday.	Six Million Potential Art Buyers In England Alone December 20, 2011 Eight years ago, Arts Council England (ACE) published Taste Buds, a report that surveyed more than 6,000 artists, buyers, dealers and galleries to find out how the UK art market could be developed. Taste Buds found that 5.9 million people aspire to buy original art, by artists living or dead, but have yet to buy.
Artists New Year's Resolutions? December 19, 2011 Creative artistry is a flowering plant that must be continually nurtured. Artistic coach and author Brian K. Hemphill offers nine New Year's resolutions writers, visual artists, and performers can make to reinvigorate their artistry.	A Magnetic Art Project December 19, 2011 While I find that I like my ferrite-based Kickstarter art projects to be a bit more automatic, the Ferrite Interactive Liquid Sculpture is still pretty cool.
Art and the Immigration Debate December 19, 2011 The walls and floors of the small Arizona Latino Arts and Cultural Center in downtown Phoenix are covered with modern and traditional art by Hispanic and indigenous artists in the Valley and from Central and South America.	Michael Jackson's Taste In Art Auctioned December 19, 2011 Antique furniture, art and musical instruments – all pricey items. But if they used to belong to the King of Pop the competition among the bidders gets tough. The interior of Michael Jackson’s home has fetched over $1 million at Julien's Auctions
Newly Discovered Frith Painting Sold At Auction December 18, 2011 A lost William Powell Frith painting, which was found in a beach house, has sold for £505,250 setting a world record for the artist.	The Brain and Art Perception December 18, 2011 Do you think you know what you are looking at? Maybe you do, maybe you don’t! Consider the exhibition of real and ‘fake’ Rembrandt works (some of which were produced in his atelier by apprentices and students). Are responses to art conditioned? Is art ‘lesser’ if we find out it is not original?
Controversy Over Museum Brings Sadness December 18, 2011 Developer Jorge Pérez is saddened by the controversy surrounding his $35 million naming gift to the MAM	Art Is The Favored Investment In Asia December 18, 2011 In a spacious, luxury apartment perched on the leafy hills of Hong Kong, Kai-Yin Lo browses through a trove of Chinese art acquired over several decades, reflecting how her niche, scholarly pursuit has now hit the mainstream.
Art Royalty Bill Introduced December 17, 2011 A bill would require large auction houses to pay 7% on sales over $10,000 of works by living artists or dead artists whose works are not yet in the public domain. Half the proceeds would go into an art acquisition fund for nonprofit museums.	The Story Of Jackson Pollock Forgeries December 17, 2011 Years before federal authorities opened their forgery inquiry into a cache of Modernist paintings handled by high-end art dealers, the Knoedler Gallery agreed to refund $2 million to a client who had questioned the authenticity of one of the works, according to court testimony this week.
Art and the Canadian Carbon Footprint December 17, 2011 Franke James is a Canadian artist with deep concerns about her country’s outsize contribution to resource waste and the building accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.	The Northern Art Prize Attains Highest Standards december 17, 2011 The Northern Art Prize 2011 exhibition takes place at Leeds Art Gallery from 25 November 2011 to 19 February 2012. The winner will be announced on 19 January 2012 and will receive £16,500, with each of the runners up receiving £1,500.
A Marriage Of Art and Science December 17, 2011 The Art Center College of Design reviews the effect that scientific knowledge shapes our world view.	Limits On Leonardo At National Gallery December 16, 2011 In an attempt to enhance the viewing experience limits on entry will be enforced at London's National Gallery
Letterman And Art? December 16, 2011	Art And Philosophy December 16, 2011 As a philosophy professor who teaches an aesthetic class every spring semester, I was pleased to see two of my interests merge (like a fireball merging into a pack of gnolls).
Mountain Dew Offers Art For Facebook Profiles December 16, 2011 As Facebook rolls out Timeline worldwide Thursday, at least one marketer, Mountain Dew, is attempting to get in on the action.	Art And Toys December 16, 2011 Harry Griffith's toymaker shop in Columbia has survived two floods, a fire and a beating from Hurricane Katrina.
Win A Trip To The Northern Arts Awards december 16, 2011 The Northern Art Prize is a prestigious prize for contemporary artists of any age, working in any media and living in the North of England. Each year a number of artists are selected by a panel of industry professionals for the quality and creativity of their work at this point in their careers	Look! A Pink Snail Art! december 16, 2011 While sightings of Santa and his reindeer are on display at many a South Florida doorstep, a leading, boutique wealth management firm has decided to share in the holiday spirit in a very unique and environmentally conscious way: through the exposition of art made with recyclable plastic.
Women Artists In Turkey December 15, 2011 “Dream and Reality,” a show at the Istanbul Modern art museum, pairs “nearly forgotten” painters from the Ottoman era with some of the most intriguing artists in Turkey today.	QWERTY Walls? December 15, 2011 Have you ever looked at your bedroom wall and felt that it was a few thousand keys short of the perfect decoration?
Architect Chosen For Stanford Collection December 15, 2011 Having been given a prized collection of contemporary American art earlier this year, Stanford University on Wednesday announced plans for a new $30.5-million museum to house it.	Dishes Looted From Iraq For Art Project Returned December 15, 2011 Over the last several years, as cultural patrimony cases have roiled the art world, federal marshals have made surprise visits to numerous American museums and galleries to cart away artifacts that foreign governments claimed were looted.
Art/Writing Therapy For Brain Damaged Soldiers December 14, 2011 The Arts Endowment is announcing Wednesday that its Operation Homecoming writing program will be offered for the first time as part of a formal military treatment program.	Huge Art Event At Bergamot Station Santa Monica December 16, 2011 A holiday art walk at the Santa Monica complex, planned and debated since summer, will include DJs, food trucks, carols and, of course, plenty of art.
Elizabeth Taylor's Art & Jewelry For Auction December 14, 2011 The glittering gems, fabulous clothes, accessories and memorabilia amassed by Elizabeth Taylor are up for sale -- but any would-be buyers had better have some deep pockets.	Damien Hirst Returns December 14, 2011 Just as the financial markets were heading for disaster in 2008, the British artist Damien Hirst snubbed his dealers and persuaded Sotheby’s here to sell 223 primarily new artworks.
Stefano Benazzo at Rakursi gallery december 13, 2011 An exhibition of sculptures by Italian artist Stefano Benazzo as well as two Bulgarian artists, Valentin Angelov and Petko Arnaudov, starts on December 14 at the Rakursi gallery and runs until January 3.	Solvang Artist Sets Sail With The Coastguard December 13, 2011 Solvang artist Ron Guthrie is being deployed on the Coast Guard’s newest national security cutter, the Stratton, to collect “reference material” for future paintings that will be submitted to the Coast Guard Art Collection.
He Paints With Glass December 13, 2011 Paul Boehmke lifts the lid to his working kiln and peers in, like a kid looking for candy.	Functional Glass Art December 13, 2011 Glass sculptor Justin Cavagnaro, a staple in the local art community, designs graceful pieces to complement any home.
Affordable Art In Newark December 13, 2011 The Licking County Arts Gallery in downtown Newark isn't teeming with the bustle of a major department store during the holiday shopping rush.	$83 Million For Vase Still Owed One Year After Art Auction December 13, 2011 The most expensive Chinese work of art at auction is still not paid for, more than a year after it was bid to 51.6 million pounds ($83 million).
Banksy Leaves A New Art Mark In London Decmber 12, 2011 The street artist Banksy has recently left a new painting in the streets of London.	Interior Designer Francois Frossard Creates Nes Restaurant December 12, 2011 Owner Timo Kipp hired a power team to spearhead the elegant project including executive chef Frederic Joulin and interior designer Francois Frossard.
