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(Newser) - Swedes got a scare this weekend after an artist wrapped bunches of carrots with black tape to make them look a bit like dynamite, attached clocks and wires and placed them around the southern city of Orebo. Police received several concerned calls from the public about the "Bunny Project:... More »

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rabbits • police • art • Sweden • artist • bunker busting bombs • carrots • Bugs Bunny

(Newser) - Controversial artist Banksy has mounted a huge show at his hometown Bristol City Museum—but the secretive vandal is nowhere to be seem, the Times of London reports. The exhibition was planned in secret through Banksy’s representatives. “We couldn’t even tell the council and the whole... More »

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entertainment • art • England • sculpture • painting • Bristol • graffiti • Banksy • exhibition • Jay-ZTV • Bristol City Museum

TRAVEL

 Gauguin's Echoes 
 Haunt Pacific Island 

Serene Polynesian land draws modern Gauguins, artist's fans

Jun 11, 09 1:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tucked into French Polynesia is Hiva Oa, the Marquesan island that French painter Paul Gauguin made his home 100 years ago. Remnants of Gauguin litter the remote settlement of 2,000 people, as do heaps of skulls left from its violent past. But today, Hiva Oa serves as a serene... More »

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entertainment • travel • art • Polynesia • Paul Gauguin • Jay-ZTV • Hiva Oa • Marquesas

 Pitt Drops $1M for Painting 


Jun 9, 09 6:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Brad Pitt played the role of big-time art collector today at the Art Basel fair in Switzerland. Pitt spent about $1 million on a 9-foot painting by Neo Rauch, the Wall Street Journal reports. The 1998 racetrack painting, Etappe, "depicts a swirling view of a driver behind a red,... More »

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Brad Pitt • art • Switzerland • painting • Art Basel • Neo Rauch

 Picasso's 
 'Magical' 
 Château 
 to Open 

Studio, burial ground private up til now

Jun 9, 09 1:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - This summer, art fiends can visit Pablo Picasso’s final resting place for the first time—a château where “he devoted himself completely to his art,” the Telegraph reports. Picasso discovered Château de Vauvenargues in the foothills of France’s Mont Sainte-Victoire, a mountain made famous... More »

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art museum • France • art • Picasso • artist • Pablo Picasso • Jay-ZTV

 US to Return 
 $10M Stolen 
 Art Stash to Italy 

'Treasure trove' of looted antiques uncovered in Chicago home

Jun 9, 09 1:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - A huge stash of stolen artifacts found in a Chicago home will be returned to Italy by US authorities, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. The artifacts—including letters written by kings and popes, and Etruscan works thousands of years old—were discovered by the homeowner's heirs after his death, and are... More »

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Chicago • art • theft • Italy • Illinois • artifacts • antique

 Artists Get What 
 They Want 
 by Painting It 

New York couple makes wanting an art form

Jun 1, 09 3:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - When Justin Gignac and Christine Santora wanted a pair of gold aviators, they painted a picture of the sunglasses and sold it for $243.84—then went out and bought the pair, for $243.84. The New York artists have amassed other luxuries, like dinner at Nobu, in the same... More »

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entertainment • Barack Obama • art • painting • charity • artist • Jay-ZTV • Justin Gignac • Christine Santora

(Newser) - Did Michelangelo actually create a small (16-inch) wooden carving of a crucified Jesus or did the Italian government get taken for a $4 million ride? Some experts believe passionately that the piece, now on exhibit in Naples, is the work of the master. But as the BBC reports, others blast... More »

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art • Italy • sculpture • Christ • culture • Florence • Michelangelo • Jesus Christ • crucifiction

Obama's Inclusive Message Extends to White House Walls

Call for art includes minority painters, abstract works

May 22, 09 12:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - More change is coming to Washington, and this time it’s aesthetic. President Obama’s request for works from African-American, Hispanic, and female artists to adorn the White House walls stems from a desire to “round out the permanent collection” and “give new voices” to non-traditional or low-profile... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • White House • art • modern art • minorities • National Endowment for the Arts • Jay-ZTV

 First Lady 
 Praises Arts 
 on NYC Visit 

Michelle attends ballet gala, reopening of
Met's American wing

May 19, 09 5:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michelle Obama emphasized the administration's support for the arts on a visit to New York City yesterday, the New York Times reports. Speaking at the ribbon-cutting for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's partially reopened American wing and at the star-studded opening night of the American Ballet Theater, the first lady... More »

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Michelle Obama • art • American Ballet Theatre • National Endowment for the Arts • Metropolitan Museum of Art • first lady

 12 Museums of Odd Things 


May 18, 09 5:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Trying to awake from the nightmare of history? Mental Floss' list of 12 "oddly specific" American museums may only give you bad dreams:
  • The SPAM Museum: Complete with a wall of 5,000 SPAM tins and a scale plant where visitors can suit up in white coats
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art • spam • garbage • museums • conspiracy • medical devices • pests • genetic abnormalities • ventriloquism • barbed wire • PEZ • hobo

