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The Evolution of Paris as a Major Art Market

Stephanie Adamowicz | Posted 11.04.2009 | New York

Read More: Paris Art Market, Art, Roy Lichtenstein, Pablo Picasso, Francis Bacon, Sam Francis, Christie's, Fiac, Sotheby's, Fernand Leger, Paris, New York News
Stephanie Adamowicz

Paris is attracting an increasing number of international galleries exhibiting high-quality works by blue chip artists.

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Mighty Movie Podcast: Shrieks from the '80s: Ti West on The House of the Devil

Dan Persons | Posted 10.31.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Violence, Mary Woronov, Murder, Horror, Drama, Suspense, Death, Ti West, Indie, The House of the Devil, Fantasy, Off Beat, The House of the Devil Movie Review, Art, Tom Noonan, Larry Fessenden, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

The Saw franchise may be more efficient in logging a body count, but The House of the Devil is the kind of film that reminds you how cool it is to settle back and just let the dread soak in.

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How Lame Is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

Nelson Montana | Posted 10.30.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Art, Youth, Baseball, Corporate America, Awards, Music, Artists, Generation Y, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Grand-Funk-Railroad, Entertainment News
Nelson Montana

How is it that a bunch of label executives have become the arbiters of who's worthy of honor and who isn't? It's the very antithesis of Rock and Roll!

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Mighty Movie Podcast: Lars von Trier's Antichrist: A Conversation

Dan Persons | Posted 10.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Violence, Earth, Justice, Repression, World, Murder, Horror, Emotion, Lars Von Trier, Sex, Drama, Suspense, Controversy, Death, Indie, Environment, Gore, Antichrist, Acting Legend, Fantasy, Off Beat, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Willem Dafoe, Art, Love, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

"Lars von Trier isn't going to talk to a lot of press." Yeah, yeah; yadda-yadda. But just because he isn't talking to us doesn't mean we can't talk about him, particularly about his childhood.

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Autistic Artist Draws Manhattan Skyline From Memory

designboom.com | Posted 10.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Pratt Institute, Art, Drawing, Stephen-Wiltshire, Memory, Autism, New York City, New York, New-York-Skyline, Living News

Wiltshire -- diagnosed with autism at the age of three -- displays an unusually powerful photographic memory that he has applied to rendering cityscap...

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Autistic Artist Stephen Wiltshire Draws NYC From Memory

Huffington Post | Tam Vo | Posted 10.26.2009 | Impact

Read More: Dubai, Stephen Wiltshire, Jerusalem, Rome, Hong Kong, Art Therapy, Photographic Memory, Painting, New York City, Frankfurt, London, Art, Madrid, Drawing, Autism, Tokyo, Impact News

Stephen Wiltshire was mute when he was diagnosed with severe autism at the age of three. He began communicating through his drawings after being sent ...

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Unexpectedly Beautiful Photos Of Bugs (VIDEO)

Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Animals, Photography, Insects, Spiders, Art, Nature-Photos, Bugs, Video, Green News

Bugs are definitely not the first thing that pops into our heads when we think of beauty... but check out this video of one artist's up close and pers...

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If It's Art, Must It Be Pornography?

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 10.23.2009 | Books

Read More: Women, Children, Books, Writing, Media, Sexual Abuse, Strip Clubs, Pornography, Amazon.com, New Yourk Times, Art, Boston Globe, Reviews, Times Picayune, Eve Ensler, Strippers, Andre Dubus, Book Reviews, New Orleans, Army Corps of Engineers, Vagina Monologues, Books News
Georgianne Nienaber

I'm all for freedom expression even when it comes to veiled pornography, but I don't want to be tricked into buying it for God's sake.

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Lars Bang Larsen Interview

Zefrey Throwell | Posted 10.23.2009 | New York

Read More: Creative Time, Revolutions-in-Public-Practice, Lars Bang Larsen, Curators, Interviews, Art, New York News
Zefrey Throwell

Our conversation ranged from hippie communes, organized unions for bands with light shows, food fights, Jacob Holdt, the most dangerous part of town, the weight of Såo Paolo and more.

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Author Morris Dickstein Interviewed for Upcoming Creative Time Summit

Zefrey Throwell | Posted 10.21.2009 | New York

Read More: Revolutions-in-Public-Practice, Dancing in the Dark, Great Depression, Art, New York Public Library, New York News
Zefrey Throwell

An interview with Morris Dickstein about his new book, Dancing In the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression as well as what he plans on presenting at the Creative Time Summit.

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Lessons for the President on the Art of Diplomacy

Mark Lamster | Posted 10.21.2009 | Books

Read More: European Painters, President, President Obama, Belgian Painters, Belgium, Politics, Flanders, New Books, Obama, Barack Obama, Painting, Art, Peter Paul Rubens, Books, Painters, Rubens, Books News
Mark Lamster

The painter Peter Paul Rubens has a good deal in common with Barack Obama, and the Old Master's life offers lessons that the president might well find instructive.

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Laurie Lindeen: Motivated By MS to Create Art And Music [VIDEO]

Posted 10.20.2009 | Impact

Read More: Multiple Sclerosis, Art, Ms, Music, Writing, Impact News

Laurie Linden was only 24 years old when she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, after finding she could no longer move her legs while walking to m...

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Possible New Leonardo Drawing, "Profile of the Bella Principessa," Found

AP | Posted 10.14.2009 | World

Read More: Art, New Leonardo Drawing, Leonardo Drawing, Profile of the Bella Principessa, Leonardo, Leonardo Da Vinci, World News

TORONTO (AP) - A new portrait by Leonardo da Vinci may have been discovered thanks to centuries-old fingerprint and palm print. Peter Paul Biro, a Mo...

