LACMA Loses 23% Of Its Investments In Meltdown Year
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...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
Guggenheim Announces Hugo Boss Finalists
artinfo.com | Posted 11.12.2009 | New York
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Walid Raad,
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The Guggenheim has announced the finalists for its biennial Hugo Boss Prize, which is awarded for achievement in contemporary art. ...
The Dopeness, Part XXIV
Cotty Chubb | Posted 11.13.2009 | Los Angeles
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Three days in Los Angeles: an unknown well-known artist, Crumb meets God, Van the (young) man, a pastrami sandwich to cry for, and an easy dinner. &nb...
El Museo del Barrio: Fifth Avenue on Fire
Jim Luce | Posted 11.12.2009 | New York
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Forty years ago, El Museo del Barrio was a dream contained in a single classroom so far north that “sophisticated” Manhattanites would not...
The Evolution of Paris as a Major Art Market
Stephanie Adamowicz | Posted 11.04.2009 | New York
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Paris is attracting an increasing number of international galleries exhibiting high-quality works by blue chip artists.
Mighty Movie Podcast: Shrieks from the '80s: Ti West on The House of the Devil
Dan Persons | Posted 10.31.2009 | Entertainment
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Mary Woronov,
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Death,
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Off Beat,
The House of the Devil Movie Review,
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Larry Fessenden,
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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.
How Lame Is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
Nelson Montana | Posted 10.30.2009 | Entertainment
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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!
Mighty Movie Podcast: Lars von Trier's Antichrist: A Conversation
Dan Persons | Posted 10.28.2009 | Entertainment
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Violence,
Earth,
Justice,
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"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.
Autistic Artist Draws Manhattan Skyline From Memory
designboom.com | Posted 10.28.2009 | Living
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Wiltshire -- diagnosed with autism at the age of three -- displays an unusually powerful photographic memory that he has applied to rendering cityscap...
Autistic Artist Stephen Wiltshire Draws NYC From Memory
Huffington Post | Tam Vo | Posted 10.26.2009 | Impact
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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 ...
Unexpectedly Beautiful Photos Of Bugs (VIDEO)
Posted 10.23.2009 | Green
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...
If It's Art, Must It Be Pornography?
Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 10.23.2009 | Books
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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.
Lars Bang Larsen Interview
Zefrey Throwell | Posted 10.23.2009 | New York
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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.
Author Morris Dickstein Interviewed for Upcoming Creative Time Summit
Zefrey Throwell | Posted 10.21.2009 | New York
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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.
Lessons for the President on the Art of Diplomacy
Mark Lamster | Posted 10.21.2009 | Books
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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.
Laurie Lindeen: Motivated By MS to Create Art And Music [VIDEO]
Posted 10.20.2009 | Impact
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...
Possible New Leonardo Drawing, "Profile of the Bella Principessa," Found
AP | Posted 10.14.2009 | World
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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...
New Da Vinci Painting Discovered, Experts Believe (VIDEO)
Posted 10.13.2009 | World
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***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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