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When Tragedy Strikes, Detroit Man Turns To Art, Kindness
HuffPost | Victoria Fine | Posted 12.25.2009 | Impact
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Elderly,
Art,
Unemployment,
Heidelberg Project,
Helping Elderly,
Detroit,
Art Projects,
Stephen Snead,
Tyree Guyton,
Community Art,
12 Days 12 Cities 12 Families,
Impact News
This story is part of HuffPost Impact's 12 Days, 12 Cities, 12 Families series, highlighting Americans who have persevered to overcome incredible chal...
Let Me Down Easy
Yazmany Arboleda | Posted 12.23.2009 | Entertainment
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Politics,
New York,
America,
Dying,
Entertainment,
Let Me Down Easy,
Broadway,
Anna Deavere Smith,
Yazmany Arboleda,
Theater,
Art,
Second Stage Theater,
Health Care,
Death,
Entertainment News
At a time of debate around "death panels", Anna Deavere Smith brings to life a rich, diverse range of perspectives on how we live and die in America today.
"The New Landscape" at Canal View in SoHo
Yelena Kalinsky | Posted 12.17.2009 | New York
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Rufus Lusk Video Artist,
Art,
Maps,
New York Art Galleries,
Contemporary Art,
Vermeer,
Landscapes,
Google Street View,
Google Maps,
New York Art,
New York News
A photo and video show at Canal View opens up some bracing vistas on what landscape means as knowledge of nearby and faraway places is increasingly delivered by software like Google Earth.
Art in Copenhagen: Helping Contextualize the Abstractions of Climate Change
Starre Vartan | Posted 12.16.2009 | Green
The art being displayed around the Copenhagen climate change negotiations indicates that the movement to ensure a healthy future for the planet and its inhabitants is more than just a job for policymakers.
11 Of The Coolest Bookcases (PHOTOS, POLL)
Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 12.15.2009 | Books
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Slidepoll,
Furniture Design,
Storing Books,
Designers,
Art,
Books,
Design,
Bookcase Design,
Book Art,
Bookcases,
Books News
One of the great things about eBooks is that you don't need to figure out where to put them. But, sometimes, one of the best things about physical boo...
Ansel Adams' "Moonrise" Print Sold At Auction
AP | Posted 12.09.2009 | New York
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Photography,
Moonrise Photo Sells for $360,
Art,
Ansel Adams,
New York City,
New York,
000,
New York News
NEW YORK — A 1948 print of Ansel Adams' iconic photograph "Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico" has sold for $360,000 at an auction in New York City...
The Art of the Idea: Delving Into John Hunt's New Book
Robert Rosenthal | Posted 12.09.2009 | Books
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Creativity,
John Hunt,
Art,
Tbwa,
Books,
The Art of the Idea,
Business,
Ideas,
Books News
John Hunt's new book, The Art of the Idea, is an inspiring collection of astute observations culled from years of cultivating and nurturing ideas around the world. It is unassuming, yet powerful.
Raphael Drawing Sells For $48 Million At UK Auction, Sets Records
AP | Posted 12.09.2009 | World
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Christies Auction,
Columbia University,
Rembrandt,
Christies,
Art,
Old Masters,
London,
Raphael,
London-United Kingdom,
World News
LONDON — A drawing by Raphael and a Rembrandt portrait have set records and together sold for almost 50 million pounds ($82 million) at an aucti...
The Matthew Marks Gallery Is Coming to LA
Deborah Schoeneman | Posted 12.08.2009 | Los Angeles
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Katharina Fritsch,
Art,
Art Basel in Miami,
Moca,
West Hollywood,
Sabrina Buell,
Ellsworth Kelly,
Robert Gober,
Contemporary Art,
Jasper Johns,
Art Galleries,
Los Angeles News
This week, the art world is focused on Art Basel in Miami, but Matthew Marks has his sights set on another sunny clime: West Hollywood.
The Dopeness, Part XXIV
Cotty Chubb | Posted 12.07.2009 | Los Angeles
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Van Morrison,
Newport Jazz Festival,
Art,
Charles Burchfield,
R. Crumb,
Los Angeles,
Hammer Museum,
Genesis,
Los Angeles News
Charles Burchfield at the Hammer: How do I not know of this wonderful, entirely American artist?
Hrdlicka Dead: Austrian Artist Dies
AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 12.05.2009 | Home
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Hrdlicka Paintings,
Hrdlicka Dies,
Art,
Austria,
Memorial Against War and Fascism,
Sculpture,
Artist,
Hrdlicka Dead,
Vienna,
Alfred Hrdlicka,
Home News
VIENNA — Austrian artist Alfred Hrdlicka, whose controversial works in metal, paint and pencil alienated as much as attracted the public died Sa...
Art Basel Versus Gossip Girl
Manish Vora | Posted 12.04.2009 | New York
While the pomp and circumstance of Art Basel is a welcome break from New York City, perhaps the art world should consider taking a page from Gossip Girl and wooing a new generation of art aficionados.