Welder Welds Art December 12, 2011 There's a dragon in Dan McCauley's front yard.	Frank Gehry Grammy Poster Art December 12, 2011 Frank Gehry, Poster Designer?: The world’s most famous living concert hall designer has taken on another music-related task: designing the official poster for the 54th Grammy Awards
Art Buses December 12, 2011 Six TARTA buses are wrapped and it's a display of poetry and design.	Art And The Comic Books December 12, 2011 New York’s Rubin Museum features an exhibition featuring comic book heroes and villains.
Kansas Auction Raises $3.2 Million For Gallery December 11, 2011 The recent sale of an oil painting by American modernist Marsden Hartley for $3.2 million, the second highest price fetched for a Hartley painting, has brought an unexpected windfall and some criticism for the small central Kansas gallery that sold the piece.	Sally Clark Remembers Artist Lucian Freud December 11, 2011 Mr Freud started coming to the little cafe at the back of my shop about 15 years ago. I didn't know it then, but he worked close by in a studio in Holland Park, so we were quite convenient for him
Barbara Polster's Art Is In Pieces December 11, 2011 Barbara Polster works in the sunroom at the front of her Cleveland Heights apartment, a space so small you could put the whole studio inside a walk-in closet in a typical suburban McMansion, with room to spare.	Seattle Asian Art Museum Highlights Kamekichi Tokita and Kenjiro Nomura, December 11, 2011 The roller-coaster geography of urban Seattle would seem a powerful draw for any artist. The city's multilevel intersections, its bridges crossing both waterways and ravines, its blufftop street corners that seem to teeter on an abyss — all have an invigorating visual appeal.
DIY Art december 11, 2011 Sandra Elliott, an interior designer and painter, will be working on several of the 365 paintings she is seeking to complete before the end of the year to benefit the Free the Children organization that builds schools in Africa.	Art About Us Opens December 11, 2011 Linda Warren has moved to a larger, more handsome space, better for showing art, right around the corner from where she was. The gallery smells great with newly stained surfaces and the oil paintings by Emmett Kerrigan, who's hitting full speed with his new body of work.
100 Years Of New Orleans Museum Of Art december 11, 2011 Next weekend, the New Orleans Museum of Art is throwing itself a marathon 100th birthday party with concerts by Irvin Mayfield and Amanda Shaw, a roaring midnight DJ set by Mr. Quintron in the Great Hall, a second-line, yoga classes, movies and tours of some of the museum’s 35,000-piece permanent collection.	Chelsea Art Show December 10, 2011 For those looking to get a taste of Christmas Past, a Chelsea art exhibit is bringing some of the holiday's artifacts back to life. NY1's Zack Fink filed the following report.
Burning Man Features Architectural Art December 10, 2011 I've been going to Burning Man for many years, and each time I've struggled to figure out a good way to make a home in the desert that's shaded, ventilated, stylish, and comfortable.	Art aids animals: Students' paintings depict dogs' plight December 10, 2011 This weekend, a group of Dutchess Day School students are using swirling brush strokes in vibrant colors to spread knowledge about the plight of shelter animals, specifically pets that are abused, abandoned and euthanized.
Glasgow Artists get Boost December 9, 2011 Today sees the formal completion of a £3.5 million warehouse regeneration programme in Glasgow which will earn £69 million for Scotland’s economy.	German Artists, India And Hip-Hop Graffiti? December 9, 2011 A 50-yard stretch of a boundary wall behind the German Embassy overlooking the Nehru Park in the posh diplomatic enclave in the capital has become a live hip-hop graffiti art memorial.
Am I An Artist? December 9, 2011 I think about art all the time, I've won awards, I've gotten praise, but I'm afraid making art is selfish	The Worlds Ugliest Public Art December 9. 2011 It used to be that if you needed to perk up a street or park, a statue of a mustachioed general on horseback or a goddess in a toga would do nicely. But these days, being pretty or handsome just isn't enough of a goal for public art, which is variably gigantic, stridently eclectic, borderline tasteless or some combination of all those things. If that means bringing the ugly, so be it.
Oklahoma City Museum of Art working to reinstall Chihuly exhibit December 9, 2011 Oklahoma City Museum of Art working to reinstall Chihuly exhibit The grand reopening, “Illuminations: Rediscovering the Art of Dale Chihuly,” is set for New Year’s Eve during the Opening Night 2012 festivities	Museum Needs Help! December 9, 2011 "Open up and reach out" could serve as a useful mantra for anyone hoping to land the director's job at the Springfield Art Museum.
Google Celebrates Mexican Artist's 125th Birthday Decmber 8, 2011 Google's Thursday homepage doodle honors the 125th birthday of Mexican artist Diego Rivera, who was known for his elaborate and politically charged murals, as well as his turbulent relationship with artist wife Frida Kahlo.	The National Veterans Art Museum December 8, 2011 The National Veterans Art Museum inspires greater understanding of the real impact of war with a focus on Vietnam. The museum collects, preserves and exhibits art inspired by combat and created by veterans.
Moffett Field museum hosts art exhibit, Pearl Harbor survivors on anniversary of attacks December 8, 2011 On Dec. 7, 1941, Warren Upton was two decks down when the first torpedo hit the USS Utah. As the former radioman and his peers scrambled up a ladder to escape, the second torpedo hit.	Warhol's "Empire" Added To Skyline December 8, 2011 If you look up at the Aon Center Friday night and think you see the Empire State Building, don't worry that someone slipped something into your drink.
"Work Of Art" TV Show Recap December 8, 2011 “It’s time to sell out,” host China Chow told the remaining six artists on this week’s Work of Art. Of course, some would say they sold out when they signed on to Work of Art.	The First U.K. Arts Index December 7, 2011 Why do we need art at all? Well, because it makes us laugh, and cry, and think. Because in a recession it's important to do things together. And for another reason: because in the UK we're really, really good at it – and it's a profitable industry. We don't make many things in this country any more, but we do make world class art.
Yugoslavian Magazine Features Retro Cover Art December 7, 2011 If you like your art metaphysical, trippy and full of science fiction style then you’ll love this gallery of retro cover art from Yugoslavian science mag Galaksija. Flickr user Yugodrom has a huge gallery for you to peruse at the link below. They’ll take your mind on a wild ride, no controlled substances required	Lawrence Third-Grader Wins National Art Contest December 7, 2011 McGraw-Hill Education’s “This is My Math” student art contest engaged students in grades K-5 in the real-world use of math outside of the classroom.
Occupied By Art December 7, 2011 The Occupy movement is full of quickly scribbled homemade signs, but as the online gallery at occuprint.org reveals, the protesters have more than a few graphic designers in their ranks.	Daring Art Heist Goes Un-Czeched December 7, 2011 He may be one of the most sought-after painters you have never heard of, but Emil Filla's name is doing the rounds of newsrooms and international art-loss registers following an audacious theft of his works from a collection in the Czech Republic.
Art Museum Renaming Stirs Debate December 7, 2011 The Jorge M. Perez Art Museum of Miami-Dade County is the latest publicly-funded cultural institution to be renamed following a significant gift from a local benefactor.	SoCal Artists Win $50,000 Of Grants December 6, 2011 Several prominent artists from Southern California have won fellowships from the United States Artists organization.
Mike Bloomberg's Girlfriend Punishes Sotheby's Art Handlers December 6, 2011 Last week two of the 43 locked-out art handlers confronted Sotheby's boardmember Diana Taylor—girlfriend of New York City general mayor Mike Bloomberg—during a public meeting.	Art Group Faces Eviction In Albany December 6, 2011 The Upstate Artists Guild is facing eviction from its Lark Street home of five years after failing to pay rent for four months, representatives said.
Martin Boyce Wins Turner Prize December 6, 2011 Martin Boyce last night won the Turner Prize, the U.K.’s top contemporary-art award, beating contenders known for crafting artworks out of plastic sheeting, lipstick and overhead projectors.	Miami Art Week Updates December 6, 2011 Miami Art Week is back and it's bigger, weirder, gaudier and more fascinating than any tabloid or socialite coverage might suggest.
