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Graffiti Art Earns New Respect in Moscow
MOSCOW — From the Jean-Michel Basquiat show opening on Friday at the Musée d’Art Moderne in Paris, to the street art retrospective at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, in April, highbrow institutions in the West are opening their doors to graffiti art.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/13 5:39pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/13 5:39pm
'Lost Michelangelo' Painting Ended Up Behind Couch
(Oct. 13) -- It may have been sought after for years by some of Europe's most powerful cardinals, but for the past eight decades, the possibly priceless painting of the Virgin Mary hung above the fireplace -- and later sat behind the couch -- of a middle-class family home in New York state.
1 comment | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/13 5:37pm
1 comment | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/13 5:37pmWoman charged for destroying controversial Jesus art in Colorado
A lawyer for Kathy Folden, who was charged Wednesday by Loveland, Colorado police with criminal mischief - a felony - said she will plead not guilty.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/10 6:53pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/10 6:53pm
Michigan man wins $250,000 art prize
According to LaPorte, his piece, which is a meticulous hand drawn reproduction of a portrait, is about "the process of drawing" and cavalry workers, who he says, "must have survived horrific events to preserve what we experience today."
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/08 9:25pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/08 9:25pm
Art review: The Crocker Art Museum's new galleries
SACRAMENTO -- One of America's oldest art museums becomes one of its newest on Sunday, when the Crocker Art Museum, established in 1885, opens a sleek new addition that triples its size.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/06 4:52pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/06 4:52pm
Guillermo Del Toro: "Games Are Art"
“Videogames are the comic books of our time. It’s a medium that gains no respect among the intelligentsia. They say ‘oh, video games.’ And most people that complain about video games have never f*cking played them,” del Toro said at a book reading in Portland, Oregon.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/06 4:50pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/06 4:50pm
Art Sales Set New Records
On Monday, Sotheby’s capped off the first day of its weeklong art auctions in Hong Kong with a strong contemporary Asian art sale that brought in 256 million Hong Kong dollars (US$32.8 million), nearly 50% over its high estimate.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/06 4:50pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/06 4:50pm
Picasso exhibition to debut in US
"Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musee National Picasso, Paris" will include paintings, drawings, sculptures and etchings by the artist and serves as a retrospective covering each notable artistic period of his eight-decade career.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/04 5:53pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/04 5:53pmMaryhill Museum plans $10 million expansion
Maryhill Museum of Art on Monday launched a $10 million expansion that will add 25,500 square feet to the Columbia River Gorge attraction.
The Mary and Bruce Stevenson Wing will be designed by GBD Architects of Portland and is scheduled to be completed by March 2012.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/04 5:52pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/04 5:52pm
Art professionals discuss the ArtPrize top ten
We know what the public says are the top ten ArtPrize entries. Now, what do "art experts" think about those choices?
"Would I have voted for the same ten?" asks art professional Ritsu Katsumata. "I think I would have voted for one or two of them," she answers.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/02 10:01pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/02 10:01pm
Italian architect unveils new wing at US art museum
LOS ANGELES — Italian architect Renzo Piano is unveiling a new wing of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art this weekend, a project he said makes maximum use of the "amazing light" of a city prone to "crazy ideas."
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/02 9:59pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/02 9:59pm
ArtPrize voters cast nearly 100,000 votes in final six hours
GRAND RAPIDS – ArtPrize 2010 ended its first round of voting at midnight with an astounding 448,633 votes cast by 31,014 registered voters to pick the Top 10 pieces that will advance to the second round of the contest.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 09/30 5:26am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 09/30 5:26am
The Social Network Review Raves to Get Out of Hand?
The Social Network review scores cannot get more perfect. Already reviews are reaching historic heights, as rating remain perfect on Rotten Tomatoes. Not only is it still at 100 percent positive, it has an average 9.7
rating out of 10. Those numbers are unheard of outside of a Pixar movie, and if they hold until Friday, it will send a clear message to the Oscars.
1 comment | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 09/29 4:53am
1 comment | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 09/29 4:53am
Art sale sign of good faith to Lehman creditors
FOR sale: a sign of the times. Auction house Christie's is auctioning off the sign that adorned the European headquarters of Lehman Brothers, along with paintings, furniture and other objects from the offices of the collapsed investment bank.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 09/27 1:21am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 09/27 1:21am
Art collection of Dennis Hopper to be auctioned
More than 200 works of art including paintings by Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat from The Dennis Hopper Collection will sold at Christie's in two auctions that could fetch up to $13 million.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 09/20 11:26pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 09/20 11:26pm