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The Russian Muses Are Heard (and Seen)

Shai Baitel | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: United States, Putin, Medvedev, Baryshnikov, Iran, Moratorium, Anatoly Bekkerman, Arab Spring, Culture, Schneerson Library, Cultural Relations, Paintings, Russia, Art, Chabad, ABA Gallery, Spivakov, Borovikovsky, Kabakov, Arts News
Shai Baitel

Arts and culture are a link, sometimes even a lifeline, between countries, as they remind us of our humanity and instill respect of other cultures. And, all things considered, they do. Russian audiences experience American orchestras and Americans experience Russian ballet. But not all is well, however, at least temporarily.

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Portraits of Young Women

Danielle Lauder | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Young Artists, Art, Paintings, Slidepollajax, Danielle Lauder, Teen News
Danielle Lauder

I find portraits so intriguing because you can choose to capture someone in any manner. A painting can express so much more about the subject than a photo, as it is up to the artist's creativity.

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You're Never too Old for Love

Laverne H. Bardy | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Clothing, Fast Food Places, Children, Divulging, West Virginia, Travel, Country French, Propriety, Speeches, Happily Ever After, Petite, Army Tank, Scenery, New Jersey, Married, Pizza Hut, McDonald's, E-Mail, Household, Dressing Up, Analyzing, Online Dating, Hangnail, Blessed, Lord's Prayer, Laughing, God, AmericanSingles.Com, Chinese Restaurant, Linebackers, Birth Certificate, Pottery, Food, Dissecting, Directions, Downtown, Sell, Petrie Dish, Evaluating, Horseback, China Dishes, No Prayers in School Law, Paintings, MapQuest.Com, Household Goods, Shovel, Neighbors, Baltimore, Parents, Social Interaction, Store Fronts, Rent, Commercial Vehicle, Charleston, Mountain, Axe Murderer, U-Haul Truck, Car, Art Deco, Solitaire, Phone Conversations, Protein, Saturday Night, Road Kill, Doodads, Renovating, Fifty News
Laverne H. Bardy

We met online. He was from West Virginia; I'm from New Jersey. He was looking for Happily Ever After. I was looking for something to do Saturday nights.

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The Knoedler's Meltdown: Inside the Forgery Scandal and Federal Investigations

Vanity Fair | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Knoedler, May Issue, Paintings, Vanity Fair, Forgery, Arts, Untitled 1950, Gallery, Jackson Pollock, Scandal, News, 2012, Arts News
Vanity Fair

"The works are of a five-star quality. Maybe a few are four-star, but mostly five-star, which is why they've stirred such attention," Ann Freedman, former director of the Knoedler gallery, tells contributing editor Michael Shnayerson of the recent David Herbert collection.

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Getting Lost at the Museum of Fine Arts

Zoe P. Strassfield | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Boston, Science, Native Americans, Archeology, Boston University, Colonial America, History, Paintings, Art History, Art, Art Museums, Museum of Fine Arts, Aztec Art, Mayan Art, Native American Art, Boston Museums, College News
Zoe P. Strassfield

That's what I love about museums -- every artwork or display is a window into another place, another time or another way of thinking.

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Painters' Table: Top 10 Best Posts: February 2012

Brett Baker | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Slidepollajax, Mark Rothko, Emily Nelligan, Richard Diebenkorn, Sangram Majumdar, Alan Gouk, Bill Jensen, Kurt Solmssen, Paintings, Painting, Arts News
Brett Baker

The February painting blogosphere in a word: Thoughtful. No matter the subject, provisional painting, painters' paintings, or plein-air painting, the depth of thought devoted to the art of painting was uniquely evident.

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Dog Art Fetches A Pretty Penny

AP | SUE MANNING | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Paintings, Dog Art, Dog Paintings, Animals, Dogs in Art, Animal Art, Art Auctions, Ap, Arts News

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dogs seem to be as popular on a canvas these days as they are on a leash, with paintings of dogs drawing big bucks and big crowds...