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New Da Vinci Painting Discovered, Experts Believe (VIDEO)

Posted 10.13.2009 | World

Read More: Art, Video, Leonardo Da Vinci, New Da Vinci Painting Video, New Da Vinci Painting, Lost Da Vinci Painting Found, New Da Vinci Painting Photo, World News

***SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO*** By ROB GILLIES, Associated Press Writer TORONTO - Art experts believe they have identified a new Leonardo da Vinci -- in...

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Sand Castle Celebrating Obama's Nobel Peace Prize Win Created In India (VIDEO)

Posted 10.12.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Sand Castle Nobel Prize, Obama Noble Peace Prize, Obama Sand Castle, India, Art, Video, Obama Nobel Peace Prize, Barack Obama, Obama Sand Castle Video, Obama India Nobel Peace Prize, World News

An artist in India celebrated President Obama's award of the Nobel Peace Prize by building a massive sand sculpture of Obama's face next to a Nobel Pr...

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Claude and Francois-Xavier Lalanne: Recession-Friendly Art Featured On New York City Streets

The New York Observer | Katharine Jose | Posted 10.12.2009 | New York

Read More: US Economy, Lalanne Art, Recession Art, Lalanne Sculpture, Economic Crisis New York, Economic Crisis, Art, Park Avenue, Seagrams, Recession, Free in NYC, Claude and Francois-Xavier Lalanne, Cheap in NYC, New York, New York City, Recession-Friendly, New York News

There is now a large bronze apple on the median of Park Avenue at 52nd Street, just west of the Seagrams building. The apple is large enough to notice...

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An Elegy for Magazines

Brian Alexander | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Irving Penn, Vogue Magazine, Internet, Art, Vogue, Gourmet, Gourmet Magazine, Magazines, Media News
Brian Alexander

A good magazine is a combination of stories, photos, drawings, opinions, reporting, whimsy, humor. It is an art that is not reproducible nor replaceable by any other medium.

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Canstruction Builds Art For Food Banks

Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 10.13.2009 | Impact

Read More: Canned Food, Global, Contest, Art, Hunger, Donation, Volunteering, Sculpture, Impact News

Architects, engineers, and students in 130 cities are competing this fall to design and build giant sculptures made entirely from cans of food. Canstr...

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France To Return "Stolen" Egyptian Art After Louvre Row

AP | ANGELA CHARLTON | Posted 10.09.2009 | World

Read More: Art, Louvre, France Egypt Louvre, France Egypt, Egypt, France, France Egyptian Art, Louvre Stolen Egypt, World News

PARIS — France's culture minister agreed Friday to return five painted wall fragments to Egypt after a row over their ownership prompted the Egy...

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Van Gogh's Letters Show The Artist "Was Not A Hysterical, Irrational Man: He Was Very Methodical"

AP | TOBY STERLING | Posted 10.08.2009 | World

Read More: Van Gogh Letters on Display, Art, Van Gogh Exhibition, Van Gogh Letters, Van Gogh Art, Art Exhibits, Van Gogh Artist, Artists' Letters, Van Gogh, Van Gogh Hysterical, Van Gogh Museum, World News

AMSTERDAM — While Vincent van Gogh has become almost as famed for his troubled mind as for his paintings, a new exhibition in the Van Gogh Museum se...

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Reading The Pictures: Artful New Attack Meme: Obama's "Indecision"

Michael Shaw | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Leisurely, Ed Rushca, Art, White House Residence, Mccain Obama Attack, White House Art, Obama, Mccain, Afghanistan, Media, Obama Attack, Politics News
Michael Shaw

2009-10-08-20091008RuschaWhiteHousethumb.jpgAre the Republicans and the media finally discovering a critique that hits Obama at the core of his personality?

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Afghanistan: Thousands Of Stolen Artifacts Returned (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 10.07.2009 | World

Read More: National Museum, Afghanistan Artifacts, Slidepoll, Art, Artifacts, Kabul Artifacts, Afghanistan, Kabul, National Museum Afghanistan, Archaeology, Kabul Artefacts, Afghanistan Photos, Afgan Artifacts Returned, Afghanistan Requests Stolen Artifacts Returned, White House Artifacts, Countries Stolen Artifacts in Museum, Countries Stole Artifacts in Mueseum, White. House Artifacts, World News

About 2,000 stolen artifacts were returned to Afghanistan and unveiled at the National Museum in Kabul on Tuesday, the New York Times reports. The art...

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Egypt Cuts Ties With France's Louvre Museum Over 'Stolen Artifacts'

AP | PAUL SCHEMM | Posted 10.08.2009 | World

Read More: Art, Louvre, Egypt Louvre, France, Egypt France, Egypt Lorvre Museum, Egypt, Louvre Museum, Louvre and Egypt, Louvre, Egyptian, Stolen, World News

CAIRO — Egypt's antiquities czar took his campaign to recover the nation's lost treasures to a new level on Wednesday by cutting ties with one o...

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Gao Brothers, Beijing Artists, Stay One Step Ahead Of Censors With Headless Mao Statue

nytimes.com | JIMMY WANG | Posted 10.06.2009 | World

Read More: China Art, Art, Beijing, Chairman Mao, Gao Qiang, Mao, Gao Zhen, China, Gao Brothers, World News

BEIJING It's not the kind of sculpture of Chairman Mao you typically see in China. He's on his knees as a supplicant, confessing; his body language a...

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"Young Archer": Michelangelo Statue To Be Acquired By Metropolitan Museum Of Art

AP | Posted 10.05.2009 | New York

Read More: Michelangelo, Met, Nyc Art, Art, Young Archer, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York News

NEW YORK — A marble statue widely attributed to Michelangelo is being loaned to New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art by the French governm...

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