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Follow Museums Like Others Follow Sports Teams

Nick Kolakowski | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: New York Yankees, How to Become an Intellectual, Chuck Close, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Galleries, Museums, Humor, Arts News
Nick Kolakowski

Like sports teams, many of the major museums live and die by their seasonal lineup. A series of good shows attracts paying visitors, and generates the buzz that draws headlines, sponsorships, and donors.

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MTA Taps Big Artists For Second Avenue Subway

| Amy Zimmer | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Jean-Shin, Chuck Close, Sarah Sze, Second Avenue Subway, Subway Art, Mta-Art, Second Avenue Subway Public Art, NY Around Town, Mta, New York Art, New York News

MANHATTAN — After the digging and blasting, the dust and noise, the Second Avenue Subway will have shiny new stations with installations from art s...

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PHOTOS: Art World Gathers For Frieze New York

Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Ny Parties, Frieze Art Fair, Chuck Close, Kim Cattrall, Frieze, NY Around Town, Randall's Island, New York Art, New York News

The 2012 Frieze Art Fair has officially kicked off in New York with fans of the best in contemporary art gathered at Randall's Island Park on Thursday...

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Kerry Washington Aims To Adopt Failing Schools

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Alfre Woodard, Forest Whitaker, Chuck Close, Yo-Yo Ma, Kerry Washington, Bv-Pop-Culture-Entertainment, Obama Administration, Damian Woetzel, Sarah Jessica Parker, Education News

WASHINGTON — Sarah Jessica Parker, Kerry Washington and Forest Whitaker are adopting some of the nation's worst-performing schools and pledged M...

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Creativity Exercises (PHOTOS)

Peter Carroll | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Creativity, Photography, Chuck Close, Rut, Wisdom, Freeman Patterson, Andrew Zuckerman, Exercise, Slidefreestyle, Peter Carroll, Critique, Artistic Rut, Exposure, Photography Advice, Photo Critique, Arts News
Peter Carroll

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Alan Cumming Mashes Up Adele, Lady Gaga And Katy Perry

The Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 03.22.2012

Read More: Video, Chuck Close, Alan Cumming, Alan Cumming Adele Cover, Lunchbox Fund, Adele Someone Like You, Alan Cumming Lady Gaga Adele Katy Perry, Lunchbox Fund Auction, Salman Rushdie, Alan Cumming Adele, Slidepollajax, Culture News

Sporting plaid pants and a snug long-sleeved shirt, Alan Cumming serenaded a sea of stars Wednesday night for the Lunchbox Fund's cocktail-attire (loo...

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Great Food and Good Art -- Review: 'New Work,' M. Saffell Gardner and Tylonn J. Sawyer

Colin Darke | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Slippery Weasel Society, Cass Cafe, Chuck Close, Tylonn J. Sawyer, M. Saffell Gardner, Detroit Around Town, Detroit Restaurants, Detroit News
Colin Darke

Cass Café Gallery's current show is by M. Saffell Gardner and Tylonn J. Sawyer. These are two very different artists, and the Gallery highlights certain weaknesses of both artists by showing them together.

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Looking For Cindy Sherman: A Retrospective At MoMA

Regina Weinreich | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Debbie Harry, Chuck Close, Eva Respini, Ralph Gibson, Cindy Sherman, April Gornick, Eric Fishl, Eric Bogosian, Laurie Anderson, Museum of Modern Art, Female Artists, Michael Stipe, Molly Ringwald, Lou Reed, Arts News
Regina Weinreich

On the 6th floor of the Museum of Modern Art, Cindy Sherman is just where you want her, everywhere.

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Resale Royalties Are Roiling the Art Market in the U.K. and California

Daniel Grant | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Christopher Battiscomb, Anthony Caro, Design and Artists Copyright Society, Chuck Close, Mark Grotjahn, Artists' Resale Royalties, David Hockney, Herb Kohl, Christie's, Ebay, Sotheby's, Jerrold Nadler, Arts News
Daniel Grant

In the past 15 months, several lawsuits by artists have been filed against collectors, art galleries and auctioneers Christie's, Sotheby's and even eBay, for failing to pay a percentage of the profits, referred to as royalties, when artworks are sold in California on the secondary market.