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Kehinde Wiley's Take On Israeli Youth

Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: Portraiture, The World Stage: Israel, Art, Paintings, Painter, Kehinde Wiley, The Jewish Museum, Contemporary Art, Israel, Painting, Portraits, Slidepollajax, Video, Arts News

Kehinde Wiley's paintings challenge our conventional views of portraiture by featuring black men in a mix of regal and street poses, using the brighte...

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The Brucennial 2012: 'Harderer, Betterer, Fasterer, and Strongerer' (VIDEO)

VernissageTV | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Paintings, Opening, The Bruce High Quality Foundation, Biennial, Contemporary Art, Brucennial, Art Exhibitions, New York City, Visual Art, Vito Schnabel, Video, Arts News
VernissageTV

They did it again: The art collective known as The Bruce High Quality Foundation once more challenges the Whitney Biennial with the Brucennial, and th...

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The Korean International Art Show Showcases Eclectic Collection

Noel Alumit | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Fiber, Art, Paintings, Korean, Installation, Sculpture, Silk, Creative, Sumi, Wonsil Kim, The Korean International Art Show, La Artcore, La Around Town, Los Angeles News
Noel Alumit

Buoyant and colorful, these deceptively pleasant pieces provide a glimpse into Korean creativity. Curator Wonsil Kim provides some much needed answers about the event.

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The "Light Bulb" Moment

Susanne Mentzer | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: History, Classical Music, New York City Opera, Paintings, Humanities Education, Humanities, Economy, Opera, Arts Philanthropy, Arts News
Susanne Mentzer

Artistic treasures of all types must be studied to appreciate those of our present day. In our current world of instant gratification and short attention spans -- it is easy to forget what came before.

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12 Painter To Watch In 2012

Steven Zevitas | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Gabriel Hartley. Andrew Masullo, Analia Saban, Forrest Bess, Steve Roden, New American Paintings, Echo Eggebrecht, Paintings, Dave Miko, John mcAllister, Matthias Dornfeld, Dona Nelson, Slidepollajax, Contemporary Art, Jonas Wood, Tom Thayer, Anna Betbeze, On Our Radar, Arts News
Steven Zevitas

2011 was a strong year for the ever-resilient medium of painting as artists continued to push the idea of just what a painting can be in terms of materials, scale and subject. I expect that 2012 will be no different.

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Twilight: An Interview With a Painter

Noel Alumit | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Creativity, Baby Boomer, Highland Park, Art, Paintings, Margaret Garcia, Twilight, Bonnie Lambert, Los Angeles News
Noel Alumit

While tweens flock to see the latest installment of the vampire saga Twilight this weekend, a humbler Twilight opening will be happening in a studio in Highland Park.

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Behind the Scenes at the Museum of Contemporary Art (Video)

Elysabeth Alfano | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Andy Warhol, Art, Fear No Art Chicago, Paintings, Fear No Art, Michael Darling, Sculpture, Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Mca, Rene Magritte, Chicago Artist Month, Robert Rauschenberg, Nick Cave, Chicago News
Elysabeth Alfano

While we walk the corridors of the museum and throughout the superb exhibit Pandora's Box, Mr. Darling talks about the importance of the museum creating a safe space to ask questions, and ways we can all relate to art.

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Bob Dylan's Painting Exhibition

Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: China Art, Bob Dylan Art, Art New York, Bob Dylan, Dylanology, Dylan Artist, Gagosian, New York, Gagosian Gallery, Dylan Fan, Asia Series, Paintings, Bob Dylan Paint, Vietnam, Japan, Asia, China, Folk Art, North Korea, Arts News

Dylan fanatics can begin the countdown to his first ever New York Gallery exhibition, entitled "The Asia Series," starting September 20th at Gagosian ...

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Bob Dylan's Painting Exhibition

AP | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: China Art, Bob Dylan Art, Art New York, Bob Dylan, Music, Dylanology, Dylan Artist, Gagosian, New York, Gagosian Gallery, Dylan Fan, Asia Series, Paintings, Bob Dylan Paint, Vietnam, Japan, Asia, Folk Art, China, North Korea, Arts News

NEW YORK -- A New York City gallery will be exhibiting 18 drawings and paintings by Bob Dylan created while the musician was touring Asia. The Gagosi...

