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Art of Life Cancer Foundation held its annual art exhibit on Sunday at Woodward Park and also held the groundbreaking of the Art of Life Healing Garden.

Dr. Christopher Perkins is an oncologist and founded the Art of Life Program in 2007.

“Nine years ago we came up with the idea to link patients with artists so they can create art to express their journey through their cancer treatment,” Perkins said.

Art form is chronicled in documentary ‘Troublemakers: The Story of Land Art’

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Some of the most momentous recent art on Earth was made with earth itself: golden crust from a desert mesa, imposing loads of dark brown dirt, piles of spiraling rocks arranged in a lake. All of those and other terrestrial offerings rank as materials on survey in the new documentary “Troublemakers: The Story of Land Art.”

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Imagine for a moment that a group of art enthusiasts have squeezed into mom’s old minivan (perhaps dragging along some art skeptics for good measure), loaded up the car with snacks and playlists, and set out to visit some of the country’s top museums. There are hundreds of exhibits they could see this fall, but perhaps there's not enough time to reach them all.

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Pope Francis made an unannounced stop Sunday to bless an art installation, a grotto adorned with 110,000 knots, each representing a personal hardship or societal challenge.

The work was inspired by one of his favorite paintings, "Mary, Undoer of Knots." It shows Mary untangling a long ribbon — a symbol of smoothing life's difficulties.

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A billionaire Russian art collector has handed over two Picasso watercolours to French authorities investigating whether they were stolen, in the latest twist of a feud with his Swiss art dealer that has gripped the high-end art world.

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Forget the Emmys: the real buzz in Los Angeles this weekend is all about the city’s newest museum.The Broad, housing the top-notch contemporary art collection of billionaire philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad (rhymes with road), was five years in the making and cost a cool $140 million. Last night’s star-studded opening gala was attended by the likes of Bill Clinton, Gwyneth Paltrow, Reese Witherspoon and art world luminaries from John Baldessari to Barbara Kruger and Takashi Murakami.

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A new sculpture at the top of the Art Museum steps was installed today to welcome Pope Francis to Philadelphia with love in his native language.

Interest is booming in art designed for, and inspired by, public spaces

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Street art is finding its way off of the sides of buildings—and onto collectors’ walls.

With an organization that services 13 cities seven days a week, traveling 90 routes a day, Coordinators Daniel Rodriguez and Jerri Ann Jones decided that they needed to reassess the accessibility of the NAP program to their busy transit employees.  While they looked at several different tactics, they ultimately focused their efforts on two main objectives - convenience and creative visibility. 

Coordinator Paul Wenzel had another fantastic show for the City of Orlando’s 12^th Annual National Arts Program® exhibit. The show entitled ‘City ArtWorks’ ran from June 15^th through August 23^rd and included 145 pieces of art from City of Orlando employees and their family members. Mayor Buddy Dyer, Marcia Hope-Goodwin, Director of Neighborhood Services and Commissioner Patty Sheehan were all on hand at the June 25^th awards reception. Commissioner Sheehan is a huge proponent of the arts and also happens to be a painter.

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Some are hard of hearing or don’t see well, others complain about stiff joints, one is 101 years old. All have become graffiti artists under a project to energize Portugal’s elderly.

Learning how to paint graffiti—a form of urban art often associated with unruly adolescents—is bringing cheer and a can-do attitude to pensioners in this rural Portuguese city. Until late last century, Covilha was a thriving textile center but it now has an aged population as the industry declined and the young left to find work.

Jut don't crash the Claude, please.

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Do you love art so much you wish you could just straddle the damn thing and zoom out the door? Normally, I'd advise you to steer clear of museums if that's the case. But in the very particular case of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA), you'll be in paradise. 

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Looking to take a road trip this fall? To mark the new school year, ARTINFO has compiled a list of 12 (mostly) off-the-beaten-path university art museums that are worth the trip, from Maine to Washington State.

University: Smith College

Museum: Smith College Museum of Art (SCMA)

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I tend to wander into art exhibits on a regular basis. Half the time on purpose and half the time led by my muse.

Last week, I wandered into the Meadows Museum of Art on the western edge of the Centenary College campus and discovered their new exhibit, Sacred Symbols in Sequins: Vintage Haitian Vodou Flags, about the religion of Haiti.

The exhibit educated me that the spelling “voodoo” is now considered incorrect.