"Monuments Men": Saving Historic Structures in Wartime
Robert M. Edsel | Posted 12.01.2009 | Books
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Publishing,
Nazis,
Monuments,
Writing,
Self-Publishing,
Art,
Wwii,
Books,
World War II,
Monuments Men,
Architecture,
Ponte Vecchio,
Books News
I am driven by my passion to tell the story of a group of men and women who volunteered for service during World War II to save the greatest structures and other priceless works of art from destruction.
Meet Haiku Herman--Europe's New Poet President
John Lundberg | Posted 11.29.2009 | Living
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European Council,
Prime Minister,
Art,
Herman Van Rombuy,
Haiku,
Writing,
Europe,
Belgium,
Poetry,
Poem,
John Lundberg,
Living News
Van Rompuy is becoming known throughout the continent for his passion for writing poetry. Dubbed "Haiku Herman" by the British press, he is said to regularly compose haikus during his daily meetings.
Naked Roman Polanski & Sharon Tate Picture Going To Auction (NSFW PHOTO)
Posted 11.25.2009 | Entertainment
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Roman Polanski Sharon Tate Nude Photo,
Sharon Tate,
Art,
Christie's,
Roman Polanski,
David Bailey,
Entertainment News
Christie's auction house is auctioning off a David Bailey photo of Roman Polanski and then-wife Sharon Tate taken shortly before her murder. Christi...
N.C. Wyeth Auction: Christie's To Offer Three Generations Of Wyeths
AP | ULA ILNYTZKY | Posted 11.24.2009 | New York
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Art,
NYC Arts,
n.c. Wyeth,
Wyeth Auction,
Above the Narrows,
Nyc Art,
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Andrew Wyeth,
Jamie Wyeth,
New York News
NEW YORK — Three generations of Wyeth artworks will be auctioned next month, including 14 original oil canvases by N.C. Wyeth that were used to ...
LACMA Loses 23% Of Its Investments In Meltdown Year
Los Angeles Times | Mike Boehm | Posted 11.20.2009 | Los Angeles
No arts nonprofit is apt to show a rosy balance sheet for the year of the great economic meltdown, unless by rosy one means red ink. LACMA In the c...
Get Inspired By 10 Amazing Examples Of Eco Art
planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 11.20.2009 | Green
Maybe it's time we tap into our inner child-artist and try some more creative and open-minded approaches like, as a first step, using green art to con...
Mourning Jeanne-Claude: Christo's Extraordinary Partner
Jezebel | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living
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Christo,
Gender Equality,
Art,
Partnerships,
Relationships,
Jeanne-Claude,
Feminism,
Culture,
Living News
One of the most salient qualities about the 51-year relationship between Christo and Jeanne-Claude is that they were true partners. Theirs was no arti...
This is It: Michael Jackson's Transcendence
Stephen Gyllenhaal | Posted 11.19.2009 | Entertainment
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Michael Jackson,
Amadeus,
This Is It,
Art,
Mj,
Dance,
Shakespeare,
Music,
Hip-Hop,
Michael Jackson Documentary,
Entertainment News
I went to see This Is It the way one might go see a horror picture. What I encountered instead was an artist at the absolute top of his game.
Find Your 'Everyday Creativity'
Psychology Today | Posted 11.19.2009 | Living
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Creativity,
Tattoo Artists,
Art,
Language,
The Balanced Life,
Cognitive Science,
Style,
Everyday Creativity,
Innovation,
Tattoos,
Happiness,
Productivity,
Living News
We all marvel at other people's artistic achievements. But most of us fail to nurture our inner innovator. Start living creatively and reap the benefi...
SLIDESHOW: Art For A Better World: Five Exhibits That Inspire Change
Posted 11.18.2009 | Impact
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South Africa,
Art,
Social Change,
Emma Thompson,
Venice Arts,
Chicago,
Slideshow,
Un,
Exhibitions,
Cancer,
Lance Armstrong,
New York,
Livestrong,
Human Trafficking,
Veterans,
Impact News
Have trouble understanding modern art? Impact sought out some special exhibits that seek to make a change in the world, be it through raising awarenes...
NYC Psychoanalytic Society Hosts Artist Jane McAdam Freud: The Edge of Analysis, Art and Politics
Penelope Andrew | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York
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Conceptual Art,
American Academy of Arts & Letters,
Sigmund Freud,
Katherine McAdam,
Psychoanalysis,
Barack Obama,
Art,
Jane McAdam Freud,
Medallic Art,
Anna Freud,
Souhad Rafey Curator & Artist,
Errol Morris,
Heddy Honigmann,
Lucian Freud,
The Psychoanalytic Training Institute of NYCC,
Picasso,
British Artists,
New York City Cultural Institutions,
Guernica,
Politics and Art,
Mental Health,
Joan Erdheim,
Alan Grossman,
New York News
Situated among the countless arts organizations in New York City are enclaves of passionate culture hounds who gather under the auspices of psychoanalytic training institutes.
Art, Design and How We Learn
Agnes Gund | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York
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Art,
Colin Powell,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
Jamaica,
Queens Museum of Art,
Queens,
Moma,
Museum of Arts and Design,
Corona,
New York News
We know, when we are inside MoMA or the Met, that we are experiencing art; no doubt about it. What is less clear is that we are also experiencing art when we wander the avenues and alleys.
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Jim McNutt | Posted 12.30.2009 | Living