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PHOTOS: Artists And Their Mentors Show Together At 'The Influentials'

Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Exhibition, Exhibition Spotlight, Art, The Influentials, Paintings, Drawings, Mentor, School of Visual Arts, Female, New York City, Sva, Arts News

"The Influentials" exhibition features the work of some of the School of Visual Arts' most distinguished female alumni. Everything from photography to...

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Every Picture Tells a Story

Tom Teicholz | Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: Cezanne, Paintings, Renoir, Collectors, Salvador Dali, Rodeo Drive, Pablo Picasso, Art, Prints, Degas, Los Angeles, Goya, Arts News
Tom Teicholz

Michael Schwartz with Clients. Photo courtesy of Galerie Michael. For 30 years, Michael Schwartz has owned and operated Galerie Michael, an art g...

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Toulouse-Lautrec's Favorite Dancer

David Galenson | Posted 09.24.2011

Read More: Toulouse-Lautrec, Jane-Avril, Courtauld Gallery, Slidepollajax, Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec, Post-Impressionism, Couratuld Art Gallery, UK Arts, London, Art Exhibitions, Paris, Courtauld, Paintings, Beyond the Moulin Rouge, Museums, Toulouse Lautrec and Jane Avril Beyond the Moulin Rouge, Moulin Rouge, Postimpressionism, Arts News
David Galenson

An 1893 article by the critic Arsène Alexandre described the art of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec as "very spontaneous in its execution, yet very calcula...

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How A Painting Helped Capture A War Criminal

ARTINFO | Posted 09.21.2011

Read More: Serbia, Art-Crimes, Art, Crime, War Crimes, Paintings, Artinfo, Croatia, Goran Hadzic, Modigliani, Serbian War Criminal, Vladimir Vukcevic, War, War Criminal, Painting, Arts News
ARTINFO

The last major war crimes fugitive in Serbia has been arrested after a stolen Modigliani painting led investigators to discover his whereabouts. Looki...

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PHOTO: Jon Stewart's Uncanny Doppelganger

The Huffington Post | Christine Friar | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Doppelgangers, Jon Stewart Doppelganger, Video, Ilya Repin, Art, Jon Stewart Ilya Repin, Paintings, Lookalikes, Poll, Jon Stewart, Urlesque, Dan Meth, Comedy News

Artist Dan Meth was at the Metropolitan Museum of Art this past weekend when a painting stopped him dead in his tracks -- and it wasn't one of the mus...

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Nude Sean Connery Painting To Be Displayed For First Time

Posted 09.10.2011

Read More: United Kingdom, Edinburgh College of Art, Sir Sean Connery, Sean Connery, Naked Pictures, Painting, UK Arts, Art Exhibitions, Actors, James Bond, Art, Naked, Paintings, Elizabeth Hume, Scotland, Nude Painting, Nude Models, Celebrities, Arts News

For the first time, a nude painting of Sir Sean Connery will be be displayed later this year. The painting shows a young Connery from the back, clad o...

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Museum Uncovers Van Gogh's Only Painting Of His Brother Theo

AP | Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: Vincent and Theo, Vincent, Post-Impressionism, Van Gogh, Paintings, Netherlands, Museums, Theo Van Gogh, Vincent Van Gogh, Antwerp, Painting, Van Gogh Museum, Paris, Arts News

AMSTERDAM -- The Van Gogh Museum said Tuesday its experts now believe one of Vincent van Gogh's paintings previously thought to be a self-portrait act...

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PHOTOS: Beaches That Inspired Art

Black Tomato | Posted 08.08.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Beaches, Artists, Paintings, Travel News
Black Tomato

Beaches aren't just about sand and sea you know; they enable the imagination to transcend (as well as triggering those restorative 'finally, some time off' feelings.

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Drawing on Experience: This Artweek.LA (May 23-29)

Bill Bush | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: Photography, Art Openings, Paintings, Nasa, L.A. Art Scene, Los Angeles, Arts News
Bill Bush

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