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painter stories: 7 news summaries

Kinkade's Art Firm Loses Court Battle

'Painter of light' must pay two 'duped' gallery owners $2.1M

Jun 18, 09 7:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hugely popular painter Thomas Kinkade claims God is his art agent, but a federal appeals court has ruled against his company for putting art gallery owners through financial hell, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The plaintiffs accused Kinkade and his firm of exploiting their Christian faith to lure them into... More »

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fraud • art • painter • art dealer • Thomas Kinkade

One Susan Boyle Cashes In on Another

US Boyle offers URL
for $25K after flood of visitors seeking singer

May 29, 09 10:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Susan Boyle is selling susanboyle.com for $25,000. A possible purchaser? Singing sensation Susan Boyle. The Boyle who currently owns the site is an American painter who bears the same name as the British star, Mashable reports. The US Boyle has been getting a lot of visitors to her... More »

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entertainment • music • domain names • singing • painter • website • singer • Susan Boyle

ART REVIEW

 Francis Bacon's Work 
 Relied on 'Gimmick' 


May 20, 09 1:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Francis Bacon’s paintings still have the ability to shock, but beneath that initial thrill lies a consistent, even amateur, formula that “had grown stagnant by 1965,” Jerry Saltz writes in New York in previewing a retrospective opening today at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. “The calculated... More »

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Francis Bacon • painting • painter • Metropolitan Museum of Art • Jay-ZTV • fine art • grotesque


 Art World Still 
 Divided on Wyeth 

Some call him modern; others, 'corny Americana'

Jan 17, 09 9:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Andrew Wyeth divided the art community throughout his life, and little seems to have changed with his passing yesterday. While many in the field call him one of the most important 20th-century American artists, others insist his mode of realism makes him more of an illustrator than a serious painter,... More »

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art • painting • critic • painter • artist • Andrew Wyeth

ART REVIEW

 Disturbing Dumas 
 Divides Critics 

South African painter's first American retrospective opens at MoMA

Dec 12, 08 8:26 AM CST
(Newser) - The South African painter Marlene Dumas has established herself as one of the most challenging artists of recent times, and her austere, anonymous portraits are loved and loathed in equal measures. Sure enough, her first American retrospective—entitled Measuring Your Own Grave, opening this week at MoMA in New York—... More »

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art museum • art • painting • painter • Museum of Modern Art • exhibition • Marlene Dumas

Painter Elizabeth Murray Dies

Adventurous artist reshaped Modernism

Aug 13, 07 8:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Elizabeth Murray, a painter whose vivid, cartoon-based work was part of a contemporary movement away from minimalism, died yesterday of lung cancer. She was 66. A leading figure in the New York art scene, Murray won a MacArthur genius grant in 1999 and enjoyed a retrospective at MoMA last year. More »

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lung cancer • art • obituary • death • painter • Elizabeth Murray • Museum of Modern Art • neo expressionist • post minimalist • MacArthur genius • MoMA • artist

Kahlo Letters Reveal Anguish Over Miscarriage

A patron kept them hidden, afraid of hurting her reputation

Aug 12, 07 8:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mexican artist Frida Kahlo reveals one of her long-held secrets in a new collection of letters published for the centenary of her birth, the Guardian reports. Titled “My Beloved Doctor,” they express her anguish over being unable to bear Diego Rivera’s child after injuries she suffered in... More »

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Mexico • letters • biography • Frida Kahlo • Diego Riviera • My Beloved Doctor • new publication • painter • artist • book

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