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Known As A Collector, Gustave Caillebotte Gets His Due As A Painter
Spinning vinyl into art: Recycling records for novelties
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These vinyl records give “remaster” a new meaning. An entrepreneur transforms the lacquered discs into jewelry, clocks, wall art and other novelties, with the perk of keeping a little more trash…
German culture minister defends controversial art law
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Germany is planning to strictly regulate the international sale of art and artifacts deemed of significant cultural value. German Culture Minister Monika Grütters stands behind the draft cultural protection act, despite hefty criticism from the art world.
"No one has the right to tell me what I do with my images," painter Gerhard Richter told the "Dresdener Morgenpost" newspaper matter-of-factly on Tuesday (14.07.2015), in response to the draft legislation. But if Monika Grütters gets her way, the German state may indeed be able to do just that.
Getty to show exact replicas of art-filled Buddhist caves in China
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Showing replicas of artworks instead of the real thing is usually anathema to an art museum, but the J. Paul Getty Trust on Tuesday showed why that rule has its exceptions.
The Getty Trust fleshed out details of its 2016 exhibition “Cave Temples of Dunhuang: Buddhist Art on China’s Silk Road,” which will include complete, exact, walk-in replicas of three decorated caves that artists adorned with Buddhist-themed murals over 1,000 years starting in the 4th century.
How Shepard Fairey's arrest provides a new look at an old question: Is it art or is it vandalism?
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Shepard Fairey has never been one to play by the rules — and that's par for the course for someone in a street art community that exists on the cultural margins.
Or does it?
Pittsburgh NAP Delights the Crowd!
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Celebrates their Artists
The Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport employees brought forth their artwork once again to be displayed on the walls of the rental car center. The rental center is a huge two story building that most passengers file through at some point during their journey providing great exposure for the participating artists. Many artists have commented that it gives them a great sense of pride to have their artwork hanging in such a public space.
The Show Goes on at Atlantic Health System
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
NAP at Home in the Reno-Tahoe Airport
Warrior's Canvas allows Johnson City veterans to discover love of art
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In the heart of downtown Johnson City, an organization is working to improve the lives of veterans through art.
The Warrior’s Canvas & Veterans Art Center is a non-profit organization offering gallery space for veteran artists and free art classes for veterans and their family members with the intention of generating a community of veteran artists.
Twitter Users Show Off Funky Sunburns in the Name of Art, Skin Cancer Expert Warns It's 'Stupid'
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It looks like some beachgoers consider sunscreen so last year.
A questionable beauty trend has picked up steam on the Web in recent days: People are branding themselves with artistic designs – by getting sunburned.
In a fad dubbed #sunburnart, individuals apply sunblock to selective areas of their bodies to create patterned tan lines, and then they share their stenciled and sunned skin on social media. (Think Kim Kardashian circa 2009, though her sunglass-shaped burn was totally accidental!)
Art can help in healing in the health care setting
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Walk into many hospitals and health care facilities and you're likely to see the bare and sterile hallways of the past now filled with artwork, most often of nature scenes. Whether you are an inpatient, outpatient or visitor, there's a good chance that you may hear or see live or recorded music and even have an opportunity to participate in other creative art therapies.
Art: Testing the truth of what we see
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Would it matter to you if Mona Lisa smiled more?
This sounds like a stupid question. Mona Lisa's enigmatic smile is inseparable from the painting. It's part of the reason tourists march to the Louvre every day and peer at the work through bulletproof glass. It's evidence of Leonardo's genius.
Humble Snapshots of 20th Century Art Giants Being Regular People
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If you've ever wished for an art world equivalent of a celebrity tabloid that would prove 20th century giants like Picasso, Kahlo and Pollock were really just like us, look no further.