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Celebrating Art For Its Own Sake (in Chelsea, of all places)

Jonathan Melber | Posted 07.25.2009 | New York

Read More: Maurizio Cattelan, Art Fairs, Art, Cecilia Alemani, Non-Profits, Contemporary Art, Arts Organizations, Art Galleries, Chelsea, X-Initiative, New York News

Over 1800 people flooded the old Dia Art Foundation building for in Chelsea the opening of No Soul For Sale. It is a sort of anti-art-fair fair.

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Defunct Car Dealership Finds New Life As Art Gallery

treehugger.com | Posted 07.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Green, Environment, Art, Green Living, Car Dealerships, Green News

Pete's Motors in Great Barrington, Massachusetts had been around for nearly 80 years when they were forced to close their doors. Today, however the lo...

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Hidden Treasure: Art By Public School Kids At Met

Agnes Gund | Posted 07.22.2009 | New York

Read More: Young Artists Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City Public Schools, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art, New York, Art Public Schools, New York News

The arts throughout our educational systems are being threatened and pulled out of our children's lives.

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Smelling Orange: The Interconnected Realm Of Synesthesia

DivineCaroline | Kathryn Williams | Posted 07.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Emotions, The Poetic Life, Art, Brain, The Artists Life, Colors, Neurological, The Artist's Life, Synesthesia, Living News

You've probably heard Mondays referred to as "blue" or a brightly colored shirt as "loud." For most people, these descriptions are figurative. Mondays...

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Protecting Your Art with Paper: Invoices and Art Consignment Forms (VIDEO)

Jonathan Melber | Posted 07.15.2009 | Business

Read More: New York Foundation for the Arts, Contemporary Art, Business of Art, Art, Consignment, Contracts, Art Law, Business News

In this video, I explain two important ways to keep track of your art and minimize misunderstandings whenever you sell or consign your work.

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Nude Mona Lisa-Like Painting Found (PHOTO)

Huffington Post | Posted 07.13.2009 | World

Read More: Art, Foreign Affairs, Leonardo Da Vinci, Leonardo Da Vinci Nude Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa Smile, Italy, Nude Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa Nude, Advocacy, Nude, Nude Photo, Nude Mona Lista, Nude Mona Lisa on Show in Vinci, New Mona Lisa, Nude Monalisa, Topless Mona Lisa, Monalisa Nude, Mona Lisa, New Mona Lisa Found, New Mona Lisa Painting, Mona Lisa Topless, Mona Lisa Painting, Nude Painting, Nude Mona Lisa Painting, Mona Lisa Painting Russia, Lisa Nude, World News

Could Leonardo have painted a version of the iconic Mona Lisa in the nude? As comical as that might sound, a painting that recently surfaced and is on...

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On Painting For Obama

Chaz Guest | Posted 07.13.2009 | Style

Read More: Chaz Guest, Art, Obama, Slideshow, Style News

In a letter President Obama wrote me, he stated that it's all about standing on the shoulders of those who came before us.

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Iowa Woman Discovers New Cloud Type

AP | MICHAEL J. CRUMB | Posted 07.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Iowa, Environment, Photography, Art, Clouds, Climate, Living News

DES MOINES, Iowa — Looking out the 11th floor window of her law office, Jane Wiggins did a double take and grabbed her camera. The dark, undulat...

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Top Ten Reasons Why Art is Essential to the Human Spirit

Maria Rodale | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Top Ten List, Art, Louisville, 21c, Living News

Art makes you think. I thought about what the artist was trying to say. I thought about how he or she did that. I thought about why I like some things and not others. Even art I don't like makes me think about why.

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Frick's Basement Holds Hidden Treasure: Century-Old Bowling Alley

New York Times | Alan Feuer | Posted 07.11.2009 | Local

Read More: Frick, Art, Frick Collection, New York Museums, Museums, New York City, New York, Local News

"It's one of those hidden places in New York, now isn't it?" says Colin Bailey, the museum's chief curator. After welcoming you in, Mr. Bailey will go...

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Brad Pitt Hits Up Art Basel, Buys $1 Million Painting (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 07.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Slideshow, Brad Pitt, Art Basel, Art, Brad Pitt Art Basel, Jim Hodges, Neo Rauch’s Etappe, Entertainment News

Brad Pitt popped up in Switzerland on Tuesday at Art Basel. An AP photographer snapped the actor checking out the work "end of knowledge" (24K gold o...

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Tim Burton To Get MoMA Exhibit

Variety | Posted 07.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Tim Burton MoMA, Art, Tim Burton, Museum of Modern Art, Moma, Entertainment News

The visually inventive filmmaker behind "Edward Scissorhands," "Batman" and "Sweeney Todd," among others, will be the subject of "Tim Burton," a major...

