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The art and craft of making furniture
Collectors with an eye for style can experience works from classic to experimental this weekend at the 16th annual Philadelphia Invitational Furniture Show.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/27 7:24am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/27 7:24am
Arts Oasis in a Sporty Town
THE landscape of the uptown district of Charlotte, N.C., is dominated by mega-sports domes like the Bank of America Stadium, home to the Carolina Panthers, and the much-ballyhooed Nascar Hall of Fame, a 150,000-square-foot entertainment complex set to open May 11.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/27 7:22am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/27 7:22am
Canada dumping ground for stolen art
Art thieves and black market dealers in cultural heritage material have a better chance of unloading their valuable booty — and avoiding prosecution — in Canada than almost anywhere else, say two prominent stolen art experts.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/27 7:20am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/27 7:20am
Pillsbury, former director of Kimbell Art Museum, dies at 66
Edmund "Ted" Pillsbury, a former longtime director of the Kimbell Art Museum whose aggressive acquisition campaign brought the museum international acclaim, died Thursday.
He was 66 and lived in Dallas.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/27 7:19am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/27 7:19am
WrestleMania Art showcases athletes' artistic moves
WWE superstars showcased their talents on a different kind of canvas at the WrestleMania Art auction Wednesday night at the Montelucia Resort in Scottsdale.
More than 20 pro-wrestlers donated artwork, including paintings, drawings, collages and even a hand-painted do-rag, to raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Arizona and the Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/25 10:13pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/25 10:13pm
The art and architecture of matzoh balls
Each year at Passover, after someone's child asks the Four Questions that begin with "Why is this night different from all other nights?," one more pops in my head: Why are tonight's matzoh balls better than mine?
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/23 11:25pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/23 11:25pm
Guts, Glory, and Gaffer's Tape at the Art Handling Olympics
Artist and art handler Ted Riederer, playing a German curator, instructs the participants to raise and lower the 50-pound lead paintings as part of the event "The Static Hold."
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/23 8:29pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/23 8:29pmSequim collector turns dinosaur bones into art
SEQUIM, Wash. -- Don Bradley takes a common childhood fascination to impressive heights - and weights.
A peek inside his shop west of Sequim reveals his unusual hobby: collecting dinosaur bones - a cruel-looking arm of the meat-eating Acrocanthosaurus, a massive leg from vegetarian Camarasaurus - and mounting them on handsome pieces of wood.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/23 8:29pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/23 8:29pm
Miyamoto on Videogames as Art and Teaching Tools
At a recent BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Arts) ceremony in which Shigeru Miyamoto was honored with its fellowship award, he chatted with the Associated Press about the event. The designer first expressed his desire to bring consoles and handheld into schools and turn them into educational tools.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/23 4:46pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/23 4:46pm
Christina Aguilera Releases Art For New Single 'Not Myself Tonight'
This lady is going to drag out her return FOREVER! Today we got her new cover art for the single entitled 'Not Myself Tonight' and it's deliciously devilish.
1 comment | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/23 4:43pm
1 comment | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/23 4:43pm
Last Supper gets supersized as art imitates life
Study finds food portion sizes have soared 69% in paintings of Jesus's last meal with his disciples
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/23 4:42pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/23 4:42pm
Peeps plans Easter art show
Marshmallow candy maker Just Born Inc., which opened its first Peeps & Co. retail store at National Harbor last fall, plans an Easter Sunday art show. The outdoor art show will feature custom-designed Peeps artwork for sale. The creations, by David Ottogalli, whose pieces are sold year-round at the Peeps store, will sell for $18 to $250.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/23 4:41pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/23 4:41pm
A Sign of the Times: @ Is Art!
It's a sign of (and for) the times: The @ symbol, found so commonly these days in Internet correspondence and yet so difficult to agreeably name, has officially been deemed a piece of contemporary art.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/23 4:40pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/23 4:40pm
20 years on, Boston art heist remains a mystery
In the early hours of March 18, 1990, two thieves walked into Boston's elegant Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum disguised as police officers and bound and gagged two guards. For the next 81 minutes, they sauntered around the ornate galleries, removing masterworks, including those by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Degas and Manet, cutting some of the largest pieces from their frames.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/22 1:10am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/22 1:10am
The Frugal Genius
Michelangelo was a notorious miser. He drew on every scrap he found around his studio, only on rare occasions beginning a drawing on a fresh sheet (typically when the sheet was intended for a patron's eyes).
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/21 10:46am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/21 10:46am