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Olsen Twins Make Forbes' List Of 30 Artists Under 30

Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Jeffrey Deitch, Alexander Wang, Chuck Close, Forbes 30 Under 30, Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, Moca, The Row, Street Art, Forbes Art and Design, Olsen Twins, Jr, Nicolas Fayad, Simon Doonan, Arts News

It is hard enough for a twenty-something to be able to take care of oneself, let alone establish oneself in the art world. But here are 30 artists and...

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The Darker Side Of Human Folly: This Artweek.LA (Dec. 19-Jan. 1, 2012)

Bill Bush | Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: Jeremy Dickinson, Chuck Close, Jen Pack, Whitney Bedford, Eric Beltz, F. Scott Hess, Karen Spector, Frohawk Two-Feathers, Stephanie Washburn, Arts News
Bill Bush

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A Picture Worth 1000 Words

Edward Goldman | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Moca Gala, Chuck Close, Kehinde Wiley, Arts News
Edward Goldman

When last week I talked about the provocative performance staged by Marina Abramovic for the MOCA Gala, I sort of expected a good response but still...

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To Tag Or Not To Tag

Edward Goldman | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Gajin Fujita, Blum & Poe, Chuck Close, L.A. Louver, Rudyard Kipling, La Louver Gajin Fujita, Blum Poe Chuck Close, Kehinde Wiley, Arts News
Edward Goldman

Rudyard Kipling in one of his poems, more than a hundred years ago, famously said, "East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet." Hmm, I wonder what he would say if he had the chance to see the exhibition by Los Angeles artist Gajin Fujita at L.A. Louver Gallery. You want to see clash of civilizations? Here's your chance.

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Where Do Important Artists Come From?

David Galenson | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Damien Hirst, Elizabeth Currid-Halkett, Young British Artists, Lisa Yuskavage, Royal College of Art, Richard Serra, Yale School of Art, Chuck Close, John Currin, Goldsmiths College, Matthew Barney, Arts News
David Galenson

Simply put, important new artists are most likely to emerge in the same cities where important artists have emerged in the recent past. And even more narrowly, in recent decades important new artists have been most likely to emerge from the same academic institutions that have produced important artists in the past.

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Artists Sue Ebay Over Royalties

AP | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Ebay, Chuck Close, Art Rights, Artist Rights, Auction, Royalties, Artist Lawsuit, Art Lawsuits, Christie's, Sotheby's, Lawsuit, Arts News

LOS ANGELES — Famed New York painter Chuck Close and other artists are suing Sotheby's, Christie's and eBay, contending the auctioneers willfull...

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Artists Sue Auction Houses Over Royalty Dispute

online.wsj.com | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Sotheby's Auction House, Robert Graham, Christie's Auction House, Chuck Close, Art Auctions, Sotheby's Auction, Auction, Sam Francis, Christie's, Sotheby's, Arts News

A group of major artists, including painter Chuck Close, and the heirs of abstract expressionist Sam Francis and sculptor Robert Graham, filed a pair ...

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PHOTOS: Top 10 Artists' Muses and Mistresses

Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Dada, Allen, Artist Inspiration, Alma Schindler, Mahler, Kate Moss, Godard, Auguste Rodin, Mistress, Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Keaton, Picasso, Queen of Montparnasse, Models, Muses and Mistresses, Artist Mistress, 1920s, Manet, Sedgwick, Moss, Muse, Women, Anna Karina, Artist Muse, Pop Art, Warhol, Freud, Kiki De Montparnasse, Olympia, Andy Warhol, Chuck Close, Edie Sedgwick, Rodin, Man Ray, Inspiration, Art History, Sex, Marie-Therese Walter, Annie Hall, Jean Luc Godard, Top 10, Lucian Freud, The Factory, Femme Fatale, Artist Models, Sexy, Arts News

The old saying tells us that "Behind every great man there is a great woman," but oftentimes artists keep their beauties right where they can see them...