ARCHITECTURE REVIEW

 Modern Meets Classical 
 in Chicago Museum Wing 

Piano's addition for Art Institute called his best in a decade

May 15, 09 8:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - This weekend the Art Institute of Chicago opens a mammoth new modern wing designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano. Nicolai Ouroussof praises Piano's mix of "Modern and classical themes," and "towering glass-and-steel facade, with its floating roof and excruciatingly slender columns" straddling gritty railroad tracks. The New ... More »

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entertainment • art museum • architecture • Chicago • art • modern art • Art Institute of Chicago • Renzo Piano • Jay-ZTV


 Modest Success 
 at Christie's 
 Cheers Art World 

Hockney breaks record as auction house sells $93.7M

May 14, 09 6:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Christie's contemporary auction in New York last night went better than expected, selling $93.7 million worth of postwar art—double the result of its rival Sotheby's the night before. The top lot was a 12-foot panorama by British painter David Hockney, which sold for $7.9 million, a record... More »

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art market • contemporary art • art • Christie's • David Hockney • auction • art auction • Jay-ZTV

Statue of Busty
Woman May Be
World's Oldest

Sexualized carving done 35K years ago: German scientists

May 13, 09 4:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - German scientists have unearthed what may be the world’s oldest statue, a 35,000-year-old ivory carving of a busty woman. The 2.4 inch sculpture with extra-large breasts and an enlarged vulva was found in the same cave as a penis-shaped stone discovered in 2005, and may be an... More »

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fertility • archaeology • Germany • women • art • statue

 Prince William: I Am Banksy 


May 11, 09 2:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Is Prince William living a secret double life? Probably not. But he drew laughs at a London gallery by “confessing” that he is Banksy, the mysterious and controversial graffiti artist. Banksy’s art can be found throughout the UK and beyond, but the reclusive artist refuses to be photographed... More »

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Prince William • art • Britain • graffiti • Banksy • Jay-ZTV

 Sotheby's Sale 
 Busts, Picasso 
 Goes Unsold 

$61.3M result fails to reach low estimate

May 6, 09 6:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The art market failed to recover from its recent slump last night, as Sotheby's held a disappointing New York sale that saw works by Picasso and Giacometti go unsold. The small auction of 36 lots brought in just $61.3 million—well below the low estimate of $81.5 million.... More »

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art market • art • Sotheby's • modern art • art auction • Pablo Picasso • Alberto Giacometti

 It Was 
 Gauguin 
 Who Cut Off 
 van Gogh's Ear 

Historians say Dutch painter loss his ear in a fight

May 5, 09 8:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Vincent van Gogh's fame derives not only from his paintings, but from the legendary story that he sliced off his own ear and presented it to a prostitute. But two art historians now say that the Dutch painter didn't mutilate himself. After a decade of research, they argue that Paul... More »

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art • violence • history • Vincent Van Gogh • fencing • Paul Gauguin

 Strapped 
 Art Market 
 Preps for 
 Auctions 

Expectations low as auction houses try variety of tactics

May 1, 09 10:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - After a 7-year boom, art auction houses are struggling as collectors hit hard by the recession close their wallets. Sotheby’s predicts it will pull in $179 million to $256 million at spring sales, compared to $742 million a year ago. As the spring events approach, auctioneers are employing an... More »

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art market • art • Andy Warhol • Sotheby's • Christie's • Damien Hirst • Francis Bacon • Mark Rothko • art auction • Jeff Koons • Pablo Picasso • financial crisis • Alberto Giacometti • Robert Gober • Tamara de Lempicka • Jean-Michel Basquiat • Tom Wesselman

 Turner Prize Nods 
 Include Crystal Cave 

Four artists up for $36,000 art prize

Apr 28, 09 9:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - A diverse quartet of artists has been nominated for this year's Turner Prize, one of the art world's most visible awards. Two artists from London and two from Glasgow are up for the UK prize, which comes with a $36,000 purse. They will exhibit their work, which runs the... More »

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United Kingdom • art • Tate Gallery • awards • artist • Turner Prize

 Artsy Americans Offer 
 Preview of Cuba Thaw 

Travel to Cuba shows signs of loosening

Apr 12, 09 7:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - American tourists are flooding into Cuba as the freeze between the countries shows signs of thawing, reports the Los Angeles Times. For the recent Cuban Biennale art show, young Americans arrived to enjoy the culture and nightlife, defying the longstanding travel ban. With a bill to lift restrictions pending in... More »

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Barack Obama • tourism • art • Cuba • Cuban embargo • US Senate • Obama administration • President Obama

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