Art Happenings In Europe For December December 5, 2011 Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum, in collaboration with the Kunsthaus Zurich, explores the varied depictions of winter in Western art in a show three years in the making, with 180 works from 1450 to the present from Bruegel to Beuys, Van Goyen to Van Gogh and Monet to Munch. Untill January 8.	Art and the Brain December 5, 2011 What is art? What does art reveal about human nature? The trend these days is to approach such questions in the key of neuroscience.
The Puzzle Of Art December 5, 2011 Orlando artist Parker Sketch sees art as a puzzle.	A Picture Of Homelessness December 5, 2011 The streets of Pueblo have spoken and they have a lot to say.
Contemporary Art World Eyes Britain's Turner Prize December 5, 2011 Britain's Turner Prize, one of the world's top contemporary art honours, is awarded later on Monday, and for only the second time in its 27-year history the ceremony will be held outside London.	Emerging Artists And The Challenges Of Exhibiting December 4, 2011 The equation in the art world seems to be this: There are too many artists and not enough galleries.
Color And Interior Design December 4, 2011 Calgary designer Alykhan Velji likes dreaming in Technicolor - so if anyone can complete that herculean task, then he's as good a bet as any other interior designer in Western Canada.	$17 Million Forgery December 4, 2011 Patricia Cohen has uncovered the art-world scandal of the year: it seems as though Knoedler, the 164-year-old Upper East Side institution, closed abruptly on Wednesday in large part to protect itself against a $17 million lawsuit from Pierre Lagrange. Lagrange spent that sum on a Pollock which he then discovered contained two paints which had not been manufactured until after Pollock died. And now it seems that Knoedler regularly sold AbEx paintings procured by Glafira Rosales with the vaguest of provenance:
Rembrandt And X-Rays December 4, 2011 The experts turned to the modern science of x-ray imaging for answers. The scientific work showed an unfinished self-portrait by Rembrandt under the paint surface.	Art Prices Rise At Basel December 4, 2011 Leaving the dark days of the financial crisis well behind them, art collectors appear to be gaining confidence and scooping up more expensive pieces. Forget that red drip: the price remains $2.8 million.
Show Asks "What Is Art?" December 4, 2011 "My 3-year-old could do that!" I've heard this countless times while teaching Art 101 to college students about contemporary art and also while visiting galleries where such work is displayed.	Canadian Art Education December 3, 2011 It’s D-day at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, though hundreds of students and faculty at the 124-year old university won’t know what that means for weeks, if not months.
Illegal Operations Close Art Fair December 3, 2011 A South Beach hotel owner, Rod Eisenberg, was arrested Friday afternoon charged with allegedly operating a fair and also a hotel, Sadigo Court Hotel & Suites, 334 20th Street , according to Miami Beach police.	Bray gets $148,000 grant for artist residencies December 3, 2011 The Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts announced Friday it has received a two-year grant, totaling $148,800, from the Windgate Charitable Foundation.
Top Arts Cities Rated December 3, 2011 The creative culture guru and best-selling author of "The Rise of the Creative Class" should therefore have known better, Loveland's arts boosters and others say, in compiling his list of America's 10 top arts communities.	Storytelling In Japanese Art December 2, 2011 The show contains more than 100 works that span mostly from the 13th to the 19th centuries.
Blind Photographer Realizes His Vision For Art December 2, 2011 Craig Royal, a fine art photographer, was born with vision loss due to a congenital form of optic atrophy	Miami Art Museum Has A $35 Million Name December 2 2011 Joining the ranks of major givers in Miami, developer Jorge Pérez has pledged to donate $35 million in cash and art from his personal collection to the new Miami Art Museum, which will bear his name when it opens in two years
Asia Benefits From Art Fairs December 2, 2011 This year’s announcement that the owner of the Art Basel fairs had purchased a 60 percent stake in ArtHK was widely seen as having cemented the legitimacy of the Asian art market.	Art Theft Suspect In Court December 2, 2011 A wine steward suspected of a string of brazen art thefts was headed to a New York court Friday to face charges after serving time in California for stealing a Picasso pencil sketch, a person briefed on the investigation said.
A Prisoner Of Art December 1, 2011 Edmund Clark is a photographer whose work has included photographs of Guantanamo Bay and young offenders in Britain.	Philadelphia Artist Visits Gallery December 1, 2011 Veteran Philadelphia artist Daniel Dallmann, who has artwork in the collections of the Philadelphia Art Museum, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the National Museum of American Art and the Yale University Art Museum - among several other prominent public and corporate collections - will be featured in the Grey Art Gallery's "From Life" exhibition for the month of December.
Art Gallery Closes Doors After 165 Years December 1, 2011 After 165 years, Knoedler & Company, one of the oldest and most prestigious art galleries in the country, is permanently closing its doors.	Asian Art Sells For $367 Million December 1, 2011 Auction house Christie's sold $367 million worth of Asian and Chinese art, paintings, jewellery and watches in its just concluded Asia sales series in Hong Kong on Wednesday even as financial markets remain volatile from Europe's debt woes.
Jennifer Lopez Commercial Upsets Graffiti Artist November 30, 2011 Jennifer Lopez may be the one driving the Fiat in that commercial, but graffiti legends TATS Cru say they’re the ones being taken for a ride.	Interior Designer Lenny Kravitz November 30, 2011 It was recently announced that Kravitz has been pegged to design a 10,000-square-foot floor at Toronto’s Bisha Hotel.
Fine Art and Video Games November 30, 2011 Over the Thanksgiving break Adam Sessler went up to San Francisco to visit his family and got to spend some time at a few museums. After looking at all the pretty pictures, video games kept popping into his head and he couldn't figure out why.	Art For World Aids Day November 30, 2011 More than one million people in the U.S. are living with HIV with one in five being unaware of their infection and 50,000 more are becoming infected each year.
Miami Is Now An International Art Destination November 30, 2011 A decade ago, Miami was considered a tropical beach paradise but hardly an international arts oasis. In fact, after the violent Miami Vice-style scenes of the 1980s and 90s, followed by the Elián González fiasco and the Flori-duh images of the presidential vote recount in 2000, the Magic City was better known, fairly or not, as a cultural wasteland whose most exalted aesthetic expression was plastic surgery.	Interior Designer Graces New Yacht November 29, 2011 Lady Linda Launched at Trinity Yachts
Jillian Frederick Reaches RAWward Semi-Finals November 29, 2011 Find out what inspires Frederick and what projects she's currently working on.	American Artists In Zimbabwe November 29, 2011 Graffiti artist, Maxx Moses, arrived in Bulawayo on Sunday as part of a US Embassy programme to raise awareness about HIV and Aids through street art.
Will Museum Be Saved? November 29, 2011 Artists from Ewing and elsewhere will be at the Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie Trenton this December, selling their wares in the empty gallery where many of them once displayed their work, in hopes of raising money to help the museum stay open in the “Save Ellarslie Holiday Boutique.”	Is Miami Now The City Of Art? November 29, 2011 This city has worn many tags through the decades: It has been a place to honeymoon and retire, to buy cocaine and dodge bullets, to sample Little Havana and party all night. But art was never high on the to-do list.
Early Walt Disney Drawing For Sale November 28, 2011 Long-lost works by Walt Disney are suddenly sprouting like the bits of a chopped-up broom brought magically to life.	Foreigners Finally Welcome At Moscow Museums November 28, 2011 Equality of the nations is about to be introduced in the Russian capital: Moscow authorities have finally decided to put a stop to discrimination against foreigners visiting the city’s museums.
Gesamtkunstwerk: New Art From Germany November 28, 2011 All credit to Charles Saatchi. He has bought (and sold) enough international art of late to mount museum-scale shows that bring entire nations into some kind of focus for a British audience. He began with America, then moved to China, India and various countries of the Middle East and is now exhibiting the work of 24 artists from Germany on all three floors of his gallery.	The "Dot" Still Ethralls SH Raza November 28. 2011 He's spent over four decades exploring the 'bindu' — or the dot — central to Indian spiritual iconography, and Syed Haider Raza, one of the country's last few surviving masters of contemporary art, is yet to tire of the 'razabindu' — as the dot on his canvas is described by critics.