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To Give and Give Not

Daniel Grant | Posted 10.30.2011

Read More: Association of Art Museum Directors, American Folk Art Museum, Joan Whitney Payson, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Ralph Esmerian, Chuck Close, American Association of Museums, Ralph Lerner, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Carnegie Museum of Art, Peter Doig, Eli Broad, James H. Rich, Arts News
Daniel Grant

Breaking a promise -- or changing one's mind, whatever you want to call it -- to donate money or objects to a museum (or any other nonprofit institution) is rare, but it does happen, sometimes in spectacular fashion.

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WATCH: Chuck Close On Corruption In The Art Market

Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Bill Clinton, Chuck Close Portraits, Kate Moss, Phillip Glass, Roy Lichtenstein, UK Arts, Chuck Close Interview, Chuck Close, Art, Video, Brad Pitt, Robert Rauschenberg, Richard Serra, Chuck Close Video, Hillary Clinton, Al Gore, Jasper Johns, Arts News

Chuck Close is well known for his photorealistic portraits, and as an artist with numerous parties vying for control of his work, he is in a unique po...

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Diane Von Furstenberg, After The Ski Accident, By Chuck Close (PHOTO)

Posted 06.01.2011

Read More: Dvf, Chuck Close, DVF Ski Accident, Designers, Diane Von Furstenberg Ski Accident, DVF Chuck Close, Diane Von Furstenberg, Style News

Diane Von Furstenberg sat down with artiste celebre Chuck Close weeks after her skiing accident to take a photograph for her upcoming "Diane von Furst...

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Inspiration Is For Amateurs

Janice Taylor | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Chuck Close, Inspiration, Charlie Rose, Janice Taylor, Motivation, Inspiration Motivation, Chuck Close Charlie Rose Inspiration, Chuck Close Charlie Rose, Chuck Close Inspiration, Healthy Living News
Janice Taylor

"Inspiration is for amateurs." Only an amateur sits around waiting for inspiration to hit. There's no waiting. The inspiration is in the process; the energy and motivation is in the doing.

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PHOTOS: 6 Portraits, 6 Studio Visits: From Jon Swihart To Don Bachardy

John Seed | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Portraits, Bill Clinton, Painting, Chuck Close, Sean Cheetham, John Nava, Jon Swihart, Don Bachardy, Slidepollajax, Kimberly Merrill, Arts News
John Seed

My series of slideshows on paintings and palettes continues this week with a focus on portraits, and the palettes and studio gear of the artist's who ...

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In Paris an Art Fair Called 'FIAC' Stamps 'End' to the Perception of Contemporary Art as 'Elitist'

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Paris, Grand Palais, Politics, Minister Culture of Luxembourg, Octavie Modert, Louvre, Contemporary Art, Congress, Fiac, Arts Fellowship Program, National Endowment for the Arts, Chuck Close, Arts News
Raymond J. Learsy

Contemporary art has become to many and especially the young a mirror of our lives, of who we are, how we communicate, how it is still possible to coexist and more fundamentally what commonality we all share.

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Seen and Heard in New York: Helen Mirren, Renee Fleming, Chuck Close

Jane Levere | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Christopher Finch, Renee Fleming, Chuck Close, Nimet Habachy, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Annette Insdorf, Helen Mirren, 92nd Street Y, New York Film Festival, Julie Taymor, New York News
Jane Levere

Actress Helen Mirren, interviewed by Annette Insdorf, director of undergraduate film studies at Columbia University, at the 92nd St. Y www.92y.org in ...

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Chuck Close Divorce? Artist's Marriage To Leslie Close May Be Over

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Leslie Close, Chuck Close Marriage, Chuck Close Wife, Hamptons, Celebrity Splits, Chuck Close, NYC Arts, Celebrity Divorce, New York News

Is the music over for legendary painter Chuck Close and his wife? Page Six reports that Close was recently seen in the company of a tall blonde and w...

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