Art news from around the world:

What the most artistic city in America? It’s not what you think…

British art: making people feel better.

The world’s first blockbuster art exhibit? Picasso, unsurprisingly. What’s more unexpected is that it was in 1960.

Smells, scents & fragrances – the newest form of art.

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The art of illusion – an exhibition where visitors hang off buildings.

The artist behind the icon – famous photographs and their famous photos.

It’s a still life – but this one is interactive.

The artist who disappears into the background.

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3 of the 10 most expensive works sold at auction last year were by Chinese artists. Welcome to the new art market.

Larry Gagosian sued for selling works it is said he had no right to sell.

The Arab Spring has helped Arab art to flourish.

Britain has talented young artists – and they’re totally different to the YBA.

Could street art represent one of Australia’s most important cultural movements?

Latin American art – why it has its own identity.

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Reimagining famous paintings – part of an age old tradition.

Should the role of art be partly to give us what we need?

Postage stamps placed in context through painting.

Yosemite in time-lapse – inspiring on a [...]

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A Guggenheim in Helsinki – watch this space.

Hockney on headlines, his history and why he loves his iPad so much.

Light and space in an exhibition that really is ‘Phenomenal.’

Want to get more out of an art fair? Try this…

Social change through art – now there’s a prize for that.

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Did you know Van Gogh was a preacher before he returned to his paints? 6 drawings from the period survive.

The reason we like art so much? Because it gives us pleasure, says Jonathan Jones.

Around the world in 6,237 photos.

Healing through art in Haiti.

Used books – a favorite new art material.

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Hockney was right to criticize Hirst – but on the other hand, he was wrong. So do you teach the poetry or the craft?

Polar bears or dinosaurs? Looking for trends in the art year ahead.

Art conservation – online.

Irish art: a conduit for a critical conversation.

World’s most visited museum? The Louvre, again.

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Warming up winter – sculptures from the ice and snow festival certainly make the cold more interesting.

Why it’s not true that everyone is a curator.

LA exhibit for the nanny whose compelling photos were only discovered after her death.

Can art offer a spiritual something to a culture concerned mainly with money?

Dali and the dinner party – with a surreal [...]

Happy new year! Here’s our first art news update of 2012.

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Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts is being asked to ‘contribute’ money to the city – but the mayor insists it’s not a tax.

Insurers encourage metal sculpture owners to rethink security measures and cities already are.

Did the Louvre over-clean this Leonardo?

Art on Arab streets – commentary on current events.

Branding and influence – the complexity of patronage in the arts.

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The art project that saved a Chelsea resident from theft.

The photographer whose images saved Yosemite.

LACMA lists some fun works which are usually a hit with the kids.

A canvas which was once ripped, slashed and nearly black finds new fans with its new look.

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BP pledges to continue UK arts sponsorship but not everyone is impressed.

As Europe’s financial concerns continue, the EU proposes world’s largest ever cultural funding program.

Asian art market booms as investors get creative with their money.

Barbara Hepworth statue stolen in the UK – possibly by scrap metal thieves.

The Met gets Google Goggles (I want to try this out).

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Does technique turn images to art?

Rouen Cathedral – a muse for more than Monet.

Feeding Lucian Freud – and then modeling for him.

Artist colonies; it’s not what you think.

The anonymous artist who left paper sculptures around Edinburgh.

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Art dealers oppose EU art tax.

The gallery that Occupy Wall Street is thinking about.

“Indianapolis is crazy not to go ahead with it” – the controversial sculpture that finally lost the battle.

For those with the money for it, financial turmoil has been an incentive to buy art.

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The exhibitions that live on online.

We see beauty when we’re looking for it – and our aesthetic judgments are complicated.

The light paintings of Picasso (turns out it’s an older technique than you might think).

Making murals out of moss – almost like magic.