Wow! Traffic Cones As Art? November 28, 2011	Druick's Passion For Art Yields Results November 28, 2011 Douglas Druick is the new head of the Art Institute.
A Working Artist's Portrait November 27, 2011 Award-winning artist Carl Childs is expanding his skills by pursuing an associate degree of fine art at Gaston College.	Mural Artist Wanted Noember 27, 2011 The city of Indio has found the perfect spot for the city's next large mural. Now city officials need to find an artist whose idea is in sync with their vision
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts used Architem to design settings for its collections. November 27, 2011 MONTREAL - Ever try to hang a painting on a wall and wonder why it doesn’t speak to you as clearly as the day it came into your life? Maybe the problem is the painting is competing for attention with the room or the objects in it.	What Is The Art Trend Today? There Isn't One According To Experts November 27, 2011 Looking for orientation as the vast aesthetic whirlwind of Art Basel descends on Miami, we asked a half-dozen art world players what they consider the most compelling trends today.
Interior Design: Home once owned by Liberace retains a flamboyant style November 26, 2011 Some Coachella Valley neighborhoods boast an abundance of star-kissed homes. And even among those, some shine brighter than others.	Is Art Laughing At Us? November 26, 2011 The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is getting a new addition: a 340-ton boulder that will be suspended over a 456-foot slot dug into the earth. Today, the LA Times documents the mind-boggling logistics and expense of moving this piece of commonplace granite from a quarry in Riverside to a Wilshire Boulevard trench.
Artists Interpretation Of The Human Form November 26, 2011 The study of the human form has fascinated artists and those who appreciate art since the beginning of time.	Art Therapy Is Buckets Of Fun! November 26, 2011 Every Monday, Mario Barela heads to a domestic violence shelter on the west side of Phoenix to teach children of abused women how to drum. Their instruments are old paint buckets. They circle up in the cafeteria of the shelter as Barela leads.
Art And Occupy L.A. November 25, 2011 Artists Elana Mann and Juliana Snapper brought two big, flesh-colored papier-mâché ears and a handful of poster-board signs with ears drawn on them down to the tarp-covered library at Occupy L.A.	London 2012: Bells to ring in arts festival November 25, 2011 Stonehenge, The Giant's Causeway and other iconic heritage sites will be transformed by art installations as part of the 12-week festival.
Drink To This? November 25, 2011 Intoxicating Art: Erwin Wurm's "Drinking Sculptures" Will Get Viewers Sloshed at Miami's Bass Museum.	Art And Ethics Questions November 25, 2011 A Michigan State University professor’s photographs that show him posing with students both nude and in various states of dress have prompted questions about art and ethics among some associated with the school.
Where Is The Mother Teresa? November 25, 2011 The Mother Teresa’s vanished. There’s a mystery in New York’s fine-arts world centering on a missing painting of the iconic holy woman that was owned by the Indian textile baron who financed the Tommy Hilfiger global clothing empire.	Delaware artist redeems refuse and creates beauty November 24, 2011 Rehoboth Beach artist Gary Crowl makes driftwood collages in his home studio.
World Aids Day Supported By Artists November 24, 2011 An art exhibition designed to celebrate World Aids Day 2011 will feature a collection of works by international artists and benefit a London charity.	Fort Collins Lincoln Center Gallery Features Innovative Landscapes November 24, 2011 Gregory Euclide of Maryland meshes materials from the land like small trees and branches with man-made materials to create 3D landscapes.
15-Year-Old Homeless Girl Finds Solace In Art November 23, 2011 Inocente is a 15-year-old girl who has spent the last 9 years homeless in San Diego.	Graffitti Artists At Work In Egypt November 23, 2011 Graffiti in Egypt and Tunisia has been used as a popular form of expression during the revolution in the respective countries.
Zimbabwe Art Censorship November 23, 2011 Zimbabwean artists were startled recently after a senior government representative told them the state would subject artworks to even further censorship.	Let It Bleed Art November 23, 2011 The original artwork from Rolling Stones album Let It Bleed - which included a cake created by Delia Smith - is to be sold for up to $60,000.
Is David Hockney Britain's Most Influential Artist? November 23, 2011 David Hockney is the most influential British artist of all time, according to a poll of 1,000 British painters and sculptors. Neither Damien Hirst nor Tracey Emin made the top 10 in a nationwide survey that is both revealing and damning for the Young British Artists.	You Will Produce Great Art! November 22, 2011 Great times call for great writers and artists, and the people expect great literary and artistic works, President Hu Jintao said Tuesday while speaking to an audience of 3,300 who represent the country's literary and art circles.
2,398 Pieces Of Wallpaper? November22, 2011 Having grown up in a household with a mother more prone to "bright-orange living spaces" than drab, colorless interiors, NYC-based interior designer Doug Meyer (along with his brother and business partner, Gene) transformed his one-bedroom Manhattan rental by applying 2,398 sheets of 8.5x11.5-inch paper	Durham To Proceed With Arts Program November 22, 2011 The Durham City Council passed a resolution Monday night to devote up to one percent of the proposed General Capital Improvement Project (CIP) annual budget to the installation of public art at CIP sites and other locations around the city
60 Years Later, Stolen Art returns To Germany November 22, 2011 A painting stolen from Berlin in the chaotic aftermath of WWII, and subsequently sold to the Indiana University Art Museum, is finally on its way back to Germany after years of investigation.	Picasso Art Theft Boosts San Fran Gallery November 22, 2011 The notorious heist of Picasso’s 1965 pencil drawing “Tête de Femme” has brought so much foot traffic to the Weinstein Gallery that keeping it on display is more valuable than the art itself
Occupy Posters Join Long Lineage Of Resistance Art November 21, 2011 Like protest posters of decades past, some of those arising as Occupy pokes its way into new corners of the national consciousness are destined to become iconic.	Pepper Spray Cop In Art Classics November 21. 2011 Lt. John Pike, the U.C. Davis campus police officer who pepper-sprayed passive student protesters, is popping up in some of the world’s most famous paintings as part of an Internet meme intended to shame him for his actions.
Humans Become Art In Venezuela November 21, 2011 Artists used paint, ornaments and glitter to transform the human body into artwork at a festival in Venezuela, showing off designs that ranged from pure fantasy to indigenous myths.	Marian Goodman:An Art Mogul? November 21, 2011 Marian Goodman, tiny and softspoken, is one of the world's most powerful dealers. Her fortunes come from caring more about showing art than selling it. Blake Gopnik on her path to success.
World Record For 3D Street Art November 20, 2011 A creation of the English artists Joe & Max has broken all records: his is the painting of street which surface in 3D is the largest ever made so far (1160 square meters).	The Most Significant Artists Of The Baroque Period November 20, 2011 The tense and extravagant Baroque movement defined the art of the 17th century. The movement was distinguished by exaggerated dynamism and clear detail that aimed to create drama and grandeur in sculpture, painting and architecture.
Artist Nicolai Fechin: Russian Cowboy Art November 20, 2011 Visitors to the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City are often surprised to see works by a Russian artist.	The Art Of Science November 20, 2011 Beautiful images from Princeton University's Art of Science competition.
Museum Targeted? November 20, 2011 The Brooklyn Museum of Art is under Right Wing attack. At controversy is an exhibit that opened Friday called “Hide/Seek,” a sympathetic and emotional depiction of the history of gays and lesbians in America through art.	Street Art On "Work of Art" November 19, 2011 Work of Art didn’t suck this week. The challenge, street art, was acceptable, the guest judge, Lee Quinones, was fitting, and the show’s decision to pair up the artists in teams of two meant that there was ample time to actually show each work.
Amazing 3D Street Art November 19, 2011 If I stumbled across the world's largest 3D street art in London, my knees would buckle, pee would tinkle down my leg and I'd probably even cry.	Duluth Art Institute Gets New Director November 19, 2011 The Duluth Art Institute has hired an executive director with a background in fundraising — and good timing.