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Picasso Sketches Stolen: French Police

AP | JEAN-PIERRE VERGES | Posted 07.10.2009 | World

Read More: Extreme Weather, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Picasso, Picasso Sketches, Picasso Sketchbook, Picasso Sketchbook Stolen, French Police, Art, Art Theft, Picasso Stolen, Stolen Piccaso, Picasso Sketches Stolen, World News

PARIS — A red notebook of 33 pencil drawings by Pablo Picasso has been stolen from a specially locked glass case in the Paris museum that bears ...

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It's Art's Time

Steven Weber | Posted 07.09.2009 | Style

Read More: Art, Arts Education, Bailouts, Style News

Officially marginalized in our schools and practically vestigial in the anatomy of our systems of education and business, art -- its creation and enjoyment -- is in need of rediscovery.

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Venice Biennale Starts With A Splash

AP | Colleen Barry | Posted 07.09.2009 | Style

Read More: Italy, Art, Venice, Venice Biennale, Style News

VENICE, Italy - Quieter parties. Harsher art. That's one view from the 53rd Venice Biennale, the oldest and one of the most influential contemporary...

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The Poetry Of The Brooklyn Bridge

John Lundberg | Posted 07.08.2009 | Living

Read More: The Brooklyn Bridge, The Poetic Life, Art, Poetry, Brooklyn, Happiness, Living News

It's times like this I wish I lived in New York City. Poets House, a national poetry library and literary center, is sponsoring its 14th annual poet...

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Can You Teach Creative Writing?

newyorker.com | Louis Menand | Posted 07.03.2009 | Living

Read More: University, Creativity, Art, Mfa, College, Writing, The Artist's Life, Creative Writing, Teaching, Living News

Creative-writing programs are designed on the theory that students who have never published a poem can teach other students who have never published a...

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Pakistani Truck Artists Brighten Karachi

GlobalPost | Posted 06.22.2009 | World

Read More: Art, Pakistan Truck Artists, Pakistan, Painted Trucks, Karachi, Pakistan Trucks, Global Culture, Pakistan Art, Global Art, Karachi-Pakistan, World News

KARACHI, Pakistan (Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting) -- At first glance this is not a colorful city. An aerial view of Karachi reveals a sprawl of ...

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Turkish Contemporary Art Thrives Despite Economy

GlobalPost | Posted 06.21.2009 | World

Read More: Taner Ceylan, Art, Turkish Contemporary Art, Turkey, Foreign Affairs, Erdogan Zumrutoglu, Contemporary Art, Sotheby’s in London, Turkish Art, Advocacy, Sotheby’s, Istanbul-Turkey, World News

By Nichole Sobecki | GlobalPost ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Home to an acclaimed biennial and several world-class galleries, Turkey has long nurtured a str...

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The Art Institute's New Modern Wing Shines

Paul Klein | Posted 06.18.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Art Exhibits, Art, Museums, Modern Wing Art Institute of Chicago, Modern Wing, Albert Oehlen, Chicago News

I felt like a tourist dropped in an unknown, thoughtful, considered, glorious, confident, consummate museum. And then I looked out the window. I was at home.

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EnjoyBanking: An Interview With New York's $treet Artist$ (SLIDESHOW)

Hrag Vartanian | Posted 06.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Art, Wall Street Bailout, Enjoybanking, Economy, New York, Economic Crisis, Street Art, Business News

For months I've been spotting countless friendly and ironic stickers -- with slogans like "Enjoy Subprime Lending" -- popping up across the New York's art-friendly zones.

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"Invisible Car" Art Fades Into Its Environment

eco-chick.com | Posted 06.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Sara Watson, Environment, Cars, Art, Invisible Car, Green News

Artist and art student Sara Watson hand-painted this car to blend into it's local environment....

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US-Cuba Thaw Taking Place In The Arts

Reuters | Posted 06.07.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Cuba, Foreign Affairs, Cuban Art, US-Cuba Policy, Art, US-Cuba Relations, Cuba Embargo, Fidel Castro, Cuban Embargo, The Arts, Raul Castro, Cuba Art, Cuba, Advocacy, World News

The U.S. and Cuba governments have taken the first, tentative steps towards ending 50 years of hostilities, but the thawing of relations is already in...

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From the Ashes of New York...

Bob Fingerman | Posted 06.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Drawing, From the Ashes, Art, New York, Bob Fingerman, Writing, Graphic Novel, Entertainment News

Though I generally consider myself a pretty rational human being (though that, in itself, might be an oxymoron), much of my work as a writer and cartoonist has been reactionary.

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