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"I've never believed in God, but I believe in Picasso." -Diego Rivera

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  • August 2008

    • Vatican Objects to Image of Frog on Crucifix

      Reuters  |  Aug 28, 08 6:45 PM CDT

      Vatican Objects to Image of Frog on Crucifix

      (Newser) - Despite objections from the pope, a sculpture of a crucified frog will continue to hang in an Italian museum, board officials said today. The Vatican slammed the work, called Feet First , as a blasphemous attack on Christianity. But museum officials cited artistic freedom and said its German creator considered the piece a self-portrait illustrating human angst, Reuters reports. More »

    • Ownership Dispute Swirls Around NY Picassos

      Der Spiegel  |  Aug 20, 08 5:10 PM CDT

      Ownership Dispute Swirls Around NY Picassos

      (Newser) - The heirs of a German-Jewish banker are demanding that New York’s Museum of Modern Art and Guggenheim relinquish possession of two works by Picasso, Der Spiegel reports. The heirs say the two paintings, Boy Leading a Horse and Le Moulin de la Galette , unjustly fell into the hands of American art collectors during the Nazi rise to power. More »

    • NY Sculptor Builds Fortune Out of Legos

      Portfolio  |  Aug 18, 08 1:50 PM CDT

      NY Sculptor Builds Fortune Out of Legos

      (Newser) - For New York artist Nathan Sawaya, earning a six-figure salary is child's play. That's because Sawaya makes his living creating arresting sculptures from Lego blocks. Once a stressed-out Wall Street attorney, he began building the whimsical pieces at night as a way to unwind. Now, he tells Portfolio , he gets commissions from rock stars and big spenders like Donald Trump. More »

    • Sacred History Resonates in Kathmandu

      Vanity Fair  |  Aug 17, 08 3:00 PM CDT

      Sacred History Resonates in Kathmandu

      (Newser) - Decades of restoration have kept up the medieval splendor of a region long hidden from the world: Kathmandu Valley. Started by Germany in the 1960s and later spearheaded by a Harvard professor, the repairs have maintained many of the area's stupas and pagodas, Lucinda Lambton writes for Vanity Fair— but one must visit to see how the architecture infuses the sacred in the everyday. More »

    • '70s Fad Brings 'Wacky' Fun to New Generation

      CNN  |  Aug 12, 08 9:00 PM CDT

      '70s Fad Brings 'Wacky' Fun to New Generation