Karl Benjamin and the Evolution of Abstraction November 18, 2011 An exhibition of Karl Benjamin's work reviewed.	Sleeping In The Art. November 18, 2011 Some hotels transcend the ordinary, going beyond basic accommodation and turning the entire room into a designed work of art. In some cases, this will involve hiring a specific artist to outfit the entire establishment, while other hotels will assign each room to a different artist or a different theme.
A Game Changer For Pixel Art? November 18, 2011 The evolution of video-game art continues.	Art Finds A Home With The Homeless November 18, 2011 Lacey Renae, a counselor and art therapist, arranges pieces of donated art Thursday at the Maslow Project, a program for homeless youth in Medford. Renae says art can give struggling young people a bigger vision of their lives and a constructive way to channel their pain.
Art, A River In New Delhi, And Pollution. November 18, 2011 The fetid, sewage-filled Yamuna River is an unlikely setting for a large-scale art installation.	Stunning Fairy-Tale Art! November 17, 2011
Art Auction Records Set November 17, 2011 Cast in 2007, Botero's "Dancers" fetched $1.76 million. Weighing 3,500 pounds (1.6 metric tones) and 10 feet 5 inches tall, it is probably the tallest Botero sculpture ever auctioned, said Virgilio Garza, Christie's Latin American art chief.	Interior Designer: Lori Dennis November 17, 2011 Growing up in cities on both the East and West coasts (before settling in Los Angeles), interior designer Lori Dennis hardly reveled in girlie environs.
State De-Art-Ment? November 17, 2011 The State Department sends artists on a mission for America.	Creepy or What? November 17, 2011 Dutch artists turns stalking into art.
Documentary: Art As A Weapon. November 17, 2011 Art as a Weapon is a feature documentary about the intersection between street art, Buddhism, and the struggle for Democracy using the closed country of Burma as a case study.	Secret Codes In Western Art? November 17, 2011 Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code" encouraged amateur "symbologists" everywhere to scan their favorite paintings for secret codes -- but the practice has been going on for centuries.
San Antonio Artists Get $60,000 November 16, 2011 The Artist Foundation of San Antonio announced the 2011 award winners Monday night at Coates Chapel, Southwest School of Art.	Abu Dhabi Art Fair Artists By Ernst and Young November 16, 2011 Ernst and Young will sponsor artists at the Abu Dhabi fair.
BBC Launches Online Arts Channel November 16, 2011 $4 million in new grants will be available to arts organisations and artists with best ideas for 'communal playground' called The Space	Missing Art Lawsuit November 16, 2011 A local arts organization and three street artists are suing Anschutz Entertainment Group.
Eco Plus Art Equals Festival? November 16, 2011 A 102-year-old Marion, OH resident makes dollies from plastic shopp	New Campaign Gives Life To Art November 16, 2011 The Mint Museum in Charlotte, N.C., purchased billboards featuring the work from its current Romare Bearden exhibit, then hired musicians who seem to have stepped out of the artworks.
Auction Of Frith Painting In London November 15, 2011 A Victorian painting, which has been hanging undiscovered in a New England beach house for 50 years, could fetch $750,000 at auction.	New Advice From Interior Designer Christiane Lemieux November 15, 2011 HIGH POINT, N.C. - Christiane Lemieux, author of "Undecorate: The No-Rules Approach to Interior Design," was dispensing gems of wisdom and displaying new products during the Fall International Home Furnishings Market in North Carolina.
81-Year-Old Art Appraiser Arrested While Shopping Near "Occupy Portland" Gathering November 15, 2011 Art appraiser Jack Mongeon, visibly bruised by the experience and recovering from pneumonia, said Monday in his Laurelhurst home that he was the fifth of 51 people arrested.	Ron English's "Art Offences" November 15, 2011 Published by Last Gasp Books, the sticker-filled book titled Ron English’s Stickable Art Offenses is “filled with mini-billboards, ‘subvertisements’ and other visual enhancements” from artist Ron English.
Pre-Nuclear Summit Art Festival For Peace November 15, 2011 The Korea Nuclear Energy Promotion Agency (KONEPA) plans to raise awareness on the up-and-coming Nuclear Security Summit by hosting an art competition open to children across the world.	2,800-year-old military artifacts tell a story of Neo-Assyrian history November 15, 2011 Hixenbaugh Ancient Art Ltd announces the exhibition of two rare and important Neo-Assyrian military artifacts dating to the 9th century BC.
$4.3 Million Record Set For Photograph Of The Rhein November 14, 2011 Andreas Gursky photograph fetches record sum at Christie's auction in New York	Successful Showing Of Art By Remote Aboriginal Artists November 14, 2011 Aboriginal artists from a remote Kimberley community in Western Australia have emerged as the success story of an art exhibition launched in Perth during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
3D Street Art Depicts Terracotta Army As Lego-Men November 14, 2011 They may not have the historical significance or same grand scale as their real-life counterparts, but this image of China's terracotta warriors is still an impressive sight.	MOCA Makes A Meal Of Human Art November 14, 2011 How do you even begin to find the words to describe a museum gala for which each and every guest (Eli Broad, even) is required to wear a white lab coat, and at which the table centerpieces are live humans, and the dessert is an offering of edible body parts?
Three Dimensional Art November 14, 2011 Japanese artist Yuki Matsueda creates unique three-dimensional sculptures.	Native American Gallery Sells Art And Helps Homeless November 14, 2011 The club is the only agency in Seattle/King County devoted exclusively to the needs of homeless urban American Indians, Alaska Natives and First Nations people. It provides everything from a hot breakfast and the pleasure of each other's company to health services, housing assistance and a studio for carving, leather working, beading and other traditional arts.
jamaican Artist Gets Some Help November 13. 2011 For many students pursuing tertiary-level education, financial obligations can be daunting, to say the least. This was the plight of Shaneka Annakay Harris, recipient of the RBC Royal Bank Emerging Artist scholarship award.	Brain and Arts Center planned In Geneva November 13, 2011 The very point where the Rhône and Arve rivers flow into each other in the centre of Geneva is set to become a unique rendezvous for neuroscientists and artists. Left: What was Russian pianist Evgeny Kissin thinking?
Plea ForArt Education In Nigeria November 13, 2011 Govt should encourage art education in our schools – Ojie	Experience NoHo arts festival displays community's playful side November 13, 2011 Tatyanna Wildinson puts brush to canvas on Saturday, Nov. 12 during the first NoHo Arts Festival on Lankershim Boulevard in the NoHo Arts District.
Diego Rivera at MOMA New York November 13, 2011 Diego Rivera's 'The Uprising,' from 1931, is on view at the Museum of Modern Art.	How Has Family Portraiture Art Changed Over Time? November 12, 2011 An exhibition exploring the portrayal of the family in British art provides some surprising contrasts
Australian graphic designer Simon Bent has created an art portrait series of psychedelic scientists titled Science Vs Delirium. November 12, 2011 Science Vs Delirium is a series of illustrations celebrating some of the greatest scientists in history. The series was created to re-popularise these iconic figures.	After a $22 million facelift and expansion effort, Cranbrook Art Museum takes its place among the finest collections of modern art and design in the country. November 12, 2011 Cranbrook Art Museum was filled with excited patrons and art lovers Friday evening, as its first exhibit titled "No Object Is An Island: New Dialogues With The Cranbrook Collection" opened to the public.
Nine-Year-Old Art Prodigy Sells $150,000 Worth Of Paintings November 12, 2011 Kieron Williamson stuns the art world with his collection of paintings, which made more than $150,000 after selling out in ten minutes.	$1 Billion In Fall Auctions Spurred By New Art Sales November 12, 2011 The art market may be entering another Blue Period—as in blue chips. The major fall art auctions that concluded Thursday in New York fell slightly in terms of total sales from a year ago, but collectors and investors looking to store their cash in art found plenty of useful trophies this time around.
