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The New 'Art Therapy App' Turned My iPhone Into A Coloring Book
And now all my selfies look like works of art!
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When looking to de-stress and unleash whatever creative urges are bottled up inside, I don't usually turn to my iPhone for help. How naive I've been.
Janitors Mistakenly Throw Out Champagne Bottle Art Installation
Featured on artnet.com
A team of hardworking Italian cleaners thought they were tidying up after a particularly wild opening party on Friday night at Museion, Museum for Modern and Contemporary Art in Bolanzo, Italy. The 300 empty champagne bottles, confetti, and cigarette butts, however, were actually part of an installation by Milanese artists Goldschmied & Chiari.
For Obamas, a More Abstract Choice of Art
Featured on nytimes.com
In a visit with his daughters this past summer, President Obama spent nearly an hour at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the nation’s largest repository of paintings and sketches by Edward Hopper.
He also could have seen a few Hoppers at home.
Two of Hopper’s classic depictions of the American landscape — “Cobb’s Barns, South Truro” and “Burly Cobb’s House, South Truro” — now hang on the southeast side of the Oval Office, to the right of the French doors that lead to the Rose Garden.
5 incredible pictures of car art from around the world
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Car manufacturers usually go to great lengths in making a new car model. It's costly, time-consuming and risky. It's safe to say that many people's hard work essentially contributes to what amounts to a piece of drivable art.
But what happens when that art becomes the medium for new art?
Artists have been doing this for some time now. They're called Car Art Installations. Today, we highlight a few of these impressive and off-the-wall creations from around the globe.
Giant Bouquet of 10,000 Flowers Is Blooming in the Middle of the Ocean
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Seeing seaweed in the middle of the ocean? Yawn. How about a 13-foot botanical sculpture of 10,000-some flowers sailing by? Now we’re talking. While we’re at it, what magical dream world is this where flower towers are set adrift in the sea?!
Giant ‘Easter Island’-Like Power Lines: So Cool You’ll Want to Take a Selfie With ’Em
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Power lines and electricity pylons — the looming metal braces that hold aloft industrial cords — are necessary things for our wired society, but they’re utilitarian, not beautiful. They’re certainly not art. We tend to ignore them when gazing out on a serene landscape or frown when we can’t angle our cameras around them to shoot a picturesque scene.
Avera Health System Celebrates Fourth Year
Dr. David Kapaska, Avera Regional President and CEO was honored to attend Avera’s Fourth Annual NAP Reception. He presented awards, shook hands and took pictures with all of the award winners at the July 27th ceremony, which took place at the Avera Prairie Center with an estimated 200 in attendance.
Healing power of Taos art
Featured on taosnews.com
Original art is found throughout Taos, defining the creative character of our community. And even in our moments of routine health care or urgent medical need, we d the healing power of Taos art.
Art exhibit celebrates Banned Books Week
Featured on gwhatchet.com
A library might not be your first thought when you picture a contemporary art gallery.
But until Oct. 22, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library on G and Ninth streets will be home to the UNCENSORED: Information Antics exhibition.
Artists 'can-struct' canned good art
For the 22nd year, teams gathered to create works of art out of canned goods.
This happened at the Fashion Square Mall in Orlando Sunday.
Wilmington Participant Becomes Adams County Coordinator
Rich Neumann, Communications Manager for Adams County, Colorado has had the opportunity to experience the National Arts Program® as both a participant and now a coordinator. We feel this unique perspective has given him a greater understanding of the program and its purpose. We recently reached out to Rich and asked him to elaborate on his NAP experiences....
Austin’s Triumphant Return
The gallery of the Dougherty Arts Center professionally displaying 189 pieces in this year's NAP show.
Honolulu Artist Shares Inspiration Behind Winning Piece
NAP exhibitions bring forward a magnitude of hidden talents from people within the communities where they are held and this year’s Honolulu, HI exhibit was no different. The exhibition featured a wonderful display of artwork from all medium categories across every skill level. One such piece was “Untitled” by Kristin Laitila, who received the Second Place award in the Intermediate category.
4 things you need to consider before investing in art
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With major art fairs taking place across the globe from Chicago to Istanbul to Shanghai, art enthusiasts, collectors and sophisticated investors alike are questioning whether to acquire works of fine art as investments. And as significant appreciation emerges in some corners of the art market, we see growing interest from clients about incorporating art into their investment portfolios.