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Baltimore’s Medical Facility – and its art.
‘Alternative spaces’ and why Portland might matter in the art world.
Handicrafts - making a comeback in Germany, via the internet.
Making cities more aesthetic – public art in public places.
Trading skills, spaces and objects – a barter network for creative people.
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Fooling the eye – trompe l’oeil takes on new dimensions in contemporary art.
Giving new meaning to ‘body painting.’
Relax with this time lapse video of Venice.
Tape: not just for packing boxes. It’s an art material, too!
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Cautious optimism regarding the Frieze in New York so go if you can.
No smiles at the Berlin Biennale.
Why we can’t get enough of ‘The Scream’ (even if not all of us could pay that much to own it!).
Pompidou plans to go global but falls out with its U.S. friends.
Can Occupy be seen as a new artistic movement?
What went wrong with the Guggenheim’s Helsinki plans?
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Changing society by promoting art – art in the public space.
This is great – teenager corrects map at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (and they still don’t know what to do about the mistake).
Adorable – appreciating street fixtures.
The charm and challenge of an installation [...]
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Taking a peek at New York’s Frieze (which is easy to get to, it seems, despite the unusual location).
Russian oligarch bought painting at Christie’s, but now is sure it’s a fake – and wants his money back.
The art museum boom in China, and the impact that it’s having worldwide.
Is there an established etiquette for taking photos at a public event? Or is common sense and sensitivity all you need?
Why everyone goes crazy for Klimt.
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Can you take an artist’s word for what is – or isn’t – in the picture?
I love learning about installations – it’s the sense of behind-the-scenes magic, I think – and now there’s a tumblr devoted just to that.
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The art burning that everyone’s taking about – why the artist agreed, and how it felt to see the work in flames.
Close one in two of all Germany’s museums? German artists aren’t happy.
Chicago – a cultural center, if not one of the biggest cultural centers. Now it wants a biennial.
The impact of Chinese investors on the art market.
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Thinking about the origins of arts.
Art using colored pencils - but not in the ordinary way!
Getting creative with cardboard.
Enjoying the season with some gorgeous spring photos.
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The art piece that was going to be the centerpiece of the UK’s Olympics festival has been rejected and denied funding.
Enforced silence encourages fakes – so let’s be open about authenticity issues.
It looks incomplete, but Europe’s largest contemporary art center is now open – and the look is part of the design.
French art museums don’t have much French art – but now there is new hope for the French contemporary art scene.
Will Google Art give new life to Indian art museums that badly need it?
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Do you remember every single work in the exhibition you just saw? Me neither, but this guy does.
Ten fabulous New York shots – found through Facebook.
Bored during a long flight? Get imaginative [...]
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Things are looking up for US museums – but no one is feeling comfortable yet.
Google Art grows and takes in the White House.
Baltimore looks to street art to bring life to its walls.
A collector is suing William Eggleston for something that doesn’t appear problematic – so what’s really going on?
Remember the forger who donated his fakes to museums? Now his works have their own (tongue-in-cheek) exhibit.
Is the funding system for non-profits unsustainable as it is now? Richard Dare thinks so.
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Assistants speak out about making artists’ works. (Turns out painting Damien Hirst’s spots was very dull – who’d have guessed?)
Andy Warhol, creating on a computer – remember this is way, way before Photoshop.
The art [...]
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The Mona Lisa was finished more than a decade later than had been thought, confirms the Louvre.
North of Dubai, there’s another emirate – and its art is flourishing.
With budget tightening, arts feel the pinch all over Europe.
Guess what the top-attended museum show of 2011 was. No, I didn’t guess right either.
Despite poverty, danger and even self-censorship, arts are thriving in Cambodia.
Denver’s developing art scene gets another boost – a new museum that will open soon.
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Want to start taking the art on NYC’s subways seriously? There’s an app for that.
There might be a genetic clue to the shape of van Gogh’s sunflowers.
A sculpture that reforms as the wind blows – love this idea.
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Painting by ‘unknown artist’ turns out to be by someone rather well-known – Van Gogh.
Is the Greek art market full of fakes?
Human Rights Watch looks askance at the Guggenheim and the Louvre in Abu Dhabi.
‘You take pictures, I paint’ – the division of labor between Picasso and his main photographer.
Can art aid recovery from a stroke? Yes, says one study.
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The massage is the medium? An unusual form of art, by appointment only.
Fabulous photos of phenomena – and the science behind them.
Just for fun – surreal mannequin sculptures on the street (and elsewhere).
Artist plans to make a giant salad on the High Line? I’m there.
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Looking for Leonardo’s secrets – the ‘real life Da Vinci Code.’
What now, for LA arts and artists?
Not vandalism, but ‘poetry’ – the de Kooning drawing that is no more and what this can tell us about the nature of nothing.
Check it out! The National Gallery now offers large, very high quality images of its art – it’s pretty impressive.
Site-specific Matisse to move as the Barnes Foundation does. Approval is not universal.
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Truly explosive art – with gunpowder as medium.
10% of all photos taken in the history of humanity were taken in the last 12 months: what this means for photographers.
Yarn bombing – positive vandalism?
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From impoverished town to outdoor art gallery – with success round every corner http://bit.ly/wImieq
Damien Hirst wants a gallery of his own http://bit.ly/ziUvCV and no longer thinks that ‘museums are for dead artists’ http://bit.ly/xJM9FF
Vermeer’s Woman in Blue shines in all its restored glory http://bit.ly/zWPhT8 and see what a difference a frame makes http://bit.ly/we7Ghn
Digital tools: changing the way art is bought, sold and viewed http://on.wsj.com/z3ucvW
Now that the rock has arrived safely (and won’t be moving again – probably ever!) let’s learn more about it http://lat.ms/x60UHD
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Do you think of New York as monochrome? I agree with this article – I love its color http://bit.ly/xx7y6l
Swooning over skies – 10 of the best in [...]
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