"Disturbed" Mark Rothko Has The Blues In Red November 11, 2011 Rothko never did paint pretty pictures. What he created instead were works that used blocks of color to create, he hoped, an emotional and intellectual response.	Da Vinci In London November 11, 2011 The National Gallery's Leonardo exhibition promises a once-in-a-lifetime chance to view the artist's finest paintings and drawings. Jonathan Jones takes a look at this unprecedented show, the most complete display of Leonardo's rare surviving paintings ever held, and discovers an artist who looks deeply into the human experience
Plywood Becomes Art November 11. 2011 For the past 25 years, the Wood Turning Center in Philadelphia quietly has been bringing artists from around the world to work with wood. The center is internationally known for its museum-quality collection of sculptures, vessels and objects.	Controversy Over Art Exhibit In Brooklyn November 11, 2011 "Basically, it's the depiction of a crucifix with ants crawling over it. I think that's rather sacrilegious," Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio said.
Art Therapy For Combat PTSD November 11, 2011 With the lack of military hospitals, many veterans are turning to charities for help. One is using the unlikely weapon of art to help fight the psychological wounds of war, while another organisation is actively encouraging artwork in the army.	Korean contemporary artist Yang Haegue blurs national and genre boundaries November 10, 2011 Yang is one of the most successful and internationally acclaimed South Korean contemporary artists. She uses a variety materials and media to express her sentiments about certain individuals, incidents or more generally about humanity, history and her private memories.
Mary Kellejian elected president of ASID November 10, 2011 Mary Kellejian has been elected president of the San Diego chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers for the 2011-12 term.	Michigan's Cranbrook Art Museum Gets $22 Million Restoration and Expansion November 10,2011 The 80-year-old contemporary art museum north of Detroit on the campus of the more-than-century-old, 320-acre Cranbrook Educational Community plans to reopen Friday.
"Zwei Kerzen" Expected To Fetch Up To $16 Million November 10, 2011 An iconic painting of two candles could set a record for German artist Gerhard Richter at a New York City auction.	Developers Required To Pay 1% Public Art Fee In Pomona November 10, 2011 Pomona is close to enacting a new Art in Public Places law that would require private developers to ante up 1% of a project’s cost to commission artwork for each building site.
Michael Collins Wins UN Art Competition November 10, 2011 A painting by Michael Collins, director of the School of Art and artist in residence, was chosen as one of 11 winning pieces at the first biannual UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights Global Art Competition, which took place in New York City and Rome Oct. 9-11.	Abstract Art Sold At Sotheby's November 10, 2011 In two hours, the auction house sold 62 lots, most of them paintings, for $315.8 million.
Artist, interior designer win excellence awards for local work November 9. 2011 With their signature style and unique artistic approaches to their customers' projects, two Delray Beach women recently won awards at the American Society of Interior Design Florida South Chapter Gala on the yacht Catalina cruising on the Fort Lauderdale Intracoastal Waterway.	Amazing Graffiti Art November 9, 2011 Graffiti art started getting hold since the 1960′s but its in recent years it has acquired more popularity and is considered as a art form.
A Smirking Horned Devil Lurks In Art In Assisi Basilica November 9, 2011 A smirking horned devil exists in the frescoed clouds of a Giotto work in the famed Assisi basilica, an Italian art historian said Tuesday — a tantalizing detail that apparently went unnoticed by scholars for centuries.	An Arkansas Ravine Will Store Art Treasures November 9, 2011 Alice Walton has amassed an enviable collection of treasures spanning most of American history, and now it’s about to go on display in an unlikely place, a wooded ravine in a small city in northwest Arkansas.
Christie's Sells 82 Post-War and Contemporary Works of Art Totalling $247.9 Million. November 9, 2011 A world auction record was set for Roy Lichtenstein with one of his early Pop Art pictures dating from 1961	PUMA And Artists Collaborate. November 8, 2011 PUMA Launches 2012 African Football Kits Through a Unique Artist Collaboration and Exhibition at Design Museum, London
It's A Wrap! November 8.2011 French artist to wrap the Arkansas River	Third Quarter Art Sales Down By 4% At Sotherby's November 8, 2011 "Consolidated sales for the first nine months are up 36 percent to $3.8 billion and against a backdrop of global economic volatility, our Impressionist sales last week brought $229.7 million.
The mansion belonging to the late Ron Wilson, designer to the stars, is now for sale for $7.295 million. Wilson designed for notable A-listers such as Princess Diana, Johnny Carson, Tom Selleck and Eddie Murphy. November 8, 2011 According to the late designer's website, he "is one of the foremost international contemporary interior designers, known for incorporating a feeling of quiet authority and taste."	"Modernity?" November 8, 2011 Picasso at the Getty Villa
Tomb Raider Art You Can Wear November 8, 2011 Over the last few months, Crystal Dynamics has been commissioning artworks in celebration of the 15th anniversary of Tomb Raider, with artists from the video game and fine art worlds delivering visions that riff on Lara Croft's new design.	Even If You Are Not A Billionaire You Can Still be An Art Collector November 8, 2011 So, you do not have $40.4 million dollars to spend on a Gustav Klimt but that shouldn't stop you from collecting art.
New York's "Top Five" Museums Revealed November 7, 2011 Home to some of the world's most recognisable pieces of artwork, New York is rightly considered the cultural capital of the world by critics and artists alike.	Art Worth $71 Million Sold At Phillips-Close To Low Estimate November 8, 2011 Is it the sluggish economy or overly ambitious estimates?
DNA Study Suggests Cave Painters Were Realists November 7, 2011 Cave painters during the Ice Age were more like da Vinci than Dali, sketching realistic depictions of horses they saw rather than dreaming them up, a study of ancient DNA finds.	Occoquan's Local Talent Featured November 7, 2011 Occoquan might be a small town, but it's bursting with art and creativity.
Scottish Graffiti Art November 7, 2011 Indoor Paintball Arena Features Local Graffiti Art	2012 Olympic Poster Art Revealed November 7, 2011 Twelve posters that will become the familiar face of the London 2012 Olympic Games and designed by leading British artists, including four Turner prize-winners, have been unveiled.
Caricature Art Exhibition In New York Promotes Sniggers November 7, 2011 James Gillray's The King of Brobdingnag, and Gulliver from 1803 is part of an exhibit at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.	LACMA kicks off "Art + Film" gala series with Clint Eastwood, John Baldessari Niovember 7, 2011 On Saturday evening, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art threw itself a party that organizers hope will be the start of an annual tradition. "Art + Film" was LACMA's first major fundraising gala of its kind, and it drew the sort of celebrity wattage that one normally associates with award shows and movie premieres.
You're Never To Old To Sell Your Art November 6, 2011 Artist Catherine Justice, 87, didn’t begin painting until she was in her 30s.	"Dissident" Chinese Artist Facing Huge "Tax" Bill November 6, 2011 Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is back in the news again after Chinese authorities ordered him to pay 15 million yuan ($2.4 million) in back taxes, late payments and fines.
Armenian artists challenge lingering Soviet ideals November 6, 2011 Armenia has found capitalism. But cultural life in the capital still clings to old Soviet structures. The young and independent-minded art scene is looking for alternatives.	Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival Features Over 200 Artists November 6, 2011
Building the Revolution: Soviet Art and Architecture 1915-1935 Thru Jan 22, 2012 The 'Russian avant garde' created the 20th-century's most intensive art and architectural movement. Its paintings survive, but its buildings rot	Wal-Mart Money Funds Latest Art Museum November 6, 2011 BENTONVILLE, Ark. — The nation’s newest art museum is nestled into a ravine in the woods here, which on a recent sunny day showed off brilliant autumn colors.
Klimt painting expected to fetch £8m in London auction February 8, 2012 Lakeshore with Birches landscape, which has not been seen in public for 109 years, to go on sale at Sotheby's	Maurizio Catellan fills the Guggenheim with playful art that makes the museum – and us – the butt of its joke. November 5, 2011
The Art Review: 'Picasso and Braque: The Cubist Experiment, 1910-1912' November 5, 2011 Examining the close relationship between Picasso and Braque in the development of cubist painting.	Spain’s Prado museum hosts large exhibition of art lent by Russia’s Hermitage November 5, 2011 MADRID — Spain’s Prado museum is hosting a large exhibition of European art lent by Russia’s Hermitage, a rare opportunity to see such work outside the vast St. Petersburg museum.
Fall Impressionist and Modern Art Auctions Sales Set Records, But Some Pieces Fail to Sell November 4, 2011 Max Ernst, "The Stolen Mirror," fetched $16,322,500 at Christie's on Tuesday.	Venus Williams Now Serves As An Interior Designer November 4. 2011 The professional tennis player talks about her design philosophy, her new project at Boca’s One Thousand Ocean and Phillippe Starck
Gund Foundation and family members give $5 million boost to Cleveland Institute of Art expansion in University Circle November 4, 2011 CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Cleveland Institute of Art on Thursday landed a $5 million grant from the Gund Foundation and members of the Gund family, giving a big push to the college’s expansion plans in University Circle.	Overly Efficient German Cleaner Ruins $1 million Artwork That She Thought Was Dirty November 4, 2011 She scoured off a layer of paint in a sculpture by late German artist Martin Kippenberger on loan to a museum in Dortmund
Scotiabank: FLUXe – An Interactive Art Experience November 3.2011 Canadian video of impressive public art experience for a commercial.	Velma Mahloff Artist Of The Month In Jamestown November 3, 2011 Unison Bank’s November artist of the month, Velma (Pope) Mehlhoff, is originally from California. She met and, later, married Wilfred Mehlhoff and moved to Jamestown.
Mentally ill Homeless Artists Create Mosaic For Monterey-Salinas Transit Center November 3 2011 Tony Henderson points out fields in the mosaic to field... (VERNON MCKNIGHT/Herald Correspondent)	Tyneside Arts Bonanza Fringes The Turner Prize November 3, 2011 As visitor numbers at the Baltic approach 50,000 - after a fortnight - dozens of other galleries and exhibitions are thronged.
Universaty Of Wyoming Considers Adding Fine Arts To Proposed Enrollment Standards November 3, 2011 University of Wyoming officials host a public meeting to hear opinions of new admission proposal.	Sotheby's Auctions Klimt Painting For $40.4 Million November 3. 2011 "Litzlberg am Attersee' by Gustav Klimt has a history linked to Nazi deportations and the ‘‘Final Solution.’’
Modern Art Museum In Tel Aviv Doubles In Size-More Local Artists Featured November 2, 2011 TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel’s main modern art museum is unveiling a striking new wing Wednesday that provides a permanent home for hundreds of works by Israeli artists, a space lacking until now.	Anna Maria Kinberg wins interior design 'Telly Award' November 2, 2011 Anna Maria Kinberg, a New Canaan-based intuitive interior designer, recently won an international “Telly Award” in Los Angeles as co-creator/producer of the script for a new, non-televised reality show.
Michelle Obama To Honor Fleisher Art Memorial’s After School Program November 2, 2011 PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - South Philadelphia’s Fleisher Art Memorial has won the nation’s top honor for after school arts programs. One of Fleisher’s students will accept the award from the First Lady at the White House, today.	J.R.R. Tolkien's Art of the Hobbit Current In October of 1936, J.R.R. Tolkien delivered to his publisher the manuscript of what would become one of the most celebrated fantasy books of all time. In September of the following year, The Hobbit made its debut, with 20 or so original drawings, two maps, and a cover painting by Tolkien himself.
NYC performance artist made a second appearance at the art gallery where she gave birth to Ajax, as an art performance. November 1, 2011 Not quite an encore, more of a public appearance, as Marni Kotak returns to the place of her son, Ajax's birth last week, carrying the child, this time in her arms.	Christie's New York Art Auction Paints A Disappointing Picture November 2. 2011 Nov. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Christie's International posted its lowest sales total in two years for Impressionist and modern art in New York as buyers shunned works by Degas and Picasso amid tumbling financial markets.
Mystery Artist's Work On Display In Philly Art Show November 2, 2011 Three decades after hundreds of strange wire-bound oddities were saved from the trash heap, an art gallery eight blocks from where they were dumped at a curb is featuring a selection of works made by a mystery artist dubbed the Philadelphia Wireman.	More Than Lines Drawn In The Sand November 1, 2011 Artists gathered from across the globe to draw temporary masterpieces on Britain's chilly beaches - at least until the tide washes them away.
Pictograms Applied To Glasgow Commonwealth Games HQ November 1, 2011 Oversized versions of Tangent Graphic’s Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games pictograms have been applied to the Games’ headquarters in the city.	When Should Christmas Decorations Start? A Mokena Interior Designer Gives Opinion November 1, 2011 Linda E. Nesci of Unique Interiors, Ltd. has a lot of advice, services and products to offer her customers and their homes, and she’s right in Mokena.
Suit Filed Over Art Resale Royalties November 1, 2011 Class-action suits brought by artists Chuck Close and Laddie John Dill and the estate of the sculptor Robert Graham against the auction powerhouses Sotheby’s and Christie’s and the online auction site eBay for failure to pay royalties.	IRS To Auction Art and Photograph Collection Seized From Attorney November 16, 2011
Art for art’s sake inspires Myanmar artist October 31-November 6, 2011 Daw Aung San Suu Kyi smiles while attending the portrait exhibition, Portraits of Myanmar’s People, held in Bahan township on October 23. Pic: Thet Htoo	$1.1 Billion Target In Art Sales This Week November 1 onwards A Matisse painting that once belonged to Lew Wasserman and a trio of Maillol bronzes from the collection of John W. Kluge will be among art offered during the next two weeks as New York auctioneers present works valued at more than $1.1 billion.
Islamic Art Galleries Opened In Metropolitan Museum October 31, 2011 Three years into running the great Met Museum, Thomas Campbell proves he’s not dumbing it down.	GAJ wins Interior Design Firm of the Year 2011 October 30, 2011 The Interior Design Firm of the Year Award is presented to the company that has produced the most impressive body of work in the Middle East over the past 12 months.
Where Ideas Are Born:The Artist's Studio October 30, 2011 Artist Dion Terry converted his apartment’s second bedroom into a studio after growing tired of making a mess at the kitchen table. Among the items in the studio are a stuffed pheasant and a limited quantity of paint. “Unfortunately, I’m a full-time artist. Paint is expensive." — Nelvin C. Cepeda	Van Gogh, Monet star in Milwaukee Art Gallery October 30, 2011 Edgar Degas’ “Woman in a Tub” is one of 125 drawings, watercolors and pastels featured in “Impressionism: Masterworks on Paper” at the Milwaukee Art Museum. / Milwaukee Art Museum/AP
Picasso Leads In Huge Art Sale October 30. 2011 Christie's and Sotheby's hold their big autumn art sales in New York starting next week, with both houses looking to Pablo Picasso to excite a robust market.	A Portrait of the Artist: Natasha Karpinskaia October 29, 2011 Natasha Karpinskaia has spent many years teaching, curating, and studying art.
How Many Artists Does It Take To Paint Bangalore's Walls? October 29, 2011 It appears that not one artist has taken up the city's request for mural creation.	$400 Million Worth Of Art Up For Auction This Week September 1 & 2, 2011 Chaim Soutine (1893-1943), 'Le valet de chambre.' One of the pieces available next week.
Michael Audain Collection October 30, 2011 Works by British Columbian artists are featured in one of Canada’s most significant private art collections	Largest Collection Of Rembrandt Paintings Shown In Raleigh October 30, 2011 Rembrandt's "Flora" is among nearly 50 of the master's paintings on exhibit at the NCMA "Rembrandt in America"
Silvermine Gallery Fundraiser October 29, 2011 More than 500 pieces will be on display and for sale in the fundraiser entitled, "Signed, Sealed and Delivered."	New York Art Auctions A Buzz October 28, 2011 Several Works Poised To fetch $30,000,000 or more.
Rock Of Ages October 27, 2011 Ruth Asawa brings geology to the art world with her stone works.	Til Death Do Us Art... October 28, 2011 Kervorkian's Paintings To Be Auctioned? …Jack Kevorkian (right) with Al Pacino, who played the assisted-dying advocate in the 2010 film You Don't Know Jack. Photograph: Gregory Pace/BEI / Rex Features
Great art like Velázquez is best not left to the experts October 28, 2011 In contrast to Shakespeare, who belongs to all, the valuation of a lost portrait by the Spaniard is a matter for a knowledge elite.	Interior designer Craig Sawyer says TVs and computer monitors are now vying with fireplaces as focal points Current Fireplaces are struggling to maintain as the classic central feature of the living room. "Now the fireplace is not in right the middle of a living room; the big screen TV is," said Eastside designer Craig Sawyer.
Where are the artists at Occupy Atlanta? October 27, 2011 What's Missing?	How Two Artists Painted What They Wanted – And Got It October 27, 2011 At the PSFK CONFERENCE NYC earlier this year, Justin Gignac made a big impression with the crowd as he presented an array of his provoking work. His ‘Wants For Sale‘ project was so striking that UNICEF met with his after his talk and started a conversation that led to a fund-raising collaboration.
Rare early Smurf drawings on sale October 29, 2011 (Reuters) - Rare original drawings of the Smurfs, blue-skinned cartoon characters created by Belgian artist Peyo, are set to fetch up to 120,000 euros ($167,000) each on Saturday in the first auction of the late artist's work.	Kaladharan's artistic sojourns Thru October 30, 2011 Kaladharan's oeuvre has remained true to his artistic roots without ever playing to the gallery. His ongoing exhibition at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, concludes on October 30.
Should You Hire an Interior Designer? October 27, 2011 Excerpts from an interview with Autumn Conrad, Public Relations Manager at the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID).	Art plays part in health care vision Ongoing Art used as part of treatment protocol.
'Work of Art' recap: Andy Warhol and the 'Fame-Whore' 10/27/2011 5:00 p.m. eastern. The Art based reality TV show on Bravo.	Changing the world, one giant portrait at a time Now When French photographer and street artist JR heard he had won the $100,000 TED prize and a wish to change the world, he was totally floored. He hadn’t applied for the award. He hadn’t even heard of it until he was notified that he’d won. Someone else had nominated him...
Group show at Riverhead gallery explores connections among veteran artists’ work Thru November 13, 2011 Quirky talent that is exhibited with an architect’s flair for form and space.	Christie’s + Takashi Murakami – Tohoku-Pacific Earthquake Benefit Auction November 9, 2011 Notable artists donating their impressive artworks for auction include Takashi Murakami, KAWS, Jeff Koons, Damien Hirst, Yoshitomo Nara, Zeng Fanzhi, Mark Grotjahn, Thomas Houseago, Friedrich Kunath, Mr., Gabriel Orozco, Anselm Reyle, Cindy Sherman, Aya Takano and Luc Tuymans.
Would You Hire Lenny Kravitz To Be Your Interior Designer? Now Lenny Kravitz has always been of the eccentric kind, and though he’s been seemingly adrift from the music scene for awhile the photos below would explain why. He’s got an eye for design and chose to start his own company to express his passions for interior spaces through Kravitz Design.	Arts Professionals Use Social Media to Keep Abreast of the Arts Scene Now Facebook, Twitter and Meetup are amongst the media being used by artists to encourage interactions in the art world.
IIncreasing Recognition of Jewelry as "Wearable Art Form" Now Everyone from museum curators to industry experts are seeing a rise in the awareness and appreciation of jewelry as an art form	Live birth performance artist Marni Kotak delivers healthy baby boy October 26, 2011 ...Other components of the exhibit include a 10-foot-tall trophy for Baby X “for being born,” Kotak’s pregnancy test, and photo collages that depict babies with many eyes, ears and mouths...
Local Artists Launch Doctors Without Borders Benefit October 27, 2011 Fifth annual art auction begins Thursday in Half Moon Bay.	Is It Art, Science or a Test of People? October 26, 2011 Over the past several years art museums have begun to place much more emphasis on a concept they call the “visitor experience.” Few, though, have attempted to define that concept quite as broadly — or as bodily — as the New Museum, which is mounting a career survey of the Belgian-born artist Carsten Höller that opens on Wednesday.
A FASHIONABLE LIFE: INTERIOR DESIGNER DELPHINE KRAKOFF October 25, 2011 Parisian-born interior designer Delphine Krakoff opens the doors to her art-filled New York townhouse.	Abu Dhabi govt cancels Guggenheim Museum tender Ocyober 25, 2011 Oil-rich emirate cancels 400-million-dirham tender for prestigious ‎modern art museum, news agencies report
Grayson Perry calls art world 'disengaged' October 25, 2011 Former Turner prize-winner Grayson Perry has called the art establishment disengaged "with the real world".	Artist Mark Grotjahn in battle royal over royalties October 25, 2011 He has sued collector Dean Valentine with the aim of recovering a 5% resale royalty for three artworks, but Valentine says a California law at issue is unfair and discriminatory.
Is surfing an art or an imitation? Thru January 22, 2012. At the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego, there's a display called "Phenom-enal: California Light, Space and Surface." This unusual exhibit features California artists' work from the 1960s and '70s that focuses on the sensory phenomena of light through the use of transparent, translucent or reflective materials.	Damien Hirst Turns His Hand To Graphic Design October 24. Is Damien Hirst a better designer than artist?
Exhibition of Irish Artist Roisin Fitzpatrick - Artist of the Light®, at the Consulate General of Ireland New York, in Collaboration With the Irish American Heritage Museum Through November 30, 2011 Roisin Fitzpatrick - Artist of the Light® is one of Ireland's leading contemporary artists. Roisin previously worked at the United Nations, European Commission and European Bank.	17 Artists Contribute Painting Sales To Clunie Center October 23 In an eye-catching neighborhood, Randall Tillery's painting in progress on McKinley Boulevard catches a jogger's eye during Sunday's East Sac Paint Out.
The Art and Craft of Making Money Current Nihar Mehta brings together art and handicraft from across the country under one roof in Mumbai.	KARTELL LOVES MILANO AUCTION October 25. 2011. Kartell will auction 45 magnificent unique pieces developed for “Kartell Loves Milano” with Sotheby’s in Milan tomorrow, October 25, 2011.
Pillar Income Asset Management Announces Majestic Art Installation in New Orleans, Louisiana October 24, 2011 Pillar Income Asset Management (Pillar), a Dallas-based real estate advisory and management company along with Regis Property Management, LLC announce the installation of Majestic, a sculpture by prominent Canadian artist Michel de Broin.	The Birth Of New Art? Nine Months Later Marni Kotak, NYC Artist, Plans Birth As Performance Art At The Microscope Gallery.
Klimt painting expected to sell for $25 million November 2 Gustav Klimt's "Litzlberg on the Attersee" was stolen by Nazis but is now being sold by its original owner's heir, and is expected to bring at least $25 million next month when it is sold at auction.	Raw Talent October 23 Artist didn’t let hand life dealt him stifle his love of drawing, painting
Sotheby's Displays Top Russian Lots In Moscow Thru November (Reuters) - Riding a wave of booming global sales in Russian art, Sotheby's opened a show in Moscow this week of early 20th century works, including top-lots from its upcoming New York and London auctions.	Occupy Museums to protest at art exhibits in New York October 20 A demonstrator lies on the ground in front of the National Air and Space Museum in Washington on Oct. 8 after police pepper-sprayed protestors trying to get into the museum. (Jose Luis Magana - AP)